# Tick badge for username?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 12, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tick-badge-for-username/326125 "2024-09-12T02:47:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Architect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/architect/32/520575_2.png) [@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")

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> [@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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