verified users

Social media verification: still a crapshoot Members Public

The opaque and unpredictable routes to verified status on social media, make it a desirable status symbol, and a distorting influence on social interactions

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
verification

WikiLeaks Task Force doxing concerns: is Twitter verification making you a target? Members Public

Remember when I was amused by Twitter deciding that I’m not a journalist [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2016/11/journalism-social-media-arbitration.html] or in the media? Well, now I’m profoundly glad. Why? Well, this little Tweet from a WikiLeaks-affiliated group went out on Friday: Of course, many, many

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
ethics

You're only a journalist if Twitter and Facebook say so. Members Public

The social media platforms decide if we are journalists or not. How… odd.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Facebook

Twitter sanitises @replies for verified users Members Public

Talking of services with two tiers of users, Twitter is making life nicer for its elite “verified” users: > Quality filter allows verified users to hide tweets in notifications containing threats, offensive or abusive language, duplicate content or that are sent from suspicious accounts, similar to the old “filtered” option

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
community management