His rule in Twitter Elon Musk began with group layoffs, as well as with the introduction of a new paid service – Twitter Blue. For $8 a month, service users can get several amenities. One of them is a special stamp on the profile picturewhich confirms the authenticity of the account.
Until now, this symbol was reserved only for politicians, public figures or journalists. It was a kind of confirmation that the person he really is who he says he is. This is important because it is no secret that hundreds, if not thousands, of accounts are created on Twitter every day that impersonate famous people – for example, in order to extort money from website users.
A tag confirming the authenticity of the account photo Twitter
However, with the introduction of Twitter Blue, anyone can buy the authenticity mark. Literally everyone – also a person who wants to impersonate a well-known brand or politician. This means that this symbol has ceased to be any indicator of authenticity.
Yes, when we click on the badge, we receive information whether we are really dealing with a public person or a Twitter Blue subscriber. At first glance, however, there is no difference. This decision by Elon Musk must have caused chaos on Twitter. And she did.
Twitter Blue for everyone. Anarchy reigned on the platform
On Wednesday, after the introduction of the service, Twitter was like mushrooms after the rain fake, but at the same time “verified” accounts began to spring up. One of the first companies to fall victim to this chaos was Valve – a well-known video game producer.
On the allegedly official (because it has a blue marker) Valve account, information about the start of the new “Neon Prime” service appeared. This news was obviously sucked out of your finger.
Fake Valve account Twitter
It also missed Japanese Nintendo. Someone impersonated the company’s Twitter account and greeted users of the platform with a picture of the sympathetic plumber Mario showing them a less sympathetic gesture of the middle finger.
Fake Nintendo Twitter account photo Twitter
The website was also quickly flooded with fake news distributed by allegedly verified public figures. Someone impersonated LeBron James and announced the termination of the basketball player’s cooperation with the Los Angeles Lakers team. They even made their own Donald Trumpwho still hasn’t returned to Twitter after months of banishment.
Fake LeBron James profile photo Twitter
Elon Musk: Maybe it’s a stupid idea, but we’ll see
On Wednesday, Elon Musk met with Twitter advertisers. , during this conversation, the new head of the service stated that Twitter Blue may be a “stupid idea, but we’ll see”.
He also repeated that he did not like it “lords and peasants situation where selected users have blue tags” on Twitter.
Elon Musk explained that forcing users to pay $8 for verification is “important” and “necessary” to deal with “millions of bots” and “troll farms” on Twitter, including “malicious actions by state actors.”
Source: Gazeta
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