How to Get Twitter Verified

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When you sign up for Twitter, your account is not verified by default. To get a verified account, there are a few extra steps involved, and it can be a little tricky.

In addition to showing you what some users to to try and get Twitter verified, we’ll explore what a verified account actually is and what types of accounts should be verified.

What Is a Verified Twitter Account?

If you’ve already had some experience using Twitter, you’ve also probably noticed a blue checkmark badge next to a particular user’s name when you click through to view their Twitter profile. Lots of celebrities, big brands, corporations and public figures will have a verified Twitter account.

The blue verification badge is displayed to inform other users that the identity of the Twitter user is real and authentic.

Verified accounts help distinguish between the real identity of the account and fake accounts that have been set up by users who are not at all affiliated with the person or business.

What Kind of Accounts Get Verified?

Accounts that are expected to attract a lot of followers should be verified. People and businesses that are well-known and possibly prone to being impersonated on Twitter by others should be eligible for a verified account.

Skepticism about Twitter’s Verification Process

The blue checkmark verification program started in 2009. Back then, any user could openly apply for a verified account. Since that time, Twitter has phased out the “anyone can apply” process and now hands out verification badges on a case by case basis.

The problem we have now is that nobody really knows how Twitter accounts are actually awarded verification status. Twitter has refused to provide details on how they go about verifying the identity of the person or business of a verified account.

While most verified accounts are trustworthy, Twitter did have at least one incident where they verified the wrong account for Wendi Deng, Rupert Murdoch’s wife. Mistakes like this have definitely raised a few eyebrows around the web.

How to Get Your Twitter Account Verified: It’s Not as Simple as You Think

Now that you know a little bit about Twitter verified accounts, you should ask yourself whether or not you qualify for one. Twitter will not verify your account if you simply ask for one. Their goal is to verify as few accounts as possible, so only the biggest brands and public figures tend to get verified.

Next, you should read over Twitter’s official Help page for verified account information. This page includes most frequently asked questions on the subject, including some advice for users to help authenticate their account if they don’t qualify for a verified account.

Now, is there any action you need to take in order to let Twitter know that you need a verified account? The answer is both yes and no.

Some individuals have suggested sending a tweet or direct message to Twitter’s official @verified account expressing your need for a verified account. However, this account has only one tweet from March of 2010, so who knows whether or not the replies and messages are being read and monitored by Twitter staff.

You could also try sending an email to Twitter through their contact page, but don’t expect a blue verification badge to appear on your account the next day. Likely, Twitter receives hundreds or even thousands of emails a day.

Since Twitter closed it’s open application program for verified accounts, there is no real clear way for users to apply at the moment.

If There’s No Application Process, How Do Accounts Get Verified?

Some users have found that their Twitter accounts get verified automatically. Twitter has admitted that they proactively verify accounts according to the tweets, personality behind the account, number of followers they attract and how many other users may try to impersonate the account by setting up fake accounts.

In other words, Twitter doesn’t necessarily require you to be a big celebrity or corporation. If you have enough followers that your brand, image ore reputation could be impacted negatively by others trying to impersonate, Twitter may make the decision to verify your account without you even asking for it first.

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9 Free iPhone Twitter Clients

Twitter is being transformed from a microblog and social messaging site to a platform. So what better way to get the most out of Twitter than through the most popular smartphone in the world?

There are a lot of great option if you are looking for a solid iPhone Twitter client, and you don't need to spend a lot of money for one. In fact, many of the free clients offer as many or more features than you get when you visit the Twitter website.

Here are the best free iPhone Twitter clients:

Perhaps the best free iPhone Twitter client on the market, TweetDeck is quick, has a nice and easy-to-user interface, gives you information about the number of updates right up front, and supports all of your basic Twitter functions. As an added bonus, TweetDeck also supports Twitter groups, so you can organize your tweets. Flipping between sections is easy, and the fast scroll of tweets is nice when flipping through updates.

Twinkle doesn't offer as many Twitter features as TweetDeck, but it does have the added bonus of coming with its own social network. You can also read Facebook updates from Twinkle, so it can make for a one-client-reads-all if you are mainly on Facebook and Twitter. But the main reason to use Twinkle is for the Tapalous social network, which gives you a localized Twitter-like service that lets you track messages within a certain radius of your current location.

A solid client with basic features, NatsuLion is fast and customizable. It doesn't support groups or the ability to send pictures, but it is very easy to use. You can also change the color scheme, enable and auto-refresh, tell it how many tweets to load initially and even switch to left-handed controls.

The free version of Echofon is a good, solid iPhone Twitter client. It doesn't support groups or make it easy to send pictures, but if those aren't important features for you, Echofon might be a good choice. It is faster than some of the other clients and loads up the tweets starting with where you last left off, so you can scroll up to catch up on the conversation.

While light on the Twitter features, TweetNGo lite does come with a news, sports and entertainment section. These sections will pull in tweets from their respective topics, thus allowing you to quickly find out what is going on in the world, with your favorite team, or the latest gossip in Hollywood.

This very basic Twitter client doesn't have a lot to offer and is a little clunky to use compared to some of the other clients. But it does have the ability to show nearby tweets, which is neat if you want to listen in on the conversations of those in your general area. It's just too bad that the interface makes it such a pain to use.

Intended as a quick way to fire off a message to Twitter, Twitfire doesn't let you actually read updates from your friends. However, it does support sending a photo or attaching your current location. It even has an interface for sending a website link. If you mainly just send messages, Twitfire can be a good utility, but for those that rely heavily on reading what other people have to say, Twitfire isn't the best iPhone Twitter client.

Forget what your friends have to say or sending your own thoughts out in the world. CelebTweet is all about stalking your favorite celebrities on Twitter. Not only will you get all the latest tweets from Ashton Kutcher and Perez Hilton, but you'll even be able to see who has tweeted the most that day. Unfortunately, you have to rely on CelebTweet's lists of who is a celeb and who isn't. And for some unknown reason, they left yours truly off the list.

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How To Follow on Twitter

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