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I wonder how some of those can be verified accounts at all. They appear to have been hijacked just hours ago, their original content and followers are still the

I wonder how some of those can be verified accounts at all. They appear to have been hijacked just hours ago, their original content and followers are still there. The rules for Twitter Verification say "Demonstrate your account has a follower count in the top .05% of active accounts located in the same geographic region" yet some of these accounts just have a few hundred followers. Surely 300 followers cannot be in the top .05% of active accounts in, say, Indonesia? Edit: The best one so far, replying to @POTUS: https://twitter.com/IYCKarnataka/status/1570126180791242753 https://twitter.com/IYCKarnataka/status/1570126180791242753

georgiecasey 4y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if someone responsible for verifying accounts in Indonesia took a bribe.
- bombcar 4y ago
  What do you bet a KPM for some manager somewhere is number of new verified accounts?
colatkinson 4y ago
I don't think the follower count being that high is a hard requirement. The sentence in full: > Follower or Mention Count: If your account is detected to be in the top .05% follower or mention count for your geographic location, it may count towards notability evidence for certain categories. Emphasis mine. The other listed sources of "notability" are things like news coverage, IMDB references, and Google Trends. So for example, an elderly state senator who "never quite figured out the socials" would not have millions of followers, but would be eligible for verification because they are notable for other reasons. The follower count thing seems more like a bolster for influencers and such. They won't have industry references, given that they aren't really in an industry per se, and they won't probably won't end up on the front page of the NYT just for having lots of followers. But nonetheless, it's in the best interest of both the influencer and Twitter to avoid having phonies of the influencer promoting scams.

georgiecasey 4y ago

I wouldn't be surprised if someone responsible for verifying accounts in Indonesia took a bribe.

bombcar 4y ago
What do you bet a KPM for some manager somewhere is number of new verified accounts?

colatkinson 4y ago

I don't think the follower count being that high is a hard requirement. The sentence in full: > Follower or Mention Count: If your account is detected to be in the top .05% follower or mention count for your geographic location, it may count towards notability evidence for certain categories. Emphasis mine. The other listed sources of "notability" are things like news coverage, IMDB references, and Google Trends. So for example, an elderly state senator who "never quite figured out the socials" would not have millions of followers, but would be eligible for verification because they are notable for other reasons. The follower count thing seems more like a bolster for influencers and such. They won't have industry references, given that they aren't really in an industry per se, and they won't probably won't end up on the front page of the NYT just for having lots of followers. But nonetheless, it's in the best interest of both the influencer and Twitter to avoid having phonies of the influencer promoting scams.