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Some verified account pretending to be Elon posted spam in the thread. How is that allowed?

• minimaxir 8y ago
  It's been that way for months: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/scammers-are-impersonating-elon-musk-and-donald-trump-steal https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/scammers-are-im... Twitter recently tried to fix it by locking nonverified accounts which change their name to Elon Musk (https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/24/17610348/twitter-elon-musk-display-name-change-lock-account-crypto-scams https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/24/17610348/twitter-elon-mus...). Now scammers just hack verified accounts to do it.
  • fjsolwmv 8y ago
    Is Musk the only celebrity this happens to?
    • minimaxir 8y ago
      It also happens to Trump.
  • MrStonedOne 8y ago
    It seems like they could fix this by removing or graying out verified status when they change names.
    • Altaer 8y ago
      I am under the impression that this is now the case
  • css 8y ago
    This article is talking about unverified impostor accounts. This thread had _verified_ accounts that changed their name which is even more insidious.