How to get verified on Twitter: be a man
by Hannah Jane Parkinson from on (#21Y9D)
A study commissioned by Mashable finds that verified accounts in the US and Australia are overwhelmingly male
You are no one without a blue tick. Or at least, that's how some verified Twitter users make non-verified users feel. Twitterpolitan liberal elite. Never mind that the tick is actually white on a blue background.
It seems Twitter's verification privileges may skew male. A study commissioned by tech website Mashable has found that in the US and Australia, far more men than women have been verified, likely disproportionate to the gender of users.
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