X still has a verified bot problem. Also, grass is green.
We knew it would be a bad idea to let anyone pay for a verified checkmark on the platform formerly known as Twitter, but it’s still shocking how much discord the feature has caused.
Last summer, X admitted it had a problem with users getting too much spam from verified accounts. And earlier this year, we reported on how some of these bots are powered by AI. But now, the trouble of verified bots and spam has hit closer to home. A number of TechCrunch reporters have been impersonated by verified bots over the last few weeks, which begs the question — why is X failing so supremely at controlling spam? Didn’t Musk buy the platform in part due to his frustrations with bots?
Stay vigilant out there, especially when reading tweets from journalists — you just might be getting the news from a bot.
