After Twitter labels select accounts as “Official”, Elon Musk says he “killed it” and an executive says the label “is still going out” as part of the new Blue
Twitter's $8 blue tick rollout sees ‘verified’ fakes Pete Syme / Insider : Trolls are already abusing Elon Musk's new Twitter verification system, impersonating everyone from George Bush to O.J. Simpson Mike Proulx / Forrester : Twitter Blue Is Still Singing A Sad Tune Efe Udin / Gizchina : Twitter to “unverify” all previously verified accounts - adds a new verification symbol Tweets: @waemd : Well, that didn't last long. As our “official” designation vanishes and our @Twitter blue check mark is probably next to go, a quick note on best ways to confirm the identity of government Twitter accounts around you. https://twitter.com/... @esthercrawford : @TwitterBlue Not all previously verified accounts will get the “Official” label and the label is not available for purchase. Accounts that will receive it include government accounts, commercial companies, business partners, major media outlets, publishers and some public figures. Elon Musk / @elonmusk : Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months. We will keep what works & change what doesn't. @esthercrawford : @nelson The official label is still going out as part of the @TwitterBlue launch — we are just focusing on government and commercial entities to begin with. What you saw him mention was the fact that we're not focusing on giving individuals the “Official” label right now. Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @MKBHD Blue check will be the great leveler Jason Schreier / @jasonschreier : Can't imagine why all the advertisers are pulling out of Twitter lmao https://twitter.com/... Mark Cuban / @mcuban : @elonmusk, from one entrepreneur to another, for when you have your customer service hat on. I just spent too much time muting all the newly purchased checkmark accts in an attempt to make my verified mentions useful again. Hope this helps. Esther Crawford / @esthercrawford : There are no sacred cows in product at Twitter anymore. Elon is willing to try lots of things — many will fail, some will succeed. The goal is to find the right mix of successful changes to ensure the long-term health and growth of the business. https://twitter.com/... Alejandra Caraballo / @esqueer_ : The people who incited violence and bomb threats against children's hospitals have now all been verified under Twitter Blue. Advertisers should not support the vile hate being legitimized and amplified on this platform. https://twitter.com/... Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : By the way, is there anyone left at Twitter who remembers that the company is still under a pretty stringent FTC consent decree that has, you know, some requirements about launching new products & services and having a written plan about their security? https://www.ftc.gov/... https://twitter.com/... Marques Brownlee / @mkbhd : So now there's two verified checks. One that shows next to your profile in replies, in retweets, and everywhere else: It means you're a Twitter Blue subscriber. The other one ("Official") only shows up on certain profiles and on tlmeline...... https://twitter.com/... Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : I see the “verification” system is going juuuuuuuuuuuust great. https://twitter.com/... Dangered Wolf / @dangeredwolf : Twitter recommending following fake accounts because they bought Twitter Blue https://twitter.com/... @enichan : Oh my god shut up shut UP SHUT THE FUCK UP YOURE JUST SAYING RANDOM SHIT! “Twitter will be the go to source of information”, “Twitter will be a financial marketplace”, “Twitter will be better than signal for secure messaging” you're so full of shit, SHUT THE FUCK UP, JESUS https://twitter.com/... Anthony / @fascinated : imagine sleeping at the office to ship this https://twitter.com/... Matt Binder / @mattbinder : lmao Twitter built the “this mf paid for twitter” meme right into its paid Twitter Blue subscription if you click a blue checkmark on a user's profile, it'll show you if they were given one as an actual notable user or it'll show you that this mf paid for twitter https://twitter.com/... Alex von Tunzelmann / @alexvtunzelmann : Oh dear https://twitter.com/... @mds : hold my beer https://twitter.com/... Aaron Levie / @levie : Twitter I love you but obviously you can't add a row of space just to say the word “official” on everything. https://twitter.com/... Anthony DeRosa / @anthony : Seeing reports that buying Twitter Blue will override your legacy checkmark so, caveat emptor https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Also seems notable that the only way users would know that something changed about verification today is if you ... read news coverage? Or Elon's tweets? It's times like this a company wishes it had comms and marketing teams @eevee : the man is like a bright eyed indie gamedev. oh my game will be an mmo five hundred times the size of wow. oh it'll have crafting and building and you can play it on your phone but also it's an fps. there are procedurally generated quests and it's a platformer fishing minigame https://twitter.com/... Dave Itzkoff / @ditzkoff : when your checkmark gets its own checkmark https://twitter.com/... Mark Cuban / @mcuban : The value of Twitter to me is the speed at which I can get and share information. Just like you use it. BUT, Twitter stands out because while it can be a rabbit hole at times, There is significant time savings because of the legacy blue check mark curation that twitter has done https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer