Twitter Won't Verify Its Own Founder's Parents
Establishing a “verified” Twitter account can be even more important than snagging a great handle. Why? Because if your group or client has any imitators, he/she/it will be battling them in order to establish authenticity. We know people tend to trust whatever they find on the Internet (ha ha), but do you have any idea how many fake Justin Bieber accounts exist? Stephen Colbert couldn’t even create Bill Clinton‘s account under his own name because so many people claiming to be him already tweet on his behalf (and that must be really annoying!).
This whole “are you authentic” thing is especially important to smaller brands and personalities looking to gain a little publicity via Twitter, because sometimes people don’t pay enough attention to this sort of thing! For example, we were fooled earlier this year by a fake MetLife Stadium account that made a couple of jokes at the Superdome’s expense...
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