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Excellent idea. Might also help against the bot issues. If we could just turn off the visibility of non-verified accounts (or better still, make that the defaul
by patrickdavey 7y ago
Excellent idea. Might also help against the bot issues. If we could just turn off the visibility of non-verified accounts (or better still, make that the default) it seems misinformation would be a bit harder to spread.
- Avamander 7y agoBut will also kill anyone's account who doesn't want to get harassed and/or lose their privacy.
- patrickdavey 7y agoI admit I've only just now looked at what it means to be verified: https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twitter-verified-accounts https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twit... doesn't seem like you'd necessarily have to give a real name or anything. Sure it'd mean Twitter would know more about you I guess? For me, at the moment, I'm genuinely concerned about the rise of bots and their impact on online discourse. I'd love to see measures put in place to flag or prevent their use. You only have to look at some of the comments on a Trump/thunberg/Sanders post. Or integrating https://botometer.iuni.iu.edu/#!/ https://botometer.iuni.iu.edu/#!/ Intro Twitters service or building their own _and turning it on my default_ Certainly doesn't have to be the verified account direction, but, something needs to be done.
- Avamander 7y agoWell, if everyone could get verified, what's to stop real people spreading disinformation but now, with a checkmark? I'm all for identity verification and having a strong online identity (e.g. I really like Keybase and Estonian PKI), but being identified shouldn't mean one can be trusted.