[cykros]

I absolutely find at least the verified crowd on Twitter without knowing their usernames. Usernames, display names, and real names (if provided) should all be a viable way to find someone -- not sure this isn't the case already, but if it isn't, it's something to consider as a much needed feature if Twitter's functionality is being emulated. Relying on knowing a username already means you basically need a separate identity layer to fall back to with reference to the Mastodon account.

[detaro]

Most people don't really have much of the verified crowd as friends, so being able to find them doesn't really matter for this case?