1/ Part of DJT's power is he can mobilize many thousands of pseudonymous @Twitter accounts - people afraid to associate their real name w/ their publicly espoused views, along w/ trolls & bots - to amplify conspiracies w/ little to no real world accountability. @karaswisher @jack https://twitter.com/karaswisher/status/1265273224109142017

2/ There is a reason traditional newspapers (nearly always) would not accept anonymous letters to the editor - when you remove real world accountability from your views; when you can't be embarrassed amongst your family & co-workers, people can & will just let the crazy fly.

3/ I am a (very very small) $TWTR shareholder & get that the total number of accounts, & total monthly actives, are key measures. Addressing the scourge of pseudonymity, trolls, & bots would hurt those metrics for sure. But the result might be more civil AND more monetizable.

4/ I have see folks like @balajis & @hunterwalk make the case for pseudonymous accounts. There are some valid reasons (whistleblowers, dissidents, etc.) for pseudonymous accounts. But they should be exception, not the rule.

5/ Here's my @Twitter reform idea: the opposite of a blue check. It's the "red warning" mark that are put to accounts on Twitter, using a combination of A/I & human inspection, that appear to be pseudonymous.

6/ There would now be 3 tiers: the blue check elite, a middle tier of "regular folks" w/ some evidence of a connection to a real life person/org, and the "red warnings". Critically, that middle tier would be able to filter out tweets, RTs, & likes from the 3rd "red warning" tier.

7/ Ultimate reform I think is to "blue check" everyone, which would also address the issue of the stratified discourse/network the "blue check" creates, but in absence of the will/time to do that level of inspection on all accounts, at least flag the obvious pseudonymous accounts

8/ An additional step could be to introduce a "pseudonymous on request" appeal process whereby owners of pseudonymous account could present to Twitter (w/o disclosing any more info than required to open an account) a case for removing the "red warning" and replacing it with this:

9/ Loosely related reform: Lifetime ban from Twitter for anyone that buys or sells followers. If you're so insecure that you need to buy followers for yourself or you org you need serious psychiatric help & probably Twitter is not a place you should spend much if any time.

10/ A clarification on "pseudonymous on request". This would/could be a people intensive process for $TWTR depending on the scrutiny. I do not envision this as a high bar. It's simply an extra "friction" to discourage pseudonymity as default. https://twitter.com/brooklynrob/status/1265305231849652231