Nick Bilton

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Nick Bilton @nickbilton

"We’ll be experimenting with a beta preview of what we’re calling Verified Accounts this summer," @Biz wrote in 2009. "The experiment will begin with public officials, public agencies, famous artists, athletes, and other well known individuals at risk of impersonation." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 12, 2022

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...and while he settled, that's when Twitter didn't have much of a choice but to roll out Blue Check Marks, or "Verified Accounts Beta," as it was called at the time. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 12, 2022

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(Fun aside: the fake accounts actually ended up luring the *real* celebs to Twitter. Someone started a fake Shaq account, and when real Shaq heard about it, he signed up as @the_real_shaq. This also led to lots of famous people putting "Real" in their username — ahem, Donald.) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 12, 2022