Twitter says that this new feature will help fight the ongoing problem with celebrity imposters on their site.

It is believed that these top celebrities may have been part of the driving force behind this change on twitter, both Oprah and Shaq boast over 1 Million followers, so they have to be some of the most influential users on the site.

Michael Phelps has not taken the plunge to get his account verified yet, but then he only has 8,000 followers , Ouch!

The decision to verify these high profile accounts on twitter, is to protect the good names of these celebrities and make it harder for people to “pose” as them on popular social sites.  Facebook is soon to follow in twitters footsteps, as they are just about to change the profile naming convention as you may have already seen.  This will allow them to put a hold on all the top celebrity names and then sell them off to the celebs!

Official Twitter Verified Profile Info

Watch this video on the new Twitter Verified Profiles!

Not everybody will want or need a twitter verified account, but it is good to know who you are “really” following. There are many bogus and simply shady characters on twitter trying to pose as somebody they are not and now that should be a problem of the past with Twitter Verified Profiles!

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