If you’ve been keeping up with the Twitter world (Tweetosphere?), you’ll know that there has been a widespread issue with regular folks posing as their favorite celebrities on Twitter. Shaquille O’Neal, for example, created THE_REAL_SHAQ to combat a Twitter impersonator. Shaq made TV appearances to confirm his Twitter identity, and would even call up some non-believers on the phone. About a month back, Twitter launched a new feature: Verified Accounts .

Posts about Michael Arrington as of July 9, 2009 – thedailyparr.com 07/09/2009 Posts about Michael Arrington as of July 9, 2009 – thedailyparr.com 07/09/2009 The Morning Fix: Social Networks not social advertising; Comcast and Olympics; Summer Box Office slowdown; Allen & Co. roundup. – latimesblogs.latimes.com 07/09/2009 After the coffee. Before trying to figure out how Twitter will make money. Going for the cable gold. The United States Olympic Committee is partnering with cable giant Comcast Corp.