Fake Twitter accounts are dangerously out of control

[@youtux2]

It appears to me that Elon Musk doesn't have any idea what he's doing with Twitter

[@CassStevens]

Twitter should stop calling the $8/mo, 'verification'. It's lust a subscription for better features. The should have a separate mechanism for verification.

[@guenthersiu6002]

Sun, now that Twitter is banning impersonation account, do you think your friend can now ban the fake user before the fake user ban the real person?

[@ashishpatel350]

8 a month is worth it twitter actually gets rid of those impersonating accounts.

[@wisteela]

Another reason to switch to Mastodon.

[@maybenutt4y]

imho twitter is a great place for learning and inspiration if you only stay in certain areas, like the science (except medical... ) and art communities. But on the other hand, it's a sh*thole in most of other areas, like politics, entertainment, business, etc...

[@mickeybeavison1053]

Environment and animals only for me. Rest is a warzone.

[@m7gh827]

@@mickeybeavison1053true.

[@rydmerlin]

Just impersonate Elon and see how quickly things change.

[@deersakamoto2167]

Oh my impression was that the whole idea of "verification" disappears, other than a second tag mentioning someone being a political figure etc. The blue checkmark becomes a "subscriber badge" essentially. Is that not the case? I thought it was better than the status quo. Also I think the fear of impersonation is overblown. It already happens in KZbin and if the creator wanted, they can do the "reddit AMA" image/video thing where they hold a sign with their username + telling people how to spot fake accounts.

[@dennypage8543]

Sun... Happy to see your content. I really enjoy it.

[@9c1cce0c]

Merci pour la vidéo et pour ton travail Sun, je vais essayer de la partager au plus possible

[@dennypage8543]

How about everyone starts at $8 per month paid to the user in tokens for using Twitter? Isn't Twitter working towards a web3 philosophy?

[@garolstipock]

I'm yet to find any real life value of twitter in my life.. I cant imagine paying for the pleasure, never mind the idea of putting my government name on it..

[@GuyCovington]

Charles Hoskinson just released a video with some good ideas regarding Twitter.

[@urbanorodriguez2235]

Hi Sun, looking around for a ToDo list app that I can trust (fully encrypted). Do you have any recommendations? Thank you in advance.

[@cobbhc]

Sorry Sun, I'm not with you on this one. I agree anyone should be able to be verified if they can present enough concurrent credentials, but it's also a business. As you said, it used to be very difficult to get verified. In the past it's basically taken knowing someone or being a major name. Now, anyone with the concurrent credentials and $8 a month can be verified. I see this as a net positive.

[@sunknudsen]

Good feedback… I partially agree… problem is that solving problem with money might disincentivize Twitter from solving it for everyone (another way of seeing this is pay to play… which one could argue goes against free speech).

[@cobbhc]

@@sunknudsen You are right. It *is* pay to play, but it's a private business that has to make money, especially with advertisers being pressured to jump ship. He has to make money somewhere, and it's still better than it was. I won't be interested in ponying up until he frees the political prisoners, though.

[@bfdklfs]

The argument about this change going against free-speech does not make any sense. You can still use Twitter completely free. A.k.a. free speech.

[@CookeAaronJ]

@@cobbhc this isn’t just about the business, this is also about trust, which money does not solve. Both are problems, but the trust problem is worse. The problem is what this does to non-blue check marks. Anyone can pay $8, how do they prevent the malicious fake accounts, like Sun’s friend experienced?

[@cobbhc]

@@CookeAaronJ I agree. I think for this to work you would have to keep some kind of human-approved verification system. You don't get your check mark until your credentials are verified, and only then does your account get charged.

[@Ultrajamz]

Yeah I really think Elon was defrauded and the twitter board should be sued

[@bigdata9605]

People are really making these type of videos now? Coincidence?

[@sunknudsen]

What do you mean?

[@Ultrajamz]

@@sunknudsen probably wondering why there weren’t more videos on it before Elon bought twitter.

[@bigdata9605]

@@sunknudsen are you trying to tell people that Twitter is now a noLawZone? C'mon dude, all social media have this issue! I can literally make myself Googles CEO on linkedin

[@wohfab]

I love the #fediverse for this. On #mastodon e. g. you can put links in your profile and verify ownership via a back-link on your website. It's incredibly easy and makes it harder for scammers. Surely, they _could_ make a copy of a website as well, but it is *much harder* to fake this, than a stupid twitter account and paying a few bucks to the scary twitter dude.