Tumblr offers not one, but two…useless blue ticks
Trolling Twitter
Amid the chaos on Twitter, Tumblr is experiencing unprecedented user growth and took the opportunity to troll Twitter. For those who don’t know, Tumblr doesn’t offer any user authentication, no matter how high profile they are.
So, he decided to offer not one, but two blue ticks – which are completely worthless – for the one-time price of $7.99.
Hello! Introducing Important Blue Internet Checkmarks here on Tumblr. It’s a bargain at $7.99 – cheaper than some other services when you consider that you get not one but TWO ticks for your web blog alone (for now). Why do you ask. Why not; Does not matter. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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At the same time, Twitter is still trying to figure out what to do with user credentials, adding an extra tick for official accounts, removing it and adding it back…