You can finally request that coveted blue verified twitter badge that has eluded you for seven years.
The equally vaunted and ridiculed blue checkmarks on Twitter are no longer exclusive to elites or those with connections who have an “in” at Twitter. The company recently opened the verified account designation up to all users and put some rules in place for consideration (go. macworld.com/twitterreqverifyacct). Many of Twitter’s 310 million monthly active users don’t qualify for verification, but the company is opening the secretive and invite-only process up to anyone.
This story is from the Macworld September 2016 edition of Macworld.
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