Some fodder:
I also think it was very bad for journalism as a profession that, because we belong to a group of people for whom identity verification is essential, we wound up getting the same marker next to our name as presidents and CEOs — and were mistaken a part of an overclass.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) November 6, 2022
ALSO: I expect this to come up, so I’ll include it here: “Twitter suspends Kathy Griffin’s account for impersonating Elon Musk” (NY Post).
Despite her handle showing her own @kathygriffin name, the moniker by her blue checkmark said “Elon Musk” — which goes against the company policy against impersonation….
I presume she’ll be allowed back, because Musk later tweeted:
“Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended…. Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning. This will be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue.”
I’m seeing some people calling Griffin’s suspension “permanent,” but Musk wrote “Going forward.”