Community:Verified group
Verified group is a type of VRChat banner group, which displays the word "Verified", followed by a noun.
Origin
With the release of the Groups feature released in Open Beta on November 30th, 2022[1], and following Elon Musk's purchase[2] of Twitter, Inc. on the month prior, verified groups were created initially to parody Twitter's (now X's) "verified user" badge.
When Twitter was bought out, users who were originally verified with Twitter's famous blue check verification, as well as regular users showed discontent with the introduction of Twitter Blue (now X Premium), making the blue checkmark available to anyone for $8 per month,[3] and followed by mass impersonation by the site's users and becoming a subject of ridicule among internet users.[4]
Notable Examples
Some groups quickly hit the initial Group member limit of 10,000 set by the developers during the feature's launch. The sudden interest in similar vanity groups with broad appeal was likely[Citation Needed] part of the reason why the VRChat Team to ultimately decided to raise the membership cap to the current limit of 100,000.[5]
- Verified overthinker[6] at 26k+ members
- Verified Cutie[7] at 20k+ members
- Verified Problem[8] at 18k+ members
- Verified gremlins[9] at 16k+ members
See also
References
- ↑ Groups is Now Live! (VRChat blog)
- ↑ Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk (Wikipedia)
- ↑ Twitter begins rolling out $7.99 Twitter Blue plan with verification, fewer ads (TechCrunch)
- ↑ Sports Twitter is now a verified hellhole thanks to Elon Musk (SBNation)
- ↑ Managing a Group (VRChat Help)
- ↑ 'Verified overthinker' Group on VRChat; retrieved 11 September, 2024
- ↑ 'Verified Cutie' Group on VRChat; retrieved 11 September, 2024
- ↑ 'Verified Problem' Group on VRChat; retrieved 11 September, 2024
- ↑ 'Verified gremlins' Group on VRChat; retrieved 11 September, 2024