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Re: Relaunching verification and what’s next

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Post by zwily »

lozenge wrote: post #8
______- wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Twitter doesn't take impersonation[0] too lightly. They review accounts that have been flagged as an impersonation account, but still you can create jokey accounts, as per their clause: > Twitter users are allowed to create parody, newsfeed, commentary, or fan accounts. You have to have a disclaimer saying the account is a parody to avoid people thinking the account is the real person[1] [0] https://help.twitter.com/…

Are they going to do anything about verified accounts changing their names? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/20/twitter-acc...

This seems like the biggest no-brainer to me. You should have to reverify after changing your account name.

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Post by nailer »

ed25519FUUU wrote: post #7

I always find it kind of odd when someone is verified on twitter but only has a few thousand followers. The impression it leaves is almost worse than not being verified at all.

I know verified people who were in the JS / webdev scene in 2010 and are verified because they knew someone who worked at Twitter.

Re: Relaunching verification and what’s next

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Post by ______- »

lozenge wrote: post #8
______- wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Twitter doesn't take impersonation[0] too lightly. They review accounts that have been flagged as an impersonation account, but still you can create jokey accounts, as per their clause: > Twitter users are allowed to create parody, newsfeed, commentary, or fan accounts. You have to have a disclaimer saying the account is a parody to avoid people thinking the account is the real person[1] [0] https://help.twitter.com/…

Are they going to do anything about verified accounts changing their names? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/20/twitter-acc...

It is common to see verified accounts using the name section as a tweet-compose function, often adding jokey phrases in there to confuse people. But yeah, this practice should not be allowed and should be a red flag behavior.

Re: Relaunching verification and what’s next

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Post by oogabooga123 »

ergot_vacation wrote: post #5

This doesn't really change anything, as far as I can see. The entire premise is wrong. Being verified on Twitter SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTION AT ALL because of the perverse incentives it creates, and the way it warps and destroys the whole platform. The blue checkmark program started out as simply a way to prove you were the real you, if you were claiming to be someone important. But because of that element of "importance…

> The only "good" social network site (and really the only good forum in general) is one where real names are banned.

Not just this but any identity markers like gender or age. This is the only way to get people to face uncomfortable ideas, when they can’t dismiss it because “oh it’s a man/woman, of course they would say that”.

Re: Relaunching verification and what’s next

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Post by vmception »

ed25519FUUU wrote: post #7

I always find it kind of odd when someone is verified on twitter but only has a few thousand followers. The impression it leaves is almost worse than not being verified at all.

All it means is that someone verified their identity. They are generally for people that have shown people try to copy their profile to fool others.

Nothing to do with popularity, that correlation comes from the likelyhood of impersonation.

But yes, also vanity.

Re: Relaunching verification and what’s next

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Post by nodesocket »

ed25519FUUU wrote: post #7

I always find it kind of odd when someone is verified on twitter but only has a few thousand followers. The impression it leaves is almost worse than not being verified at all.

People were absolutely getting verified because they knew somebody who worked at Twitter. Old boy gang stuff.

Re: Relaunching verification and what’s next

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Post by input_sh »

______- wrote: post #6
paulpauper wrote: post #2

how about doing something to stop elon musk scams on the platform. Something as simple as auto-flagging any account that changes its name and picture after posting to elon musk , or if an account changes its name and picture and then subsequently posts to musk, could help. Fase positives are problem with any solution. But also, the scam is so hard to stop and and so persistent in large part because it is so profitabl…

Twitter doesn't take impersonation[0] too lightly. They review accounts that have been flagged as an impersonation account, but still you can create jokey accounts, as per their clause: > Twitter users are allowed to create parody, newsfeed, commentary, or fan accounts. You have to have a disclaimer saying the account is a parody to avoid people thinking the account is the real person[1] [0] https://help.twitter.com/…

Pretty sure they were talking about verified profiles being hacked, changing their display name and avatar to Musk's, and then replying to Musk's tweet something along the lines of "I'm giving away free crypto, click here".

In my view, 2FA should be a requirement for verification.

Re: Relaunching verification and what’s next

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Post by newsclues »

searine wrote: post #10
ergot_vacation wrote: post #5

This doesn't really change anything, as far as I can see. The entire premise is wrong. Being verified on Twitter SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTION AT ALL because of the perverse incentives it creates, and the way it warps and destroys the whole platform. The blue checkmark program started out as simply a way to prove you were the real you, if you were claiming to be someone important. But because of that element of "importance…

This is the unfortunate and unpopular truth. It is a status symbol that twitter uses as a marketing tool, that's it.

It’s clear on Instagram.

Look at a celebrity’s post, and the top comments are other famous peoples (social media handlers) blue check comments at the top with exponentially more likes than any authentic fans comment

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