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    • What happens when your Twitter account is verified September 3rd

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    Merlin Mann writes:

    Unrequested and completely apropos of nothing, Twitter said they wanted to “verify” me.

    His post shares a few screenshots from the ‘on boarding’ process verified accounts go through on Twitter. To my eyes it seems to reinforce the importance of posting bullshit celebrity nonsense on a once-great online community, but that may just be me…

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