What is Verification/ What does that blue checkmark mean?

[TMF Jeff]

If you would like to get verified, contact me by Private Message and I'll work with you to get it done!

We have a pretty active social scene here, and a problem that has arisen from that is people creating fake accounts. There are a few reasons why this seems to happen -

1) People want to pretend to be a sexy female (or male) so someone will talk with them about tickling. We have a recurring incidence of profiles popping up and instantly being filled with hot pictures.

This is a particular target of the Verification system, because if someone is willing to post a bunch of pictures of themselves, there's really no reason for them to be unverified. And we suspect that many of these are actually the same small handful of people - Verification will make it harder for people operating multiple profiles to get away with it.

2) Someone acts like a jerk and they want to start over under a new name, which is unfair to people who have a right to know who they're talking to - especially if that person was problematic in their first encounter.

3) Someone is pretending to be a celebrity.

So to combat this, we've implemented a system of Verification. People who are Verified will have a blue checkmark next to their username.

Being verified means that a person has either

1) been to a Tickling Gathering and/or been verified by me or someone I know and trust, or
2) done a 10 second video chat with me.

Video chats for verification will be very fast and all-business. We just need to establish that you're a live human who matches their TMF persona.

And if you don't feel like getting verified, no problem! There's no penalty or consequence for not participating.

[chicago]

Thanks for this and my new check mark

[Tenebrae]

Thank you! We had a great talk~

[desdemona]

Yes, thanks for instituting this!

[CuddlyCanadian]

Awesome idea. About time something like this came along!

Will have to do this soon.

Edit: Woohoo! I'm a real boy! =D

[milagros317]

Glad to see that this fine idea has been implemented.

[porcelaindoll2]

So glad to see this and thanks for the check mark.

[TMF Jeff]

Thank you all for being so active and engaged! I'm glad you think the checkmarks are cool, this was kind of a wild flyer of an idea

[bengali tickler]

I think it is a good move.

[Dynamo Joe]

I'd love to do this, how do I schedule time for a video chat with you, and what software do you use?

[TMF Jeff]

I'd love to do this, how do I schedule time for a video chat with you, and what software do you use?

I'm mostly using skype, but Ive also used facebooks video chat and Im sure I can manage to accommodate other programs. Private message me and Ill work it out with you.

[Soles_Scream]

Verification was literally 30 seconds and pretty straightforward.

[TMF Jeff]

We currently have 143 Verified members, which is pretty impressive for only about two weeks! I'm really proud of this idea, and the way it's being accepted by people. I appreciate everyone who took the trouble to verify themselves.

My hope is that over time, the number of Verified members will grow to outnumber the number of not-Verified - I think it indicates a sign of people wanting to be a part of the community and having a stepped-up level of engagement. And the more people we have who feel that way, the more powerful of a community we are, and the more we can accomplish for the good of ticklers, ticklees, and switches everywhere

[tickle_prince]

Think this idea was and is amazing and I had a great time to finally speak with lord jeff XD

[NHTickler41M]

So happy to be verified and let people know I'm legit. I encourage all members of this board to get verified! Blue Check Marks For All