Takeover Magazine 1st issue april 15th 2016 | Page 62

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this is done, I strongly recommend that if you
are engaging with someone via Social Media,
I am a very influential person, yet Twitter
verified or not, base your conversations,
removed my badge, which caused me to write
reactions and decisions on your common sense
this article. I am verified on other social media and always do what’s in your own best interest.
platforms and manage several verified accounts Always perform due diligence when conducting
on behalf of my artist and clients.
business, regardless of who the person is and
whether they are verified or not. Thank you for
Daily I am asked by people what happened to
reading. I will be doing other articles on social
your verified check mark? I reply, “The only
media & hope they are useful as well!
check I need is one I can cash at the bank!”
OG Mack Drama is an industry leader who is
Remember verification is to say you are who
the CEO of a few indie record labels. He can be
you state you are (tongue twister :-) ). So I am
heard every Wednesday on PowerTalk with OG
OG Mack Drama, this still has not changed.
on Topstar HipHop blogtalk Radio channel. In
So whatever qualifications I no longer met is
addition, he is a contributing author to
still a mystery.
onmogul.com and currently writing his
autobiography, Always Comes Up Smelling
I do know this; the general public has placed so Like Roses.
much value into a verified check or badge, that
it’s a sought after commodity. To lose it can and Reference Sources:
does hurt business. Luckily this is not the case FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/
for myself. I won't allow a mere mark, to make
me or break me. However, that’s not always the help/196050490547892

case for others. I have seen artist and brands
lose their focus because of no longer having
Twitter: https://support.twitter.com/
verification.
groups/31-twitter-basics/topics/111The Social Media sites use it as a mandate to
the general public; as something to be coveted.
This I find problematic. We already live in a
competitive and/or elitism society. Since Social
Media is global, we are only using it as another
vehicle to separate the “haves” from the “have
nots”. Also, there is no over site committee, nor
standardization within the industry. As stated
they make their own rules and policies for
verification. Most industries have rules and
standards and check compliance, Usually by a
3rd party watch dog. In social media there are
none. This is too much power and control to
which the general public must adhere.
We need to come up with some type of
accountability, universal standards and ethical
codes to regulate social media platforms. Until
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features/articles/119135-about-verifiedaccounts

Quintly : https://www.quintly.com/blog/
2013/08/how-to-verify-your-socialmedia-profiles/
Tsu: http://tsuforum.com/topic/199verifying-your-tsu-profile/