When will ‘Verified’ just mean ‘Real Person’?

Carter Gibson
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…

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Carter Gibson

Community Management strategist & Program Manager | Internal Community Programs Lead @ Google | Excitable Geek | Lover of spectacle | I write about my passions