I didn’t disbelieve you. You didn’t mention desktop browser, and that was only my guess. The link I posted also was just one example, image search yields more examples. What I provided is likely evidence that Ebay chats can indeed look like that.

Here is another example (about two thirds down the page): https://www.autods.com/blog/dropshipping-tips-strategies/inc... Why would that blog article fake an ebay chat? Why would all the examples fake the chat in the same way?

> Here is another example (about two thirds down the page): https://www.autods.com/blog/dropshipping-tips-strategies/inc...

That's a good find. It's possible that these are from a different chat mechanism or are old. I put more stock in that page than I do for a post on reddit or twitter. Your page has quite a bit of explanatory background information, unlike the social media posts.

This is how desktop chat appears for me. https://ibb.co/WzLH6Yg . The blue Hello box on the right is my typing, which shows a definite difference from what is shown on the Twitter post. I used ibb to upload the image, since it was the first google result for uploading images.

That screenshot looks like a mobile UI though.

It's not, though. Here's a wider version showing the browser heading and tabs.

https://ibb.co/fdg7Qhz

> Why do believe a twitter post that you haven't verified, but you disbelieve someone who tested this?

This is a strange statement. You're a 100% anonymous HN commenter. Nobody has "verified" your comment either. It's just your word and nothing else.

The linked tweet is from someone who is much — as in infinitely — more known than you.

The reason to believe the tweet is simple: Occam's razor. It could be an elaborate hoax, but what would be the motive for that?

Isn't that the point, though? It's easy to verify how ebay chat works. Then, there won't be a need for appeals to authority, comparing people's reputations as "verification", or other logic errors.

> It's easy to verify how ebay chat works.

It's actually not. I just signed in to my ebay account for the first time in a long time, and I had to verify by both email and SMS before I could do anything, which is a pain and made me regret this whole endeavor. And it turned out that I never needed to contact ebay support, so I had no chat transcripts.

Moreover, this assumes there's only one way that ebay chat works, when there are multiple platforms, browsers, apps, etc.

I already wrote twice that there could be a different chat mechanism, so there is no need to keep telling me that there could be more than one chat mechanism. Please read before posting. To illustrate my point, I also uploaded a similar looking chat that is visually reversed in my sibling comment. At first and even second glance, when people don't carefully read first, it may not be easy to see.

> It's easy to verify how ebay chat works.

> I already wrote twice that there could be a different chat mechanism

In other words, it's not so easy.

Now that you've resorted to condescension, I'm done here.

That makes no sense. You were repeatedly telling me what I had already written. Pointing that out isn't condescension.

Anyway, I was simply pointing out that when I use ebay chat on phone or desktop it looks different from what appears to be a fake chat on twitter. Sorry, for your taking that the wrong way. I hope you have a nice day.