Twitter has stopped accepting account verification requests

Twitter paused the feature again so that its users could request account verification, just eight days after it was activated, but promised to resume it after evaluating the requests received so far.

Since last Friday, the service has stopped accepting new verification requests from users, with which they can get a blue badge next to their account name that indicates that it has been verified by the social network.

Twitter has stressed the need to “suspend” the possibility of accepting new requests while reviewing those it has already received, and promised that this option will be reactivated soon.

The application process for the blue Twitter badge was only open for eight days, after the platform reactivated it on May 20. The company had stopped him in 2017, for the brand’s concession to Jason Kessler, organizer of the supremacist march in Charlottesville, United States, which ended in the death of one person.

The new account verification policy went into effect on January 22, 2021. Based on user feedback, it changed the requirements to qualify for the blue verification badge and introduced new categories for candidate account types. to verification.

The company has since automatically removed the badge from accounts that do not meet the updated verification criteria, such as those that are inactive or incomplete.

Under the new policy, accounts that fall into the following categories can be audited: government; Companies, brands and organizations; Media companies and journalists; Entertainment; Sports and games; and activists, organizers and other influencers. New categories will be added throughout the summer for scientists, academics and religious leaders.

Applicant accounts must also be complete, with a name and profile photo, and a confirmed email address or phone number.

It is no longer necessary to have a profile description or a header image, as it used to be; but they must comply with the rules of the platform.

In the future, the company plans more news to add improvements to the profile, such as a “pageAbout“Where there will be more data and options for users to express themselves better.

Another novelty announced by the company a few weeks ago was the advent of direct voice messages, an option that allows you to send audios up to 140 seconds in private to other users.

This is in line with last year’s Twitter announcement in which he added voice tweets which, at the moment, areThey are only available for iOS devices. To use this tool, you need to go to the option to create a new Tweet and select the sound waves icon.

This added to the presentation of Spaces or spaces, a tool for creating live audio conversations, makes it clear that the company is relying on audio as a means of communication.

(With information from Portaltic)

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