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People know how Twitter works. You, I, and most people here on HN, obviously do. The evidence however seems to suggest that a lot of people on Twitter clearly
by dagw 4y ago
People know how Twitter works.
You, I, and most people here on HN, obviously do. The evidence however seems to suggest that a lot of people on Twitter clearly don't. And that responsibility falls to a large part on Twitter as there are many obvious ways they could improve the situation.
- krapp 4y agoI see no evidence that people on Twitter know less about how Twitter works than people on HN (many of whom can't even read a thread on Twitter, as they will vocally complain about it being incomprehensible to them) given that changing one's display name on Twitter has been common for years, and that we're talking about a viral meme, which implies people being in on the joke. >And that responsibility falls to a large part on Twitter as there are many obvious ways they could improve the situation. Sure, they could improve the situation by having verification work as intended, instead of breaking it in favor of an awkward and shameless ploy to monetize it. But that's orthogonal to the question of whether or not these mock verified accounts are fooling a lot of people, and I don't think they are.