Reddit is testing verification

Reddit is starting to trial verified profiles, the institution announced today. Users who are verified arsenic portion of this "limited alpha test" volition person a grey checkmark adjacent to their username "across profiles, communities, feeds, station item pages, and hunt results."

For this "initial test," Reddit says it's "selected a radical of nationalist figures and trusted partners," and they'll request to opt in, person accounts successful bully standing, and "actively contribute" connected the platform. Reddit notes that verification "doesn't assistance peculiar privileges."

Currently, users can't petition verification. Businesses that already person the "Official" statement that Reddit starte …

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