platform, TwitterBlueAfter the launch of Twitter's paid verification feature, game companies, including Nintendo and Valve, are having a problem with fake accounts.
High-profile individuals and companies like Nintendo and Valve are impersonating these accounts on Twitter following the launch of the service's new paid verification system.
Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of the platform Previously, Twitter independently verified and rewarded certain accounts, indicated by a blue checkmark, based on meeting certain requirements.
These accounts were considered active, notable and publicly beneficial real accounts, but there is now another way for anyone to 'verify' with potentially harmful consequences.
New $7,99 Twitter Blue The monthly subscription service allows anyone to pay for their account to have a blue checkmark without a review to verify if they meet the active, notable, and unique criteria.
Musk had previously claimed the new system would be a deterrent for spammers and scammers, but hours after its rollout on Wednesday,
A fake but verified Nintendo of America account advertised a recently unannounced Super Mario Galaxy game. He also posted an image of Nintendo's mascot giving his middle finger.
A verified Valve account was also used to 'announce' Ricochet: Neon Prime, billed as "the next competitive platform" by the company behind the Half-Life series and leading online digital games store Steam.
Even though it turned out to be fake, it was popular game forum before users identified it as a cheat and locked it. He created his own thread on Resetera.
Elsewhere, a "verified" Twitch account has been retweeted hundreds of times after announcing new revenue splits for creators.
Others new system athletes , politicians , Jesus Christ and even Musk himself Used for fake accounts to gain verification status.
What is potentially more worrying for the platform is the evidence that the new checkmark system has been used to successfully impersonate Twitter and defraud users. .
To prevent the reboot of Twitter Blue from causing mass confusion about which accounts are genuine, Twitter has temporarily introduced a new measure to help users distinguish between Blue subscribers with a blue checkmark and accounts that it has officially verified.
An unpurchasable 'Official' tag was temporarily awarded to certain accounts, including those for selected government agencies, commercial companies, major media outlets and some public figures, but this system was quickly shelved hours later.
The Twitter Support account said on Wednesday that in the statement “We currently do not put an 'Official' tag on accounts, but we are aggressively pursuing impersonation and deception,” he said.
Musk summed up the Twitter paid verification issue in a tweet on Wednesday, saying: kabul He said: “Please note that Twitter will be doing a lot of stupid things in the coming months. We'll change what works and what doesn't, keeping what works. ”
