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This isn't even really a free speech issue. You can still change your name. Just not with a verified checkmark. In fact we can think of twitter verification as
by woojoo666 4y ago
This isn't even really a free speech issue. You can still change your name. Just not with a verified checkmark.
In fact we can think of twitter verification as a way of asserting that your name won't change. This way, people will trust the name more.
- klyrs 4y ago> You can still change your name. For certain values of "you," anyway.
- woojoo666 4y agoAnybody can do it. If you are already verified, just stop paying, and you'll lose verification, and now you can change your name. Perhaps they should make it easier to remove the verification yourself, though I don't see it being a common use case
- tinus_hn 4y agoThe question is, what is Twitter verifying when you get the checkmark? I don’t see what they can verify if your usercode happens to be marc1986.
- woojoo666 4y agoMaybe they just check if your real name matches your twitter display name