Did you know that twitter has started a verified by twitter for stars and businesses? This service started awhile ago and as per there site…

To prevent identity confusion, Twitter is experimenting (beta testing) with a ‘Verified Account’ feature. We’re working to establish authenticity with people who deal with impersonation or identity confusion on a regular basis. Accounts with a are the real thing!

Can just anyone get it?

Twitter’s response to this is…

We’re starting with well-known accounts that have had problems with impersonation or identity confusion. (For example, well-known artists, athletes, actors, public officials, and public agencies). We may verify more accounts in the future, but because of the cost and time required, we’re only testing this feature with a small set of folks for the time being. As the test progresses we may be able to expand this test to more accounts over the next several months.

They aren’t taking any new requests at this time but if you want you can be put on a list.

What do you think of this feature?

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