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Not only does Twitter frequently verify users that are not noteworthy (online or off) or likely to be impersonated, the last I had seen they hadn't even address
by _--__--__ 7y ago
Not only does Twitter frequently verify users that are not noteworthy (online or off) or likely to be impersonated, the last I had seen they hadn't even addressed the absurdly common fake Elon Musks shilling crypto scams. Even if this has been fixed since the last time I saw it, it's much more likely that they just trigger manual review of any account that uses a name/avatar similar to Musk instead of actually fixing the real problems.
The bad behavior of the blue ticks is widely recognized independent of ideological bend, and I predict that many of the accounts of actual value will wear these scarlet letters as badges of honor if this system actually gets implemented.
- btown 7y agoSomeone should train a GPT-2 twitter bot on the fake Elon Musk crypto scams to automate the creation of fake Elon Musk crypto scams. On a related note, I get my daily dose of valley thought leadership from https://twitter.com/real_human_vc https://twitter.com/real_human_vc - it truly captures the zeitgeist of what VCs talk about.
- kevingadd 7y agoFor a little while putting Elon Musk in your display name got your account automatically suspended, I think when the crypto scam thing was at its worst. I haven't seen anyone talk about that scam lately so they may have moved on to better ones (like the relatively new scam where if someone asks you for a paypal donate URL, a bot impersonates you and posts one in the replies almost instantly)
- Nasrudith 7y agoWhy would anybody expect blue ticks to behave "good" in the first place? Even being a high ranking professional with plenty to lose is no guarantee that they won't, nor is there any guarantee that lower levels will be better. The only thing to hint is if there is some sort of enforcement mechanism but that is a foregone "who watches the watchers" situation.