Ask HN : How do Twitter verified accounts work?

3 pointsby dan_simover 15 years ago

I was reading about Bill Gates joining Twitter (http://twitter.com/billgates) and wonder what's the process for having a verified account. How do they evaluate that someone is known enough to have a verified account? Is it twitter that communicates with the account holder or he has to make a request to twitter? How do they verify that it's the real person behind the account (probably with a special CNAME but maybe not?)

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DanielStraightover 15 years ago

Presumably the same way anyone else verifies someone is who they say they are: by looking at their ID.

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pasbesoinover 15 years ago

I'm surprised that username "billgates" was available. Did some poor schmuck or imposter get the boot? Or did MS or his own PR lock it up early on?<p>Edit: (Hmm, or did someone make a tidy sum?)