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They could just have a second badge like LinkedIn does for "influencer" or something of the like, that would convey the current benefits of the verification bad

• anigbrowl 9y ago
  Which would be subject to all the problems with the Verification checkmark...
  • faceplanted 9y ago
    Yes, but it would at least stop getting in the way of Twitter's usability like the current button does, they could verify all the celebrities and political activists that they haven't yet who people want them to, and then they could go bestowing perks on people they like, or pay them money.
• jeffmould 9y ago
  Or like Facebook has with two different levels/color verification checkmarks. A gray check for verified business which doesn't mean much other than they verified a phone number, or a blue check for verified person/business/etc.. of greater importance.
• jxramos 9y ago
  Good point, seems like a failure to decouple independent concepts. Bad design, bad implementation.
  • ForHackernews 9y ago
    Seems par for the course for the company that's always mixed data and metadata.