[3cats-in-a-coat]

Reporting is pretty bad, yes. Everyone is polarized, looking for something to pin on Elon Musk.

But also just quietly hiding the checkmark when you change the picture is not proper user experience. Like... warn the user, at least. Show a note below the profile "your badge is temporarily hidden until we verify the profile photo you updated" or something.

[spikels]

X/Twitter does warn you when you try to edit you profile with this message. It’s just more terrible reporting.

> Your blue checkmark will be hidden for a period of time after you edit your display name or profile photo until it is reviewed.