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That still implies it isn't about identity verification.

• esyir 5y ago
  If it was about identity verification, the process should certainly not be reversible for "moral" reasons. Rather, I would expect some notability cutoff as the requirement for the blue letter. As it stands now, the manner in which it is distributed better reflects if Twitter (the org) likes you. That it generally also verifies your identity is secondary.
  • jdavis703 5y ago
    Sure, but this is barely different than air travel. You’ve got people on the no-fly list, unverified people in standard TSA, and if the US government likes you, you can get verified with TSA PreCheck. However the moment you do something dumb (say “accidentally” bring a gun) you get stripped of PreCheck.
• notreallyserio 5y ago
  Sure, but it was never said to be purely an identify verification process. There have always been other requirements, some of which were not public. It's fair to assume that one requirement is to adhere to the T&Cs, although I can't confirm that.
  • ByteJockey 5y ago
    > Sure, but it was never said to be purely an identify verification process. There have always been other requirements Yeah. That's what people are annoyed about. That wasn't twitter's public position.