This whole thread is fairly hilarious; I wondered that they hadn’t deleted it yet but I see that it comes under that magical word: ‘opinion’.

Campaign to replace that little blue tick with a https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚠️" title="Warning sign" aria-label="Emoji: Warning sign"> symbol, perhaps? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷‍♀️" title="Woman shrugging" aria-label="Emoji: Woman shrugging"> https://twitter.com/bopinion/status/1254431277710823425">https://twitter.com/bopinion/...

It’s cute, and personally I’m done, but kiwi twitter is clearly not getting over this for the rest of the day... and it makes me think: what if — just bear with me for a second here — part of the reputation Twitter has for ‘pile ons’ is that it’s inherently asynchronous? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face"> https://twitter.com/nicgaston/status/1254526912044490752">https://twitter.com/nicgaston...

I mean, otoh I think we can let this go now https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😉" title="Winking face" aria-label="Emoji: Winking face">

But at the same time, if you’re the person logging on at ten pm tonight and seeing this thread for the first time? Have your own laugh, I don’t want to take that from you eh https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷‍♀️" title="Woman shrugging" aria-label="Emoji: Woman shrugging">