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 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.
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.
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?