Another day, another Twitter verification controversy.
If you have found yourself logging onto Twitter in the past 24 hours, you may have come across a picture of Mario making a somewhat unsavoury gesture, seemingly posted by the official account for Nintendo of America. Yep, we were a little confused at first too. Has Mario seen all the outpouring of Bowser love following the movie trailer and is now determined to flip-off anyone in his path? Nope. That’s not Mario, and that’s not @NintendoAmerica.
Parody accounts have been a part of Twitter since the site’s conception, but all of a sudden the discourse surrounding them has reached a whole new height thanks to the new ‘Twitter Blue’ policy and the chance to buy ‘verification’ status with the renowned blue tick next to your name. Of course, the parody accounts did exactly what they were always going to do and took this opportunity to post some very much off-brand content (who could have seen that coming??).
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