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Business EYE MAY 28, 2021 | The Indian Eye 37
Tech T@lk
clubhouse now available twitter to let anyone apply
on play store for blue tick
T he audio social media company should get working to or people, who always Anybody will be able to for
Clubhouse, fixing these elements within the
dreamed of having a the verification by following
platform
which was launched as an app quickly before they lose
iOS-exclusive audio-chat plat- more users. Fblue-identity verification a simple process through the
badge on their profiles, rejoice! Account Settings tab over the
form back in September 2020, As a platform, Clubhouse As Twitter is opening account next few weeks. After applying,
is now available for Android has been a super popular social verification applications to the Twitter says a user can expect a
users in India and other parts media space in 2021, as more public under new guidelines. response “within a few days,”
of the world. That being said, people are gradually let into The Verge reported that Twitter but that timeline could open up
according to Mashable, those what has traditionally been a is relaunching its public verifica- to a few weeks depending on
who want to sign up, still need fairly exclusive marketplace of tion program, allowing anyone the volume of applications. “All
an invite, either from an iOS ideas. Though, it seems Club- to apply for the blue badge. applications will be evaluated
user or a fellow user of the An- house’s popularity has dimin- The micro-blogging company by humans”, Twitter said in a
droid version. Once invited, the ished over the past few months. also previewed potential chang- briefing with journalists this
sign-up process thereon will be As per Mashable, Club- es coming to profiles and the week, according to The Verge.
smooth sailing. house had 2 million downloads upcoming label for automated If a user’s application for
However, Android users in January, and while it went accounts. To be eligible for the verification gets approved, then
who’ve tried to sign up have up to more than 9.5 million in same, users will have to meet the blue checkmark badge will
reported that the verification February. Twitter’s new guidelines, which appear on his/her profile auto-
process hasn’t been working as Downloads have since includes having an account of matically.
advertised and people aren’t dipped, with downloads in public interest that falls under If otherwise happens, and
happy about it. To be fair to March dropping to 2.7 mil- one of six different types of cat- a user still thinks he can qual-
Clubhouse, this is a public beta lion followed by a further dip egorizations as well as being ify for verification, then he can
and not quite the stable release in April, when downloads “authentic, notable, and active”, reapply within 30 days of the
of the app on Android, but the dropped to below a million. as per The Verge. company’s decision.
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