Experiment: Hiding power badges

Power badges will be hidden on Warpcast for a week. We’re running this experiment because:

1. New user find it hard to get follows due to “power badge bias”
2. Power badge isn’t being used much in Warpcast anymore.

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I still like power badges because they help me identify if I'm dealing with a legitimate account or a scammer trying to impersonate a project or user.

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That’s not what I said, lol. What I meant is that scammers can be easily identified if they don’t have a power badge. By "scammers," I mean people who try to impersonate others with similar names and PFP, often attempting to drain wallets, for example.

So I would have been labeled a scammer (by you) automatically if I didn't have badge before this? Just tryna understand your logic.. 🤔

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But now, how can we /easily/ differentiate real users from fakes without checking the badge?

thinking about that too, but in the end what I'd prefer is to have quality users showing on my feed and replies without the need for a badge. 

hoping we're going that way..

I have seen many dubious accounts with badges. If you want verification, it should be another way.