When will ‘Verified’ just mean ‘Real Person’?
7 min readNov 25, 2020
The reasoning for — and challenges of — expanding online verifications beyond notable figures.
Yesterday, Twitter shared that they would relaunch their verification applications in early 2021. Some time ago, users could request a verified badge, but it was removed. As it’s coming back, Twitter asked users to provide feedback and, in a surprising move, shared the actual language of the…