All You Need to Know about Relaunched Twitter Verification Process

Twitter has recently relaunched their ‘Account verification’ process. For beginners, a verified account will carry a ‘blue verified badge’ near the handle name. A verified account is considered authentic, and users generally trust a verified account.

Twitter in their recent statement mentioned that they ran elaborate surveys and have improved the verification process based on the user inputs. Having both manual and automatic processes for verification and being more inclusive were the major takeaways of the relaunched process.

The new Twitter verification still has its flaws and is far from perfect. But without a doubt, it is a step up from the already existing process. If you are already a verified account owner or planning to get your account verified, you will be having a lot of questions about the impact of the relaunched verification process. In this blog, we have outlined all the information about the relaunched Twitter verification process.

Owner of an already verified Twitter profile?

Remember Twitter has the right to revoke your ‘verified’ badge anytime. If your ‘verified’ status is revoked, you will be receiving an email and an in-app notification about the same. Revoking a verified status can happen because of multiple reasons. Here are the common reasons:

• Twitter revokes the ‘verified’ badge if your profile is incomplete. A complete profile contains a verified email address or mobile number, ‘profile image’ and a ‘display name’, according to Twitter. The same checks would have been done when your account was granted the ‘verified’ badge. If your account details have changed after that and is incomplete, you run the risk of losing the verified badge.
• Inactiveaccounts will lose the ‘verified’ badge.
• If the account owner’s position changed and it does not match the account.
• Repeated violation of any of the basic Twitter rulescan land your ‘verified’ badge in trouble.

Constantly check if your verified account satisfies the above condition to avoid the risk of losing your verified badge.

Please note that only Twitter can remove your ‘verified’ badge and you cannot place a request to get your ‘verified’ badge removed. Till the latest relaunched version, there is no option for a user to request to remove the ‘verified’ status. However, it is expected that Twitter will roll out this option soon.

Planning to get your Twitter profile verified?

 We have already advised in our previous blogs about the importance of getting your business Twitter account ‘verified’. Before applying for verification, read through the eligibility criteria required for an account to get ‘verified’. Currently, Twitter has not rolled out the ‘verification’ option for everyone. So, check if your account is satisfying all the conditions below before applying.

• • Twitter currently allows accounts belonging to six broad categories for ‘verification’,
    • Government
    • Companies, Brands, and Organizations
    • News organizations and Journalists
    • Entertainment
    • Sports and Gaming
    • Activists, Organizers, and other influential individuals

If your account does not belong to any of the above-mentioned categories, you need to wait till Twitter updates their policies for ‘Account verification’.

• • • Make sure your Twitter account is complete. We have already mentioned what makes an account complete in the earlier points. In the past, profile bio and header are also necessary for a complete In the relaunched process, they are no longer necessary.

• • • Twitter has a minimum follower count requirement for each region to be eligible for applying for ‘Account verification’. In the past, the follower eligibility is based on the country you live in. Now, Twitter has changed that to region-specific number.

• • • In the recently relaunched process, Twitter has attempted to be more inclusive. Twitter has extended the option for verification into a few sub-categories that fall under the supposed six categories. For instance, in the ‘Sports’ category, accounts belonging to e-sports can also apply for verification.

Twitter has already promised that more categories and other accounts will also be soon allowed to apply for verification. So, currently, if your account is not eligible for verification based on the above criteria, wait for a few months to get verified.

How to get verified?

 If your account is eligible for verification, then the process to apply is relatively simple.

• • • Go to the ‘Account settings’ tab.
    • Choose one of the six categories listed.
    • Provide a valid ‘Identity proof’ and submit.

Source: Twitter Inc.

Once you submit, Twitter will evaluate your application and approves if the conditions are satisfied. If not, you will receive a mail stating the reason for rejection.

Conclusion:

A verified account has many advantages over an unverified account. So, if you are eligible, get your account verified as soon as possible. We will keep you updated on any new modifications to the verification process by Twitter. Check our blogs to know how to be successful on Twitter.