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> it just looked like an Elon Musk tweet with a blue checkmark (except for the incorrect @). Honestly this should have been the bannable offense. The checkmark
by afiori 4y ago
> it just looked like an Elon Musk tweet with a blue checkmark (except for the incorrect @).
Honestly this should have been the bannable offense. The checkmark was meant to guaranteed that you are who your claims to be (without having to check the @ on a side channel). If you intentionally use it for deceit then what is the point?
Personally I dislike both Musk and Twitter, but I hope (and also doubt) that Twitter keeps an adequate level of user verification for the checkmarks.
- pseudo0 4y agoI believe that is what they are actually banning people for, "impersonation", as they are using a verified account to do a more convincing impersonation of another verified account. The easiest option in my opinion would be to force verified users to submit tickets for display name changes, or warn them that they will have to reapply for verification when they try to change their display name and remove it. Musk sounds like he is choosing the latter.
- krapp 4y ago>The checkmark was meant to guaranteed that you are who your claims to be (without having to check the @ on a side channel). If you intentionally use it for deceit then what is the point? The point is that it's now possible to simply purchase a checkmark for $8.00/mo with no identity verification involved. So the checkmark is now unfit for any purpose besides impersonating other accounts. Which is why everyone is using it to shit on Elon Musk.