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Re:Internal Emails Show Twitter Struggled to Interpret Its R... by topgunsarg on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @05:19PM (#15974398)
They could just have a second badge like LinkedIn does for "influencer" or something of the like, that would convey the current benefits of the verification badge.
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Re:Internal Emails Show Twitter Struggled to Interpret Its R... by jxramos on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @08:21PM (#15975550)
Good point, seems like a failure to decouple independent concepts. Bad design, bad implementation.
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Re:Internal Emails Show Twitter Struggled to Interpret Its R... by ForHackernews on Thursday December 21, 2017 @05:15AM (#15977700)
Seems par for the course for the company that's always mixed data and metadata.
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Re:Internal Emails Show Twitter Struggled to Interpret Its R... by jeffmould on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @07:45PM (#15975362)
Or like Facebook has with two different levels/color verification checkmarks. A gray check for verified business which doesn't mean much other than they verified a phone number, or a blue check for verified person/business/etc.. of greater importance.
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Re:Internal Emails Show Twitter Struggled to Interpret Its R... by anigbrowl on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @06:01PM (#15974680)
Which would be subject to all the problems with the Verification checkmark...
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Re:Internal Emails Show Twitter Struggled to Interpret Its R... by faceplanted on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @06:47PM (#15974996)
Yes, but it would at least stop getting in the way of Twitter's usability like the current button does, they could verify all the celebrities and political activists that they haven't yet who people want them to, and then they could go bestowing perks on people they like, or pay them money.
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