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Isn't the move to have an established account with a couple thousand followers, then change profile pic and name and then do the $8 verify? I don't use twitter
by skyyler 4y ago
Isn't the move to have an established account with a couple thousand followers, then change profile pic and name and then do the $8 verify? I don't use twitter so I'm just assuming how this works.
- gruez 4y agoWouldn't the username look off? eg. if you set up with an account with something like "@cutecatpics" as the username to get followers, wouldn't it look suspicious even if changed the name to "Eli Lilly"? It will look like Eli Lilly @cutecatpics You can try flipping this (legit looking username to start with), but it'll look suspicious when you're trying to rack up followers Cute cat pics @eli_lilly_official
- drcongo 4y agoYou can change your handle on Twitter.
- nemothekid 4y agoEli Lilly's official twitter handle was @LillyPad. The fake was @EliLillyandCo. The part about followers doesn't matter because the number of followers someone has doesn't show up in the feed, nor is it emphasized that boldly. Someone can just make a fake account, write a fake tweet, and the retweet that tweet onto their actual account.
- iudqnolq 4y agoIt's also completely plausible for a real, situationally important authority to have very few followers.
- fragmede 4y agohilariously the font that Twitter uses has capital-i look the same as lowercase-L, so when @AppIeOfCA tweeted as a verified account, it was really hard to distinguish from the real @AppleOfCA account. https://twitter.com/appleofca/status/1590898344242868227 https://twitter.com/appleofca/status/1590898344242868227 till it gets taken down.