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Re:Ask HN: How would you turn Twitter around? by hellcow on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @04:29PM (#13758057)
I love #7. A lot of people would pay a monthly fee to maintain a checkmark on their profile as a part of a "Twitter Pro" account. That fee could cover the manual verification of the user via scanned photo-ID and become a profit center for the company. Think of it like Twitter's version of an EV SSL cert.
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Re:Ask HN: How would you turn Twitter around? by ClassyJacket on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @06:05PM (#13759128)
They've had verified accounts for ages.
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Re:Ask HN: How would you turn Twitter around? by scott_s on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @06:14PM (#13759196)
Yes, but you basically have to pass a notability test to get it (https://support.twitter.com/articles/20174631). hellcow and nikcub are suggesting to just open it up to anyone who is willing to pay for it.
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