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The negativity in this comment section is so weird. Isn't this is exactly what people on HN were asking for a few months ago. And this is such an obvious fix fo
by woojoo666 4y ago
The negativity in this comment section is so weird. Isn't this is exactly what people on HN were asking for a few months ago. And this is such an obvious fix for an obvious problem. I don't get what the issue is
- nameless912 4y agoLet's say you're a band that just released a new album. It's really common on twitter to change your profile name to "BandName New Album Out X/YY!". This is a really common part of how Twitter operates, but this change to remove verification checks due to name changes will reduce the ability of people to legitimately use the platform, all because Elon Musk didn't like verified people impersonating him as a joke.
- woojoo666 4y agoThat is interesting, though it seems more of a hack. This seems like something that should be in the bio, not part of the name. Though perhaps Twitter can add user flairs like Reddit
- rhaway84773 4y agoAll of Twitter is built on hacks. Hashtags? User created hacks. Retweeting? User created hacks. The majority of Twitter’s mechanisms involved users hacking something together and when it was successful enough, Twitter formalizing it.
- nameless912 4y agoI think this contributed a lot to Twitter's reputation for scrappiness in the early days and why people are so emotionally attached to it to this day.
- woojoo666 4y agoAnd formalizing it in this case would be user flairs. This way the flair can change, but the name stays. Though Twitter will only bother adding flairs if enough people complain that they can't tack on promotions to their names, and I'm not seeing that yet
- klyrs 4y agoIs it that weird? The apparent trigger for this policy is Kathy Griffin "impersonating" Musk, and nobody thought her account was his. Her account got suspended, which goes above and beyond this policy; which happened before this policy came out, despite his promise of no major content decisions until he gets his moderation committee together (which hasn't happened yet). He's all "free speech absolutism" but lashes out at people whose speech is critical of him. So yeah. Expect some negativity.
- woojoo666 4y agoAre we sure that's the trigger? As I said, this is something HN has been asking for for months. And the fix is so obvious. It's natural that Elon would push for it in his first week or so
- rhaway84773 4y agoJust because you said this is what HN has been asking for months doesn’t mean it’s true. It’s not even clear why HN would be asking this for months because there was no concern about this issue until a few weeks ago thanks to the blue check marks. Any links to a thread where a substantial number of HN commenters were asking for this policy?
- woojoo666 4y agoHere, from 2 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32841997 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32841997 And it's the top comment on the thread
- rhaway84773 4y agoWhy would anyone be asking for this several months ago when the $8 blue checkmark wasn’t even a thing then or not even suggested by Musk at that point. And besides, at the time Twitter had already solved its impersonation of public figures problem for many years now with the introduction of the…blue checkmark… Elon took a successful solution, trashed it, personally faced the consequences of doing so and came up with a completely ad hoc solution which negates one of the two things he promised he bought Twitter to do.
- postalrat 4y agoEveryone was talking about bots and what the possible solutions would be. A bot tax was suggested and favored by many.
- Ekaros 4y agoAlmost as if people here want to be impersonated with opposing political views to them on Twitter.