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I always find it kind of odd when someone is verified on twitter but only has a few thousand followers. The impression it leaves is almost worse than not being

I always find it kind of odd when someone is verified on twitter but only has a few thousand followers. The impression it leaves is almost worse than not being verified at all.

nailer 5y ago
I know verified people who were in the JS / webdev scene in 2010 and are verified because they knew someone who worked at Twitter.
vmception 5y ago
All it means is that someone verified their identity. They are generally for people that have shown people try to copy their profile to fool others. Nothing to do with popularity, that correlation comes from the likelyhood of impersonation. But yes, also vanity.
- sthnblllII 5y ago
  You're leaving out the most important part, being verified but having no organic support means powerful interests are backing you against the population. Often this is journalists that push unpopular war propaganda and strategically ignore corruption and war crimes committed by the US and Israel.
  - vmception 5y ago
    Its just as often people that like to show their bodies as well as software developers, so bad take. Your observation happens, but you're reading way too far into it.
    - sthnblllII 5y ago
      >people that like to show their bodies as well as software developers I really dont understand what you mean. >Your observation happens, but you're reading way too far into it. I also dont understand this lol. So you admit this happens but just don't think I should care that much? Well I do care about the rich parlaying their wealth into political power by buying up newspapers and social media companies ala Jeff Bezos and Jared Kushner and the Qutaris and I would hope you do too.
      - vmception 5y ago
        After brands, verified accounts are mostly models, sex workers, followed by vain people that are closest to the verification database Journals and newscasters would then be much smaller I don’t have any other opinion on the matter (or quantitative sources)
nodesocket 5y ago
People were absolutely getting verified because they knew somebody who worked at Twitter. Old boy gang stuff.
mc32 5y ago
Or on the other hand refuses to verify very well known people such as Assange.
garmaine 5y ago
…why? It ought to just mean they had their ID verified. That’s it.
geerlingguy 5y ago
This parody is so accurate it hurts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni8CpIJpmqw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni8CpIJpmqw ('how twitter verification works' by Gus Johnson)

I always find it kind of odd when someone is verified on twitter but only has a few thousand followers. The impression it leaves is almost worse than not being verified at all.

nailer 5y ago

I know verified people who were in the JS / webdev scene in 2010 and are verified because they knew someone who worked at Twitter.

vmception 5y ago

All it means is that someone verified their identity. They are generally for people that have shown people try to copy their profile to fool others. Nothing to do with popularity, that correlation comes from the likelyhood of impersonation. But yes, also vanity.

sthnblllII 5y ago
You're leaving out the most important part, being verified but having no organic support means powerful interests are backing you against the population. Often this is journalists that push unpopular war propaganda and strategically ignore corruption and war crimes committed by the US and Israel.
- vmception 5y ago
  Its just as often people that like to show their bodies as well as software developers, so bad take. Your observation happens, but you're reading way too far into it.
  - sthnblllII 5y ago
    >people that like to show their bodies as well as software developers I really dont understand what you mean. >Your observation happens, but you're reading way too far into it. I also dont understand this lol. So you admit this happens but just don't think I should care that much? Well I do care about the rich parlaying their wealth into political power by buying up newspapers and social media companies ala Jeff Bezos and Jared Kushner and the Qutaris and I would hope you do too.
    - vmception 5y ago
      After brands, verified accounts are mostly models, sex workers, followed by vain people that are closest to the verification database Journals and newscasters would then be much smaller I don’t have any other opinion on the matter (or quantitative sources)

nodesocket 5y ago

People were absolutely getting verified because they knew somebody who worked at Twitter. Old boy gang stuff.

mc32 5y ago

Or on the other hand refuses to verify very well known people such as Assange.

garmaine 5y ago

…why? It ought to just mean they had their ID verified. That’s it.

geerlingguy 5y ago

This parody is so accurate it hurts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni8CpIJpmqw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni8CpIJpmqw ('how twitter verification works' by Gus Johnson)