We should have stopped the current process at the beginning of the year. We knew it was busted as people confuse ID verification with endorsement. Have to fix the system, pausing until we do.https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/928654369771356162 …
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Replying to @mrdonut @benedictevans
If it’s not endorsement and is simply authentication, then you must verify everyone who can prove their identity. Otherwise, it’s a popularity/importance contest with Twitter as the judge.
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Notability and endorsement are completely different. Being verified just means that a notable person is actually behind the account in use. I just dislike how inconsistent verification is.
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Depends on who gets to define “notable” and how they go about it. At the very least, must have public, measurable criteria.
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Verification can't be entirely separate from notability because to be useful it has to mean "the person you think it is". Legal names are not unique.
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