OK, you're just talking about the stratification then. That's really a very different argument. It's true that some people would want to be "verified" and cou

OK, you're just talking about the stratification then. That's really a very different argument. It's true that some people would want to be "verified" and couldn't be because they didn't meet whatever internal notability guidelines Twitter implemented. And it's likewise true that traditional news organizations had a shortcut to get anyone with a byline verified. And maybe that's unfair. But it has absolutely nothing to do with "expert". Verification was verification of identity. They told you that in the text that popped up when you clicked on the checkmark!