All the web has been abuzz recently about Twitters launch of Verified Accounts (read Mashable’s post about it here). The goal of the program is to be able to show a badge on a Twitter account that communicates to readers the authenticity of the twitter stream. The reason for Twitter doing this is to avoid [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
Now How Are We Supposed To Solve This?
Here is an interesting anecdote I heard yesterday (identity of person withheld for their own protection):
My tween daughter was entering some sort of online popularity contest. It involved registering yourself as a contestant online with your email address, and then verifying your entry by clicking on a link in a verification email you would receive. [...]

















