Relaunching verification and what’s next
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Relaunching verification and what’s next
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#2how 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 profitable for the scammer. This creates a great incentive for the scammer to devote considerable effort to evading twitter's efforts to stop it. Just making .1 btc is like a year's worth of wages if you live in a poor country, and people send way more than that. It beats selling v1gra, p0ker, etc. Nothing comes close to it.
Re: Relaunching verification and what’s next
#3how 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…
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#4Will applications for verified be available on the web interface too, or only on the mobile app?
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#5This 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," it's become a mark of royalty. Blue checkmarks are the lords and masters of Twitter, largely exempt from its many abuses, because they're Very Important People. All the rest of the peasants on Twitter have to content themselves with the privilege of trodding the same digital ground as such majesty. One law for them, another for us.
Escaping from this kind of diseased thinking was a large part of the appeal of the early Internet, but now those who enjoy such perverse games are hell-bent on forcing them on everyone else. Every blue checkmark is another "Then let them eat cake!" hurled from the high parapets, a boot stomping on the face of the ordinary internet user forever. The only "good" social network site (and really the only good forum in general) is one where real names are banned. But of course that would hurt monetization, and interfere with constant surveillance by corporations and government. So we get this crap instead. The blue checkmark is incredible, because it manages to sum up, in one tiny, instantly recognizable icon, everything that is wrong with the "new" Internet.
Re: Relaunching verification and what’s next
#6how 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/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-imper...
[1] https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/parody-accoun...
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#7I 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.
Re: Relaunching verification and what’s next
#8how 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/…
Are they going to do anything about verified accounts changing their names?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/20/twitter-acc...
Re: Relaunching verification and what’s next
#9how 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/…
I thought the GP meant scams perpetrated by the actual Elon Musk.
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#10This 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.