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> This is why 8$ is a good idea An ad-independent revenue source is a good idea, but not the blue checkmark program, as it currently means some kind of identit

> This is why 8$ is a good idea An ad-independent revenue source is a good idea, but not the blue checkmark program, as it currently means some kind of identity verification, and 'random' folks having it may cause problems: > Want to call yourself Citibank Password Verification? Here's your blue tick, thanks for the $8. Want to say you're the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and announce you're abolishing the police? $8. Call yourself WXBM Local News Arkansas and invent a school shooting? Yours for $8 > Trump is banned? No problem, you can be Trump for 8 dollars, verified by Twitter. Or you can be Barron Trump and "expose the dark truth about your parents". Whatever. Go mad. * https://twitter.com/ariehkovler/status/1588306300450263041 https://twitter.com/ariehkovler/status/1588306300450263041

philliphaydon 4y ago
> as it currently means some kind of identity verification No. Many random people have been given blue ticks. Some people happen to just wake up and have a blue tick. I doubt many celebs went through the process of identity verification. Journalists basically get it for free regardless of their journalistic ability or follower count. They could sign up to Twitter after getting a job at CNN and get blue tick. Blue tick as it is right now is an abused meaningless system now.
- ceejayoz 4y ago
  > I doubt many celebs went through the process of identity verification. That's OK. Twitter verification was "Twitter verified this person's identity", not "this person asked Twitter to verify their identity". Twitter can and should do so proactively in scenarios like this. > Journalists basically get it for free regardless of their journalistic ability or follower count. Yes, they're one of the specific categories permitted to apply laid out at https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twitter-verified-accounts#categories https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twit....
jesuscript 4y ago
If he requires anyone that wants to use the API to be a verified subscriber, then he’ll kill a lot of bots abusing the api. I would not be shocked if they calculated bandwidth costs of spamming Twitter, and putting an order of magnitude prohibitive price on it.
- qwytw 4y ago
  Which is irrelevant. The $8 per 'verified' user will never be enough to cover expenses or offset the lost advertising revenue.

philliphaydon 4y ago

> as it currently means some kind of identity verification No. Many random people have been given blue ticks. Some people happen to just wake up and have a blue tick. I doubt many celebs went through the process of identity verification. Journalists basically get it for free regardless of their journalistic ability or follower count. They could sign up to Twitter after getting a job at CNN and get blue tick. Blue tick as it is right now is an abused meaningless system now.

ceejayoz 4y ago
> I doubt many celebs went through the process of identity verification. That's OK. Twitter verification was "Twitter verified this person's identity", not "this person asked Twitter to verify their identity". Twitter can and should do so proactively in scenarios like this. > Journalists basically get it for free regardless of their journalistic ability or follower count. Yes, they're one of the specific categories permitted to apply laid out at https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twitter-verified-accounts#categories https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twit....

jesuscript 4y ago

If he requires anyone that wants to use the API to be a verified subscriber, then he’ll kill a lot of bots abusing the api. I would not be shocked if they calculated bandwidth costs of spamming Twitter, and putting an order of magnitude prohibitive price on it.

qwytw 4y ago
Which is irrelevant. The $8 per 'verified' user will never be enough to cover expenses or offset the lost advertising revenue.