Takeover Magazine 1st issue april 15th 2016 | Page 61

Social Media Verification
Verification. You know certain accounts have
check marks and/or badges that make them
stand out from all other accounts.
First, let me state. Verification is just that. A
statement of authenticity. Basically a Social
Media Driver’s license; that the account is the
real one for that particular person, brand,
company or government.
You will more than likely find them attached to
famous personages like celebrities; Lady Gaga,
Gucci Mane, Will Smith, etc. Along, with
politicians; Pres. Bill Clinton; Pres. Barak
Obama along with their spouses.
Major corporations are verified too. Hertz,
Capital One, Bank of America, Warner Bros.,
and Atlantic records just to name a few.
Also, news agencies local & national; ABC, FOX,
NBC, CBS, along with their local affiliate
stations, anchormen and reporting staff. (You
need to know that the source of the news is
any of their rules nor policies. This can cause
trustworthy)!
you to lose your badge as well. It took me over
a month to finally get someone to give me an
But what about that random person or brand
answer. All they said was that I did not meet
you never heard about nor anyone that you
the requirements! It took them 2 years to
know has heard of?
realize that? Rubbish!
Well for the record, Verification can be had; if
you do not fall into any of the above, for a fee.
Now the social media sites who offer verification
will tell you that is not the case. That’s a lie.

After doing extensive research on the subject
matter, I found articles and posts about that
unspoken policy on Twitter. If you stop paying
you lose your verification badge.

If you are an account holder of a social media
site that also offers paid services. The chances
are you will get verified if you are a constant
user of their paid services.

Some of you know that I run several Indie
record labels and have been involved with the
careers of several major artist and brands. I
also am a global radio personality and I am
listed as being among the top .05% of All
I was verified recently for the past two years on Social media users!(Per Klear.com a site that
Twitter @Mackdrama1017. I was using
measures your ranking across all social media
Twitter ads constantly. When I stopped using
platforms). (Per Klout.com I have an
their services. I lost my badge. I did not break
influence score of 70 they rate from 1-100
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