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Agreed 100%. Why not do things like how Google Webmaster Tools does it, where you fill in a form, get a file to post on your website and have it auto verify bas
by CM30 9y ago
Agreed 100%. Why not do things like how Google Webmaster Tools does it, where you fill in a form, get a file to post on your website and have it auto verify based on that? Or for those who aren't website/service owners, a system where you verify your name or address?
The current exclusive system on sites like Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and others is awkward and makes no real sense whatsoever. Same with the also awkward trend of 'deverifying' people that say something 'offensive' or 'brek the rules'. You don't stop being the same person when you upset someone.
Really, sites and social networks need to just treat verification like anything else.
- colejohnson66 9y agoThat’s because it’s not for verification; It’s a status symbol. Also, this is just speculation, but if saying certain things could get you unverified, and being unverified would lower your ranking some places and hurt your value, a website could censor what they deem “hate” speech simply with the threat of unverification. You can’t really cry censorship over a little icon.
- CM30 9y agoYeah, it's definitely a status symbol as it is now. But my question remains the same. Why treat it like a status symbol? I don't see a reason why this should be something fancy that only an elite few should have. Why not have a different system for marking elite users which is based on some sort of merit (or actual real world worth) rather than just a vague sense of name recognition? Just seems like they're misusing the concept, and that a system which does away with the 'prestige' aspect of verification would do equally well on a user level.