Twitter verification shenanigans: gold edition

because shades of orange are now totally real organizationsTwitter recently rolled out a new verification feature for organizations, which bestows a gold checkmark on an organization’s primary Twitter account and…

Inauthentic activity and Twitter Blue verification

One of the highly-touted benefits of the Twitter Blue paid verification feature is an alleged reduction in spam and inauthentic activity. While the underlying assumption that adding the requirement for…