Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Pseudonymous writing has a long and distinguished history. There are also lots of genuinely funny parody or joke accounts. But there’s also an obvious problem — people like to know who they are reading and don’t like to be deceived by fakers. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 31, 2022 Deleted after 12 days Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

A thread on charging for verification — a bad idea that would make a bad system worse. Start with what verification is supposed to be. What is the job to be done? Twitter, unlike Facebook, doesn’t require the use of real names. That has real advantages. — PolitiTweet.org

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Verification should be — and was supposed to be — a system for helping people know that an account that purports to be someone is in fact that person. They started verification by rolling out to the biggest accounts. But it should have gone universal. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 31, 2022 Deleted after 12 days Hibernated