Twitter said it would verify anyone who replied to its tweet, here’s what happened next

Twitter pulled a fast one on all its users by tweeting that it was going to verify anyone who would reply to its tweet. If it sounds too good to be true – it is. Twitter has no plans of verifying everyone and anyone, that defeats the entire purpose of the coveted ‘blue tick’! Twitter was just making use of one of its latest features to show people how it worked – with a prank.

Twitter recently rolled out a feature that allows users to select, and restrict, exactly who all can reply to tweets they post. Currently available to only a small percentage of Twitter users across the globe, this feature lets you keep the conversation on a tweet (the replies) restricted to either the people mentioned in your tweet or the people you follow or anyone across Twitter or no one at all.