Verified Impersonators Make Mess Out of Twitter’s $8 Checkmarks
A fake Twitter account claiming to be Nintendo of America, verified under the platform’s new $8 blue checkmark, showed an image of the company’s main mascot giving the middle finger.Screenshot: TwitterTwitter owner Elon Musk seems to be taking the Silicon Valley adage of “move fast and break things” to a new level of speed and destruction. The drama has been most apparent in the platform’s paid verification system that rolled out this past week and has already proved a massive headache for Twitter and an all out shit show!-->!-->…