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They don't need to, your 'full' name is just locked to whatever's on your payment method. Problem solved.


That isn't how verification currently works and I can't imagine that is how Twitter would want it to work in the future. People change their display name all the time on Twitter and can even change their username. Plus Facebook has already shown that real name policies are hard and can cause user pushback and that was with a community that already is more lined up with our real life identities. Pseudonymous accounts are a huge part of Twitter.


That’s cool. I can set the bill name and address of my visa gift cards for online purchases. Sure hope they do this for $8/m.




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