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Twitter “blue check” scams: an incomplete dump of the first 48h

by scjody on 11/11/22, 7:12 AM with 4 comments

  • by isitmadeofglass on 11/11/22, 7:57 AM

    When the news of an 8$/month verified account came out, I naively thought that meant verified would still mean that they verified the identity of the user. The badge should be swapped out for a green dollar sign and called “Paid” instead. There is obviously no verification involved now.
  • by lajt on 11/12/22, 2:52 PM

    It makes me wonder how the vetting process occurred before? Did they ever have fake accounts sneak through in the past? I assume there was some contact with the real person/celebrity/company, but could a disgruntled ex-PR rep for some celeb have created the account, and had enough secret info/credentials/whatever to pass the vetting and then start tweeting nonsense? But the fact that the vetting process was completely halted is just nuts.
  • by qualudeheart on 11/11/22, 7:50 AM

    Elon needs a dedicated ML engineer team to fight this stuff.