Twitter underwent a major transformation in its profile verification system after Elon Musk purchased the social network founded by Jack Dorsey. The old verified symbol, a blue mark, was now available to anyone who subscribed to the service for R$42 per month.
With this change, verified companies were given a gold mark and government agencies were given a gray mark. The change appears to be causing confusion among platform users.
After two household name accounts recently made controversial statements, Twitter users are asking Elon Musk to reevaluate his verification system.
‘Bitcoin’ and ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ accounts are causing controversy on Twitter
In early September, the Bitcoin account (@bitcoin) caused major controversy on Twitter. At the time, the profile celebrated the removal of private cryptocurrencies from Binance, but was widely rebuked by the community.
“Good that Bitcoin doesn’t have to worry about that”the Bitcoin profile responded on Twitter.
“Who the hell runs this account?”one follower asked.
In early October, the Satoshi Nakamoto (@satoshi) profile, also branded Twitter Blue, surprised the community. Under the name of Bitcoin’s creator, the account left a cryptic message to its followers, pointing out that we will experience major changes in the coming months.
“In the coming months we will explore several aspects that were not explicitly included in the white paper”wrote the profile in question.
While many believe there is no chance that Satoshi Nakamoto is the owner of this account, others were carried away by the curious statement. The tweet in question has already been viewed more than 6 million times.
As for the Bitcoin profile, it is also unlikely to be under the control of Bitcoin Core developers or any other important figure. Be that as it may, Bitcoin is a decentralized project, that is, it belongs to everyone and at the same time it belongs to no one.
Users are asking Twitter to remove the verified symbol from known profiles
Given the controversial statements, some users are already putting pressure on Twitter to take action. While tweets are usually harmless, they can mislead the public in other scenarios.
“Hello @ElonMusk, @Bitcoin and @Satoshi accounts are violating their terms of service by using ‘misleading and fake’ identities. Remove the verified symbols.”
Here are the rules they break.
You can’t misuse someone else’s identity without revealing that you are a parody account.
It’s no different than creating a fake ‘Tesla’ or ‘Elon Musk’ account. pic.twitter.com/ErqXJkhDoX
— Pledditor (@Pledditor) October 2, 2023
To explain his statement, Pledditor states that this would be like creating accounts named Tesla and Elon Musk.
A screenshot on the criteria for receiving the ‘blue symbol’ emphasizes that accounts should not show any signs of being deceptive, which appears to be the case.
Finally, another user went further and also asked Craig Wright to be punished for mentioning in his bio that he is the creator of Bitcoin.
Source: Live Coins

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