Chris Trottier on Nostr: As for why journalists find Blue Check so compelling, think about it. What's the pull ...

As for why journalists find Blue Check so compelling, think about it. What's the pull for modern journalism?

It's not pay, I can tell you that much. For many nowadays, journalism pays barely above subsistence wages.

But journalism still conveys a certain amount of respectability, especially with culture.

And Twitter's Blue Check gave journalists the same respectability as politicians and rock stars.

If Twitter deemed you "notable", you got a blue check.