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Twitter said it fixed ‘verification.’ So I impersonated a senator (again)
- hitpointdrew 4y ago> Last week, up popped a blue check mark on my @SenatorEdMarkey account. Oops! I did it again. Except if you actually read Elon's tweet is very quick and easy to determine that you are not the real senator, even with the blue check mark. > Gold check for companies, grey check for government, blue for individuals (celebrity or not)... Your check mark is blue, not grey, there for you are NOT government (not a senator).
- PenguinCoder 4y agoOh Great, because that is utterly less confusing way to fix the problem he created.
- programmer_dude 4y agoDo you really expect people to remember what the colors mean?
- tssva 4y agoThe grey checkmark is only for government agencies. Individual lawmakers have blue check marks.
- commoner 4y ago> And so far, Twitter has not given any special marks to the accounts belonging to U.S. senators such as Markey. > As of press time, Markey’s real account still has a blue check mark that says, “This is a legacy verified account. It may or may not be notable.” My fake one, meanwhile, says “This account is verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PH7XYSAVW5FDTB4TTLSP3LHARI.gif&w=1200 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://... > On the left, Ed Markey's real Twitter account. On the right, the Twitter account Geoff created impersonating Markey.
- dormento 4y ago> Your check mark is blue, not grey, there for you are NOT government (not a senator). Whoops, I always thought it was the other way around.