JAKARTA - Twitter is re-launching a verified account program for the public. This means that anyone and from anywhere is free to sign up for the blue check badge on their Twitter account profile account.

However, this time Twitter is quite firm in anticipating spammers and malicious accounts. The company will keep an eye on every account that receives a blue tick for several weeks.

If an account updates your account information (e.g. renamed), the company will immediately remove the Verified Accounts badge. That way, it is expected that every account that gets the badge can have a positive impact on the social media ecosystem.

In a release shared via the official blog, Twitter explained that the program comes with some updated criteria. Updates to these criteria are made based on feedback obtained from users.

In total, there are six new criteria that can get a blue tick from Twitter. Among others:

Government agencies Company, brand, or organization News organizations or journalists entertainment Sports or gaming Activists, influencers, or other influential figures Kriteria akun terverifikasi Twitter (Blog Twitter) How to Apply for a Twitter Verified Account Program

For now, the company has not opened the registration tap. According to the plan, registration of this program will begin in the 'next few weeks'.

Later, blue check account registration can be done through the Settings page. Next, the user simply clicks on the button provided.

After signing up, users can wait until Twitter has finished evaluating. The evaluation process can take only a few days. But, it can also last up to several weeks. Depending on the number of accounts applying to participate in the program.

A fairly slow process is not without cause. Because, Twitter will conduct the evaluation process and penilaia using human power. The goal of course is for the results to be truly convincing.

And if a user account proves to meet the proposed criteria, it won't take long for the blue check to be embedded in the profile page. Also, if Twitter has not approved the user's request, but there are users who think that they deserve a blue check, the company waives to resubmit the request.

However, the re-evaluation process can only be done 30 days after the first shipment. As for accounts that have received a blue check, users no longer need to join the program.

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The return of the blue tick submission program may be one of the things twitter netizens are waiting for. Because blue check accounts are considered easier for businesses and looking for profit.

The termination of the program in 2017 is also not without cause. At the time, most Twitter netizens criticized the company's move, which it considered only giving a blue tick to accounts connected to the white supremacist movement.

At the time, the company also admitted that the purpose of verification was increasingly vague and confusing. From the originally intended as a method of authenticity of the user's identity, to become an endorsement of Twitter itself. The confusion eventually led the company to discontinue the program.


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