This seems to be happening to lots of academics. Weird time not to be verifying them. No category for “academic”.https://twitter.com/DiseaseEcology/status/1402768648578625536 …
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What’s the point of verification then? Notable? Real person? Who they say they are?
Originally I thought it was for preventing people from impersonating celebrities, but it has long since exceeded my understanding. Of course the kind of people who insist you call them "Dr." because they studied Hegelian hermeneutics are going to grasp at any online credential.
<--- you mean, like this?
This man tweets
Definitely not. It's kinda important for me to know if someone is really a scientist instead of just pretending to be one. If their verification badge is just a signal for 'elite' or something silly like that then we have a big problem.
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