Twitter Takes Step to Fight Spam
Biz Stone posted on the Twitter blog that Twitter is going to be rolling out Verified Account Beta, a feature that will help Twitter identify which accounts and real and authentic. There have been cases on Twitter where people have registered famous people or actors names to get a following.
Here is how to identify verified accounts from the Twitter Verified Account page:
The ‘Verified Account’ badge will appear in the top-right portion of a user’s profile page just above the name, location and bio—as shown in the screenshot above.
It will always have a badge followed by the words ‘Verified Account’
If the verified account badge appears anywhere else on a user’s profile page (e.g. in the avatar or the background) it is not a verified account
The verified account badge will also appear next to usernames in the Find People section
The verified account badge will have the same color as shown above even if users customize the background of their profile page or change the color in the sidebar
There are already for examples of Verified Accounts on Twitter.
It will be interesting to see how far Twitter takes this beta program in the upcoming weeks and if it will really help.
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