Facebook Launches Verified Pages and Profiles

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31 points·derpenxyne··8 comments

Why didn't this happen long ago?

Even before Twitter released their verified accounts Facebook was scrambling with groups, profiles, and business profiles claiming to be authentic when they were - in fact - not. Seems like a long-time coming for a much needed feature.

e.g. try searching for "Steve Jobs" on Facebook and identifying any authentic page.

Since Facebook has become what it currently is, I have gotten rid of my FB account.

I miss the days when FB rules concerning actually knowing the people on one's friends list were expected to be upheld.

Now it's turned into some sort of commercial beast, and I refuse to feed that beast.

That's really wonderful, thanks for sharing. We all care that you don't have a Facebook.

I found the original comment relevant. Facebook and the way people use it has changed dramatically from its early days. It is quite a bit spammier, and the signal to noise ratio has gone down.

isn't facebook supposed to be your default identity that you use across internet?

I'm with you - I don't quite get this considering the Facebook stance on "fake" users. Was a losing battle to fight? Will they now allow parody accounts a la Twitter?

I'm guessing they were building this for pages which desperately need it and decided they'd roll it out to select profiles too while they were at it.

It only really makes sense on profiles either as a vanity metric or as a way to not have to police impersonators.

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