Twitter restarted its verification program last May after a hiatus of more than three years, but suspended it again after Elon Musk took over Twitter. However, Musk has announced that Twitter will “tentatively” launch Verified on December 2nd and manually verify all verified accounts before check activation.
Manually verifying verified accounts is definitely a good idea, because after Musk took over Twitter, the company also started offering blue checkmarks to eligible Twitter Blue subscribers, but it didn’t actually work Verifying identities, which leads to verified accounts impersonating popular personalities and brands.
In addition to announcing a tentative rollout verified, Musk said the checkmark on Twitter will now appear in three colors — gold, gray and blue. Corporations are gold, governments are gray, and individuals are blue.
Sorry for the delay, we are tentatively scheduled to launch Verified next Friday.
Gold checks for companies, gray checks for governments, blue checks for individuals (celebrity or not), and all verified accounts will be manually processed prior to check activation Authentication.
Painful, but necessary.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November , 25
In addition, Musk said that individuals can now have a small secondary badge indicating that they belong to an organization, if the organization verifies it.
It is unclear whether Twitter will follow the same standards for verifying accounts as before, or if it will revise them. Musk has promised a “longer explanation” of the verification next week, so we might get more clarity on that.
Because the line of what constitutes “significant” is otherwise too subjective.
Individuals can have a small secondary logo indicating that they belong to an organization, if verified by that organization.
Will explain in more detail next week.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November , 25
Hopefully the verification process now makes more sense and feels less random, because while Twitter has provided more clarity on the verification process after its reboot last year, the way Twitter verifies accounts has caused some issues and left users feeling Confused as many accounts do not meet the criteria but still manage to get the blue checkmark.
Our own GSMArena Twitter account has been denied verification for status several times since last year on the grounds that it was not “distinctive” enough, while accounts blatantly impersonating the GSMArena brand were on social The irony of operating freely on the web can cause confusion.
As Musk promotes “free speech” and cracks down on fake accounts and spam bots on Twitter, we hope the tech Billionaires are able to come up with a counterfeit solution and roll out a more transparent verification process that works for everyone.
