--- title: William Shatner Twitter Rants About Verification description: William Shatner went on a Twitter rant to complain that some non-famous people are verified canonical: https://time.com/2911882/william-shatner-doesnt-think-you-should-be-verified-on-twitter/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-23T16:07:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:35.678Z og:title: William Shatner Doesn't Think You Should Be Verified on Twitter og:description: William Shatner only wants famous people to be verified og:url: https://time.com/2911882/william-shatner-doesnt-think-you-should-be-verified-on-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d2bc24226a8e533/698698c3cd6848cdbe095572/486151067.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2262 og:image:height: 1272 og:image:alt: William Shatner At Westfield Century City og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: William Shatner Doesn't Think You Should Be Verified on Twitter twitter:description: William Shatner only wants famous people to be verified twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d2bc24226a8e533/698698c3cd6848cdbe095572/486151067.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # William Shatner Doesn't Think You Should Be Verified on Twitter > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 23, 2014 4:07 PM UTC  William Shatner appears on "EXTRA" at Westfield Century City William Shatner appears on "EXTRA" at Westfield Century City David Buchan— Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 23, 2014 4:07 PM UTC [On-again-off-again](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/12/william-shatner-twitter%5Fn%5F4949854.html) 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](http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/william-shatner-went-on-a-massive-rant-about-how-hes-sick-of) 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](https://twitter.com/johncolucci), who jokingly replied that it was his new life goal to rival Shatner’s 1.88 million follower count. Shatner was unamused: > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/480472841037426688) In spite of Colucci’s cries of Priceline Negotiator idolatry, Shatner was having NONE of it:  Twitter > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/480589237364879361) > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/480591173988257792) 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: > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/480501922474909696) In the ultimate pouty move, Shatner then asked Twitter to unverify him. The checkmark has lost what once made it special. > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/480604104566112257) > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/480604371944624128) Shatner is still verified and now that he’s done ranting, he’s back to doing other social media tropes… complaining about FOMO. > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/480937768487374848) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2911882/william-shatner-doesnt-think-you-should-be-verified-on-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2911882/william-shatner-doesnt-think-you-should-be-verified-on-twitter/"},"headline":"William Shatner Doesn't Think You Should Be Verified on Twitter","datePublished":"2014-06-23T16:07:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:35.678Z","description":"William Shatner only wants famous people to be verified","url":"https://time.com/2911882/william-shatner-doesnt-think-you-should-be-verified-on-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","twitter","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d2bc24226a8e533/698698c3cd6848cdbe095572/486151067.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d2bc24226a8e533/698698c3cd6848cdbe095572/486151067.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"William Shatner At Westfield Century City","caption":"EXTRA Interview With William Shatner At Westfield Century City","creditText":"David Buchan— Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2911882/william-shatner-doesnt-think-you-should-be-verified-on-twitter/","name":"William Shatner Doesn't Think You Should Be Verified on Twitter"}}]}] ```