Twitter’s Verified ‘Scam Store’ Accounts Thrive as Humans Flee the Site.

It is no news that social media these days is completely full of fake profiles intended for use by bots. In fact, users of the dying Twitter platform are following the rise of particularly shady dropshipping accounts, characterised by almost identical biographies and avatars, following the birth of Threads, Meta's new social network.

Promotional tweets from online shops advertising 'decorative items, household items for everyday needs' are circulating. This text appears on hundreds and hundreds of accounts, all managed by the same company, which seems to use Twitter's paid verification system to promote low-quality, low-priced products.

This is the trademark of 'dropshipping', a practice in which third-party online shops sell low-quality products that they do not actually stock, typically at much higher prices and often with misleading descriptions.