Twitter Verification Returns Early Next Year (theverge.com) 21
Twitter announced today that it would relaunch its verification process early next year along with brand-new guidelines for users seeking out that small, blue badge. From a report: Twitter's announcement confirms earlier reporting in June from app researcher Jane Manchun Wong suggesting that the company was creating a new verification system. In Twitter's Tuesday blog post, the company confirmed that this new system would roll out in "early 2021." Twitter is also asking for feedback on a draft proposal for verification. If no changes to this proposal are made, the accounts that would be eligible for verification would include government accounts, companies, brands, nonprofits, news media accounts, entertainment, sports, activists, organizers, and what Twitter refers to as "other influential individuals." Each type of account must meet specific requirements, like being profiled in a media outlet, in order to receive verification. The entirety of Twitter's draft policy can be viewed here. After receiving feedback, Twitter plans to release the final policy on December 17th. Twitter also announced new draft rules explaining when a verification badge could be taken away. If a verified user changes their display name or bio to mislead people on their true identity, Twitter could pull their badge. Repeat terms of service violations could also lead to loss of verified status.
Just in time (Score:2)
After 4 years of intense bullshit... (Score:2)
You really should get a handle on that bad case of Biden Derangement Syndrome you've got, it's clearly skewing your cognitive processes, maybe even causing hallucinations. The Biden Administration will be great for this country, everyone else knows this, but apparently your 'condition' is blinding you to this fact. Get that checked before you get wrecked, old son. I mean, seriously, 21 GOP senators have now come out of the woodwork, talking about how much they hate Trump and are glad he's leaving; what does that tell you? Clearly, you were conned by the con-man. Now, come out of the woods and join the rest of us, everything is going to be fine.
...I can't figure out of this guy is doing snarky satire (and pretty clever) or is sincere in his beliefs (and a total idiot). Now a sense of doom washes over.
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I can't figure out of this guy is doing snarky satire
The left (woke) have no sense of humor. [urbandictionary.com] Because if one's identity is wrapped up in being offended by literally everything, they can't afford to laugh.
It's just to make sure ... (Score:2)
.. you're a real idiot. ;)
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.. you're a real idiot. ;)
And yet what's the first thing those real idiots scream when they get called out for some shitty Tweet?
"It wasn't me. I was hacked."
Blue checks basically do nothing to validate or verify any Tweet from anyone. But it does give the worlds largest attention whores one more thing to preen about, which of course they love.
Will they stop tying features to verified status? (Score:5, Insightful)
For those unaware, there are a whole bunch of "secret" features you get on a verified account that regular plebe users aren't allowed to use. This includes things like scheduled tweets and additional filtering options to reduce notifications when mentioned, along with an increased "relevance" in searches, meaning that "verified" accounts will show up as "top tweets" in hashtags while plebe accounts will not.
There's a reason Twitter has in the past punished users by revoking the verified status. It makes a user more visible on Twitter along with being tied to special account features.
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So like Wikipedia's notability policy (Score:2)
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Go to Parler where all of those unsavory sorts can be monitored all in one go!
You want your comms monitored? Parler is the way to do it!
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Parler demands social security numbers for verification. It's a massive crisis waiting to happen. There's currently an alleged hack right now but little evidence it actually happened.
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Followup: the "hack" was indeed bullshit - https://osintechnical.medium.c... [medium.com]
So, more thorough backstopping? (Score:1)
In all seriousness: Twitter would have to do DoD-level background investigations in order to weed out all the bad guys.
On the other hand if Twitter did precisely that, and required applicants to pay out of pocket for the investigation costs, that'd
Nobody sane gives a shit. (Score:1)
It's just a mutual masturbation society that in no way guarantees the person with the check mark is in any way trustworthy.
Remember: (Score:2)
Following the de-verification of Milo Yiannopolis for being a douchebag, anything that a verified user on Twitter says is endorsed and approved by Twitter and all of its employees (including their families), sponsors, parent/child companies, and users.