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| Twitter's problems with the verification program continue |
Twitter reissued a blue verification badge for the fake CormacMcCrthy account after doing the same in 2012 on an account believed to belong to the 88-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Old Nowhere.
As we all know, the Twitter verification process is arbitrary. But you don't expect the company to make the same mistake twice.
Since starting Someone Impersonating McCarthy (McCarthy) in September 2018, the CormacMcCrthy account has gained over 49,000 followers, and McCarthy is a well-known storyteller who hates computers.
Back in 2012, at the start of the platform, CEO Jack Dorsey welcomed CormacCMcCarthy (another fake account) onto the platform and said it showed his platform had the best author in the world. .
The platform has now removed the blue badge from the account. But McCarthy's spokesman confirmed that was a mistake. Someone pretended to be Cormac McCarthy.
"I can confirm that this account is not a real Cormac McCarthy account," he said. "The platform is aware of this situation," he added. We hope this issue will be resolved soon.
Twitter checker issue persists
CormacMcCrthy's account has rarely tweeted since 2018. But after his tweet went viral, it was verified, resulting in tens of thousands of likes and retweets.
Many users of the platform question the authenticity of the account. British writer Ned Bowman commented, "We've standardized the idea of geniuses insulting each other on social media so people could believe Cormac McCarthy tweeted the beat of John Oliver's monologue."
It is not known how the user behind this fake account got the verification badge.
A Twitter representative said the account was incorrectly verified. has been revoked. The company said it's asking the account to comply with its identity theft guidelines or fan account.
The review process has been criticized for being slow, unfair or flawed. The platform reintroduced the verification process earlier this year, using the standard that an account must be original, visible, and active in order to be verified.
The researchers noted that the company's verification process is so random that it frequently checks spam and bot accounts.