Bluesky is getting blue checkmarks and an official verification system

Bluesky is adopting an official verification system after all. It will also allow some “trusted organizations" to verify users as well. It’s not clear what criteria Bluesky will use for these badges or how it plans to verify users’ identities. Additionally, there will be a slightly different blue badge — one with “scalloped edges” — that certain “trusted organizations” can grant through a new “trusted verifiers” feature. “During this initial phase, Bluesky is not accepting direct applications for verification,” the company wrote in its announcement.