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Eh, I understand why it made sense to denote official accounts of well-known people and organizations in Twitter's early days, and also why it doesn't make sens

Eh, I understand why it made sense to denote official accounts of well-known people and organizations in Twitter's early days, and also why it doesn't make sense anymore. The culture of the platform and the world it exists in have changed, why shouldn't policy change to reflect that?

imron 9y ago
> and also why it doesn't make sense anymore. Why doesn't it make sense anymore?
- Juliate 9y ago
  Because there's been zero consistency to the verification process, for years?
- Haul4ss 9y ago
  People understand the platform better, no need to lure famous people to the site, there are other ways to verify (e.g., link to twitter account on web page), many more people across the spectrum of "famous" so it's hard to button down who/what is famous enough for the checkmark, global audience means famous in one place != famous in another, no consistency in how verified actually works, verified accounts became Star-Bellied Sneetches, etc.
  - imron 9y ago
    The verified system isn't about luring people to the site, it's about making sure certain accounts can't be impersonated. The problem is that Twitter doesn't verify consistently, but it's is still an important feature, e.g. Imagine the mischief that could be caused if there was no way to tell which of several accounts was the real Donald Trump.
    - Haul4ss 9y ago
      Except that you would know which account was the real Donald Trump, because Donald Trump would be on TV telling you so. Extremely well-known figures have other ways to let you know which account is theirs. The harder set of people are the sort of low-to-medium famous. Or locally famous, not globally famous. The verified system has never worked well for that group anyway.
      - imron 9y ago
        And yet every other week there's another news outlet publishing tweets from "Julian Assange" that aren't actually from Julian Assange (here's one from last week [0]), because twitter refuses to verify him and the people copying his account do it very well. Now imagine that at the presidential level. No thanks. 0: https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/927671065379262465 https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/927671065379262465

imron 9y ago

> and also why it doesn't make sense anymore. Why doesn't it make sense anymore?

Juliate 9y ago
Because there's been zero consistency to the verification process, for years?
Haul4ss 9y ago
People understand the platform better, no need to lure famous people to the site, there are other ways to verify (e.g., link to twitter account on web page), many more people across the spectrum of "famous" so it's hard to button down who/what is famous enough for the checkmark, global audience means famous in one place != famous in another, no consistency in how verified actually works, verified accounts became Star-Bellied Sneetches, etc.
- imron 9y ago
  The verified system isn't about luring people to the site, it's about making sure certain accounts can't be impersonated. The problem is that Twitter doesn't verify consistently, but it's is still an important feature, e.g. Imagine the mischief that could be caused if there was no way to tell which of several accounts was the real Donald Trump.
  - Haul4ss 9y ago
    Except that you would know which account was the real Donald Trump, because Donald Trump would be on TV telling you so. Extremely well-known figures have other ways to let you know which account is theirs. The harder set of people are the sort of low-to-medium famous. Or locally famous, not globally famous. The verified system has never worked well for that group anyway.
    - imron 9y ago
      And yet every other week there's another news outlet publishing tweets from "Julian Assange" that aren't actually from Julian Assange (here's one from last week [0]), because twitter refuses to verify him and the people copying his account do it very well. Now imagine that at the presidential level. No thanks. 0: https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/927671065379262465 https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/927671065379262465