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There's a simple UI design answer to this. You know the blue "verified" seal that appears on celebrity accounts that have gone through Twitter's verification p
by mortenjorck 16y ago
There's a simple UI design answer to this.
You know the blue "verified" seal that appears on celebrity accounts that have gone through Twitter's verification program? Add a second icon. A Rubber chicken or something, labeled "parody" for accounts such as ceoSteveJobs, BPGlobalPR, SarahPalinUSA, and any others that might trick more credulous viewers.
- jonknee 16y agoSadly, @SarahPalinUSA is no parody.
- glhaynes 16y agoIf you make people "opt-in" to parody, there'll just be people who don't do so and thus dupe the easily-duped even more easily.
- Xuzz 16y ago(However, Twitter did shut down the "verified account" program -- it was a "beta test" and they no longer are adding new accounts to it. Talk about confusing.)
- citricsquid 16y agoNot true! Just this week (I think it was Friday) Notch (creator of Minecraft) was added to the "verified" program: http://twitter.com/notch http://twitter.com/notch
- Xuzz 16y agoThe weird thing is that they still add some people, but they claim it isn't adding anyone new.