On-again-off-again Twitter user William Shatner has some very strong feelings as to who should and shouldn't be allowed to be verified on the social platform. And this weekend, the Star Trek alum let the online world know that he is very upset that plebeian social media managers and the like get an honor that should be reserved for Vulcans and Kanye West.
It all started when Shatner got tweeted at alongside Engadget's social media manager John Colucci, who jokingly replied that it was his new life goal to rival Shatner's 1.88 million follower count. Shatner was unamused:
In spite of Colucci's cries of Priceline Negotiator idolatry, Shatner was having NONE of it:
.@ Numeson @ verified So doing a good job is the criteria for Engadget to get their employees verified on @ twitter? Seems like an abuse to me.- William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) June 22, 2014
When other Twitter users rushed to the social media guy's defense, warning Shatner that his mean Twitter play wouldn't go unnoticed, Shatner retorted:
In the ultimate pouty move, Shatner then asked Twitter to unverify him. The checkmark has lost what once made it special.
Maybe I need to request to be unverified? Who wants to be part of a broken system that folks can pay $ or reward cronies while others wait?- William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) June 22, 2014
Shatner is still verified. He's now back to doing other social media tropes... complaining about FOMO.
When did @ joshgroban and @ BradPaisley go to Karaoke together and why didn't they invite me? #sniff- William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) June 23, 2014
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