It’s over.
Time to write the obituary.
The Reason
Verification was designed to align users verified to the platform’s interests, as well as prevent or defer libel issues. See: Tony LaRussa being impersonated on Twitter. That’s all that was for.
I kept picking at it, over the years, because it was a meaningless feature of a service that was easily falsifiable. Follow the rules to the letter, apply, see what happens.
Everybody fuckin’ failed.
The systems don’t work. There is no actual quality control. The entire fucking thing is run by barely-briefed contractors.
What a shame.
More at 11.