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A San Francisco artist created a sensation last week with her Blue Check Homes project â a made-up designation to signify an authentic public figure lives at a residence. Applications rolled in after the artist s Twitter announcement for an architectural emblem to showcase on a home s facade.
Danielle Baskin set up a website for the fake service, drawing traffic from thousands of retweets of her post, and the thread quickly garnered over 40 million impressions. While the artist figured her descriptive copy was obviously satire, 495 applicants soon sought the crest.
A screenshot from the landing page for artist Danielle Baskin s Blue Check Homes.
A fake Twitter-style verified badge for the home gets real takers To receive the blue check crest, there must be someone authentic and notable actively living in the house. Listen - 03:14
A blue check mark on your house lets everyone know you re important. Danielle Baskin
Twitter has verified you, but why stop there? Affixing a big blue check mark to the front of your home lets the whole neighborhood know you re important. At least that s the idea behind the new service Blue Check Homes. The blue verified badge on your house lets people outside know that you re an authentic public figure, the website reads. To receive the blue check crest, there must be someone authentic and notable actively living in the house.
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An artist from San Francisco created a fake company as a practical joke and, as a result, fooled thousands.
On Friday, sculptor Danielle Baskin promoted Blue Check Homes, a fake service that allowing influencers, public figures or anyone who represents a brand, a Verified Badge crest on their Bay Area home. Accompanying the Twitter message was a link to a satirical active website.
The website takes a user directly to an application where they are asked to list their name, social media accounts and email for verification.
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An artist created a satirical blue-check homes website for influencers to verify their houses. Hundreds of people signed up.
An artist created a satirical blue-check homes website for influencers to verify their houses. Hundreds of people signed up.
Annabelle WilliamsFeb 4, 2021, 01:48 IST
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The site satirizes Twitter s verification process and the accompanying social status.
Danielle Baskin s satirical website received nearly 500 responses, SFGate reported.
Twitter verification is a status symbol in its own right, and one that inevitably engenders strong reactions: envy, disdain, or desperation to name a few.
So San Francisco-based artist Danielle Baskin posed a question about extending the principle to real estate. Would people want to do business with a company that promised to plaster the app s signature blue checks on the front of their homes?It turns out that the answer is yes. Baskin told SFGate that she received 495 responses o