> This approach stands in pretty stark contrast to the verification saga we've seen over on X.
So they chose an identical symbol. Engineers continue to astound me in their human factors choices. If it's "starkly" different, make it look different, like a gold seal or whatever.
znpy · 11d ago
This is likely not an engineering choice, don’t blame the engineers.
Most likely it’s ui/ux designers or product owners or marketing
k310 · 11d ago
Agree. I was too broad.
mubou · 12d ago
I thought the whole point of the domain verification system was to not rely on checkmarks -- a system which has already been proven to be easily abused and not scale
0x0boo · 12d ago
I just saw a Bluesky developer comment on this, seems they're really taking a beating over it
So they chose an identical symbol. Engineers continue to astound me in their human factors choices. If it's "starkly" different, make it look different, like a gold seal or whatever.
Most likely it’s ui/ux designers or product owners or marketing