# Tick badge for username?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 12, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125 "2024-09-12T02:47:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@toanvoc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/toanvoc)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125/1 "2024-09-12T02:47:34Z")
I wonder if Discourse source code has a checkbox for username like other social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter? I searched for this question before posting but couldn’t find it?
I think it’s a necessary feature for a good source code like this!
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125/2 "2024-09-12T04:12:33Z")
> [@toanvoc](#):
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> a checkbox for username
I have no idea what you’re taking about.
Can you explain exactly how such a checkbox would be described and what it would change?
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### Author:  [@toanvoc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/toanvoc)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125/3 "2024-09-12T04:43:26Z")
> [@supermathie](#):
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> I have no idea what you’re taking about.
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> Can you explain exactly what such a checkbox would be described and what it would change?
That is the tick function for username in the Discourse source code.
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### Author:  [@Architect](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Architect)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125/4 "2024-09-12T04:56:51Z")
> [@toanvoc](#):
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> I searched for this question before posting but couldn’t find it?
Are you asking about the checkbox or check icon to show if a username is free to create new account with?
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### Author:  [@toanvoc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/toanvoc)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125/5 "2024-09-12T05:00:16Z")
> [@Architect](#):
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> Are you asking about the checkbox or check icon to show if a username is free to create new account with?
blue tick badge like Facebook for the username of that discourse source code
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### Author:  [@Architect](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Architect)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125/6 "2024-09-12T05:27:15Z")
That looks like this badge verify thing:
> **[Request a verified badge on Facebook | Facebook Help Center](https://www.facebook.com/help/1288173394636262)**
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> The blue verification badge lets people know that a Page or profile of public interest is authentic.
That has this requirement to qualify: _ **Notable** : Represent a well-known, often searched person, brand or entity. We review Pages and profiles that are featured in multiple news sources, and we don’t consider paid or promotional content as sources for review._
With discourse there is this option that you can apply for, not sure if this is useful for what you are seeking answer about:
> **[Free Discourse Communities For Creators](https://blog.discourse.org/2022/04/free-discourse-for-creators/)**
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> We would like to help creators build their communities. If you are a creator building on the web, then you might be eligible for a free, hosted Discourse community.
### Eligibility Criteria
We know creators are not created equally, so we split the criteria or requirements to apply across the different creator groups.
1. Software creators (GitHub, GitLab): 10+ contributors
2. Video creators (YouTube, Twitch and other video platforms): 5k subscribers
3. Audio creators (Podcasters, Musicians): 1k (monthly listens/downloads)
4. Funded creators (Patreon, Substack, OpenCollective, … ): $50 monthly patronage/funding
Alongside these, other criteria are:
- Your project has a clear need for discussions (see FAQ below)
- Please understand that approval is ultimately at our discretion as we work out the details of this program.
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### Author:  [@piffy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/piffy)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2024, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125/7 "2024-09-12T05:54:18Z")
You can use flairs to accomplish this. Just like how on this meta forum, the Discourse staff have a special flair on their avatar with the Discourse logo.
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125/8 "2024-09-12T13:42:09Z")
For a twitter-like experience you’d be able to accomplish this with the subscriptions plugin:
> [@Discourse Subscriptions Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-subscriptions/140818):
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> discourse2Summary The Discourse Subscriptions plugin allows site owners to sell recurring and one-time purchase subscriptions that grant access to a group on a Discourse instance.open_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. The Discourse Subscriptions plugin allows you to create one-time as well as recurring subscriptions that users can pay for in order to access gated content. This can be a great w…
You can configure it so users who subscribe are added to a specific group, and then configure that group so members receive a user flair.
> [@Add group flair on member avatars](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-group-flair-on-member-avatars/82700):
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> bookmark This is a guide for configuring automatic group flair on user avatars in Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Automatically add group flair to members’ avatars Group avatar flair displays to the bottom-right of a user’s avatar, providing a stylish way to highlight a user’s group membership. When creating or configuring a group, an admin can choose an image or [Font Awesome](https://fontawesome.com) icon to use as group flair. Summary This guide cover…
If you don’t want a payment component, you can skip the subscriptions plugin and use a group for users you consider verified.
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### Author:  [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125/9 "2024-09-12T14:28:18Z")
We manage this in our community by creating a badge called “`Verified Account`” and issuing the badge _(and setting it as their Title)_ to the accounts we have verified.
This is what our community members see:
I’d love to be able to display the tick icon next to it as well 😊
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125/10 "2024-09-12T16:28:44Z")
You could make a group, then you could set the icon as their flair:
And then just add anyone to that group who is “verified”.
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### Author:  [@Architect](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Architect)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125/11 "2024-09-12T16:35:53Z")
> [@toanvoc](#):
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> like other social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter?
Do you have a discourse instance setup you can enable the flair badges for they are talking about?
What is different about discourse is individual instances aren’t controlled by the bosses of the platform itself, which is the case with fb/x.
To show that user accounts on an individual discourse site are legitimate, you would also need to prove the site itself is legitimate somehow.
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### Author:  [@toanvoc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/toanvoc)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125/12 "2024-09-12T23:50:49Z")
Thanks to you and your friends for your detailed support.
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125/13 "2024-09-13T00:21:31Z")
just use an image of a check mark as a group flair. I have a theme component that will let you size it to however you want too
> [@Is it possible to increase the size of a group flair?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-increase-the-size-of-a-group-flair/322261/11):
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> yea ok to make it easier for you and others to do this, I fired up a quick theme component: [https://github.com/Lillinator/custom-avatar-flair-size.git](https://github.com/Lillinator/custom-avatar-flair-size.git) Let me know how it works slight_smile wrench You still have to change the flair image and background color in the group avatar flair settings. This component just provides some basic settings for sizing the image flairs and their background circles. Desktop only though - I tried some mobile stuff, but it wasn’t worth tweaking for that sma…