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media. Ibig sabihin nun
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you're famous. O kaya
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you're important enough to get the blue
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checkmark. As a matter of fact, pag may
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blue checkmark ka, masisigurado
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sa kanilang mga tao na ikaw yung
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totoong account. That this is
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a legitimate authentic account. At
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yun ang maganda sa blue checkmark na hindi lang
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siya basta-basta binibigay kahit kanino.
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Binibigay lang siya sa mga tao na na-verify
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nila na totoong tao
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at hindi scammer, hindi poser
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at ito yung real account. Pero
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binili ni Elon Musk ang Twitter.
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After niya binili ang Twitter, doon na nagumpisa
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yung pagkakagulo. Dahil on a
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whim, nagustuhan lang ni Elon Musk na
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tanggalin na lahat ng blue checkmark at
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charged na siya to be able to
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get a blue checkmark. At kahit
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sino daw, walang exception,
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ay kailangan magbayad para makakuha ng
01:04.0
blue checkmark. Pero ito yung problema.
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Yung mga malalaking personalidad,
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mga celebrities, at
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mga importanteng mga tao ay nagsabing
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hindi daw sila magbabayad ng blue
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checkmark. At anong ginawa ni Elon
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Musk? Bumalik tayo sa kanyang sinabi
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at binigyan niya sila ng
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free blue checkmarks.
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Tapos ngayon, dalawa nang ibig sabihin ng
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blue checkmark. Unang una,
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if you have over a million followers
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and you're famous enough or you're an important
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person, magkakaroon ka ng blue checkmark.
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at magbayad ka ng monthly
01:36.0
subscription fee, at magkakaroon ka rin
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ng blue checkmark. So ano ibig sabihin
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nito? Ang ibig sabihin nito ay
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wala nang halaga yung blue checkmark
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na yan. Dahil ngayon, kahit
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sino, pwede na magkaroon ng blue checkmark.
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Kaya hindi na ibig sabihin, pag nakakita ka ng
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blue checkmark, na totoong account
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na yan. Pwedeng magkaroon ng poser account,
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scammer account, at babayaran
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lang niya yung monthly subscription, pwede na siya
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magka blue checkmark. Pero ano ba ang mga benefits
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of having a blue checkmark?
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Ang benefits niya ay ikaw yung
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mapaprioritize sa mga conversations,
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yung mga posts mo tataas
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sa ranking so more people will see it.
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You'll be able to see twice as
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many tweets, kumpara sa mga
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regular subscribers na hindi nagbabayad.
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Pwede kang maglagay ng bold
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at italics sa mga tweets mo.
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Pwede kang magpost sa mga HD videos
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at mas mahabang mga video, and a lot
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of new features daw.
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In other words, it's just about vanity.
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You're basically paying for
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your vanity. Ngayon,
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if the requirements to be eligible
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to get a blue checkmark were stringent,
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at talagang iverify nila
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na totoo ka, baka may value
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pa yung blue checkmark na yan. So tignan nga
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natin kung ano ba ang kailangan mo
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para makakuha ng blue checkmark.
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Ang kailangan mo lang ay mapakita yung buong
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nangalan mo at yung profile photo mo,
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and you must be active for at least 30 days,
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and yung account mo has to just be longer
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than 30 days, at dapat wala ka daw
02:56.0
ginagawang mga misleading or
02:58.0
deceptive actions. But there's no
03:00.0
definition of ano ba ang misleading or
03:02.0
deceptive actions. And if you meet
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the minimum criteria, makakakuha ka ng
03:06.0
blue badge as long as you pay for it.
03:08.0
So magkano ba itong blue badge na to?
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In the Philippines, it's P440
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pesos a month, or if you pay one year,
03:14.0
it's P4,900 pesos.
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Yun lang, makakakuha ka na ng blue badge.
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Alam mo, nakakatakot dito. Kasi
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based on the requirements na nakikita ko,
03:22.0
parang sobrang bilis na makakuha
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ng blue badge at not anyone can get
03:26.0
a blue badge. Kaya, it's
03:28.0
meaningless. At naisip po rin,
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ano, what a dumb idea.
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Parang you took out the
03:34.0
value of the blue badge, and now
03:36.0
you're getting people to pay for something
03:38.0
that's literally just for vanity.
03:40.0
At buti na lang may Facebook at Instagram
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where the blue badge still
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means something. Long and behold,
03:46.0
mali pala ako. Dahil the other day,
03:48.0
nakita ko lang that suddenly
03:50.0
nagpo-proliferate na yung mga blue badges,
03:52.0
mga blue checkmarks in Instagram
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and Facebook. At nalaman ko
03:56.0
that they're also now charging people
03:58.0
to be able to get this blue
04:00.0
checkmark. Sa Facebook naman, at
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saka sa Instagram, they're charging
04:04.0
P499 pesos per month
04:06.0
para makakuha ka ng blue checkmark.
04:08.0
And from the way it looks, it seems to me that
04:10.0
the criteria is similar to Twitter
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na magbabayad ka lang,
04:14.0
makakuha ka na ng blue checkmark. And the only
04:16.0
safeguard that I can see is that
04:18.0
they're saying na kailangan mo ng verified
04:20.0
phone number. Now the question is,
04:22.0
mahirap ba kumuha ng verified phone number
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o hindi? Yun ang hindi ko alam. At
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dito natin matetest kung may value
04:28.0
pa ba tong blue checkmark na to.
04:30.0
O kung vanity na lang talaga sya.
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Ha! Capitalism at its
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finest, o kaya at its worst.
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At ngayon, na kahit sino pwede
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na lang makakuha ng blue checkmark, sa akin
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ang tingin ko, no? Pag nakakita ko ng blue
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checkmark, tapos hindi 1 million and above
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yung followers mo, isa ka sa mga
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nabudol para magbayad
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for your vanity. At yan ang katotohan.
