Copies of real accounts come up again and again. A profile with your photos, your name with one letter changed, and someone else answering. It costs you subscribers and it costs you the benefit of the doubt.
A badge gives people one place to check.
What it is
Independent verification: government ID matched to the account holder, and a live check a photo cannot pass. If a team runs the account, the badge says so rather than hiding it. Renewed every year with a fresh check.
- A public verification page
- An embeddable badge for your links
- Team operation disclosed, not hidden
- Renewed yearly, only when you say so
A managed account that says so is not a problem for anyone. A managed account that hides it is what our whole pattern library is about. The badge is for the first kind, and it exists to make the difference visible.
It is also why we are not against platforms or agencies. Most creators and agencies do ordinary work with no way to prove it; the badge is that way.
It opens when three things exist: identity verification, a live check, and a public registry anyone can look at. I would rather build those first than sell a badge that does not check anything yet.
Leave a way to reach you below and I’ll write the day it opens. No payment now, and what you leave here goes to me and nowhere else.