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by isitmadeofglass 1311 days ago
When the news of an 8$/month verified account came out, I naively thought that meant verified would still mean that they verified the identity of the user. The badge should be swapped out for a green dollar sign and called “Paid” instead. There is obviously no verification involved now.
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Yes! The way it is now, the blue check's symbolism morphed from "verified account" to "paying account". It's very misleading from a UI standpoint to change the significance of the symbol like that.