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03-09-2018, 06:34 PM
Twitter is working to expand its verification to everyone
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Now you can feel special too: Twitter is looking to open up its verification process to regular folk.
CEO Jack Dorsey revealed in a Periscope stream (https://www.pscp.tv/w/1rmxPmBrQBmKN) on Thursday that the company is working to expand its blue verification checkmark to all users.
SEE ALSO: Twitter’s murky verification process is helping cryptocurrency scams thrive (https://mashable.com/2018/02/26/twitter-verification-exploited-cryptocurrency-scams/)
"The intention is to open verification to everyone," Dorsey said. "And to do it in a way that’s scalable, where we're not in the way and people can verify more facts about themselves, and we don’t have to be the judge or imply any bias on our part."*
It comes after Dorsey admitted verification is "broken" (https://mashable.com/2017/11/09/twitter-verification-pauses-white-supremacy-kessler/) on the platform, and a small team under Twitter product director David Gasca has been tasked to rethink how the verification system works. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/08/twitter-verification-expansion-dorsey/)
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Now you can feel special too: Twitter is looking to open up its verification process to regular folk.
CEO Jack Dorsey revealed in a Periscope stream (https://www.pscp.tv/w/1rmxPmBrQBmKN) on Thursday that the company is working to expand its blue verification checkmark to all users.
SEE ALSO: Twitter’s murky verification process is helping cryptocurrency scams thrive (https://mashable.com/2018/02/26/twitter-verification-exploited-cryptocurrency-scams/)
"The intention is to open verification to everyone," Dorsey said. "And to do it in a way that’s scalable, where we're not in the way and people can verify more facts about themselves, and we don’t have to be the judge or imply any bias on our part."*
It comes after Dorsey admitted verification is "broken" (https://mashable.com/2017/11/09/twitter-verification-pauses-white-supremacy-kessler/) on the platform, and a small team under Twitter product director David Gasca has been tasked to rethink how the verification system works. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/08/twitter-verification-expansion-dorsey/)
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