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Let'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 r
by nameless912 4y ago
Let'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