User:JenPatt87/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Twitter verification

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I first found the Twitter verification article by visiting the 'Internet culture' Wikipedia project and searching for stub articles within that category. Verification is an interesting topic to me because of the the social and cultural impact it has. I recently watched the HBO Documentary Fake Famous which looked into how people can manipulate social media to gain followers and 'fame' — and the mental and social impacts of gaining 'influencer' status. There's a note at the top of the article that says the article is missing information about cultural impact and history of the subject.

Evaluate the article
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This article about Twitter verification does a nice job explaining what verification is and why it exists in plain language and without bias. However, there room for improvement. Here are my suggestions for improvement:


 * The lead section clearly and plainly explains what verification is, but does not include a description of the article's major sections because there is only one section following the lead paragraph.
 * Also, the lead section includes information that could be expanded on in the article, such as instances of Twitter removing the verification from users. Also, how verification is granted.
 * It may be helpful to add another image to show where the 'blue' checkmark is on a user profile.
 * Most of the information in the article is up-to-date, but now that we're into 2021 Twitter's new verification guidelines should be included and an overview of any changes made.
 * The main issue with the article's content is it's missing information about the social and cultural impact of verification. There is a section titled 'impact' but it fails to dive into any particular topic.
 * Sections I suggest adding include:
 * History of verification
 * additional reasons for verification
 * early verified users
 * Past and current guidelines for verification
 * Social impact of verification
 * Controversies related to verification
 * removal of verification status
 * Perceived benefits of verification (it's mentioned in the article that verification is a highly sought after status but fails to mention why).
 * The article is very balanced, mostly because it lacks information, but it one of the references is clearly anti-verification (Twitter is at it's best when verified accounts can't tweet) - so it may also be useful to add a section that includes the notable arguments for and against verification.
 * My overall impressions is that the information currently in the article is clear, unbiased, and thoughtfully researched, however the article fails to look into the important points of social, psychological, and cultural impact of Twitter verification. Also, the article lacks general historical information regarding Twitter verification. This article could used significant expanding.