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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

The dude sucks but before you attribute this tweet to him:

This is a "fan" account. His official Twitter account is @Kash_Patel.

It's telling of the fanbase but don't go around showing this to people like it's government communication or anything

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Why is this post not moderated out? The title pretty clearly implies it’s Kash talking here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It was fucked that government communication would ever occur through Twitter in the first place

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Agreed. Everyone knows the only place for government communication is Truth Social!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But it's got a blue check mark, that has a meaning!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Yes, that the account has paid Elon for a blue check. Originally it meant that the user was in fact who they appeared to be. Then it became a status symbol, then Twitter removed it on a couple of occasions for saying something they disagreed with, then came the accusations of Twitter admins being capricious about the whole process and essentially taking personal bribes in exchange for checks, then Elon bought it and made it a paid feature.

The grey check indicates the identity of an government or non-profit has been verified and the account is who it says it is.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you. It's also telling that we don't doubt this at all because of how looney US politics are now, but it is important to know what's true.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago

Yeah, I'm not accusing OP of it but I don't want misinformation getting spread even if it's "generally" correct

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

What is the real handle? Here is a @kash with a similar scam: https://feddit.org/post/8366190

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

That's a red check mark which means it's on truth social. That one is probably him