Tick badge for username?

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For a twitter-like experience you’d be able to accomplish this with the subscriptions plugin:

Discourse Subscriptions

Summary Discourse Subscriptions allows site owners to sell recurring and one-time purchase subscriptions that grant access to a group on a Discourse instance. Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-subscriptions Install Guide How to install plugins in Discourse The Subscription 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…

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

This is a guide for configuring automatic group flair on user avatars in Discourse. 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 icon to use as group flair. [Group Flair Example] 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.