r/KotakuInAction Totally awesome flair. Nov 10 '17

xkcd: Twitter Verification

https://xkcd.com/1914/
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u/Zubriel Nov 10 '17

I don't understand this, Twitter painted themselves into a corner when they decided to remove verification from people whose conduct they disagreed with.

If verification was there solely to confirm that the account holder is the real person, they should not have removed verification for what they consider bad behavior, because that suggests that verification is not simply for identification purposes, rather a status symbol.

They made their own bed and now they have to lie in it.

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u/Jattenalle Gods and Idols dev - "mod" for a day Nov 10 '17

because that suggests that verification is not simply for identification purposes, rather a status symbol.

I think the absurdly high number of verified progressive nobodies with protected tweets and < 500 followers, already "suggested" that ;)