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You know that Elon Musk (who has of course had a verified profile for some time) has changed his displayname in the past right?

To "Elona" https://www.newsweek.com/why-elon-musk-changed-his-name-elon...

To "Lord Edge" https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2021/11/08/elon-musk...

...and probably some others.

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Alright. That doesn't answer my question though -- why should anyone with a verified profile be allowed to change their name, which could mislead people of their identity, while maintaining their verification status?

Because going forward the only thing the verified badge will be verifying is that twitter was able to charge your credit card $8 within the last month.

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