# Checks

> Checks is a 2020 meme referencing Twitter's blue verification checkmark, satirizing how the mark became a digital status symbol and internet culture's ultimate credibility gatekeeper.

Ownership and authorship in the age of the internet is based on the premise of verification, which became part of internet culture in 2009 when Twitter introduced it. 

What started out as an Open Edi

## Origin
Ownership and authorship in the age of the internet is based on the premise of verification, which became part of internet culture in 2009 when Twitter introduced it. 

What started out as an Open Edition by Jack Butcher, in short time grew to countless derivatives with small icons in a grid.

- **Platform:** Various
- **Creator:** Jack Butcher, in short time grew to countless derivatives with small icons in a grid
- **Date:** Unknown

## Overview
Ownership and authorship in the age of the internet is based on the premise of verification, which became part of internet culture in 2009 when Twitter introduced it. What started out as an Open Edition by Jack Butcher, in short time grew to countless derivatives with small icons in a grid.

## How It Spread
Ownership and authorship in the age of the internet is based on the premise of verification, which became part of internet culture in 2009 when Twitter introduced it. 

What started out as an Open Edition by Jack Butcher, in short time grew to countless derivatives with small icons in a grid.

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