So i was opening e9 logged out for a sec, noticed a sifyro post, clicked and saw a checkmark next to her tag... I logged in on e6 and see nothing...

Sooooo, is this a verified system or what? What's happening here? Am i going crazy?

We've had a system to verify artists for a long, long time.
It's just that it didn't do much of anything, besides listing their username on the artist page: https://e926.net/artists/blitzdrachin

Now, if the image had been posted by the artist themselves, their tag will have a little checkmark next to it: https://e926.net/posts/3722523.
That functionality is currently being tested on e926 – it will reach e621 soon enough too.

Artists can request to be verified by sending a DM to an admin.
It is free.

The checkmark feature was added in September:

https://e621.net/forum_topics/13631?page=2#forum_post_345127

But unbeknownst to me only Janitor+ could see it and I was talking to regular members and artists as if they could see it.

lance_armstrong said:
But unbeknownst to me only Janitor+ could see it and I was talking to regular members and artists as if they could see it.

Perhaps, you should consider joining the e621 discord server =P
Then, you won't get blindsighted like this.

I see me!

bitwolfy said:
That functionality is currently being tested on e926 – it will reach e621 soon enough too.

So e9 isn’t a complete mirror of this site? I didn’t know features could be site exclusive.

Hopefully that checkmark won't cost $8 a month unlike that certain blue bird app.

so to get verified on this site: the person in question has to personally contact the site that they're account is who they say they are (or at least approves of the content being posted on said site in this case)

i would say "how come only this site and porn site are the only places that understand how verification should work" but i know it all has to do with having any kind of human-to-human contact between client and business and big social media companies not wanting to bother with that

bitwolfy said:
Perhaps, you should consider joining the e621 discord server =P
Then, you won't get blindsighted like this.

Booooooo j/k
I wish it didn't take an entire OS VM practically, to connect to it, didn't have clunky 1994 AOL interface, etc. Meh, but lots of people on it.

alphamule said:
I wish it didn't take an entire OS VM practically, to connect to it, didn't have clunky 1994 AOL interface, etc.

https://i.imgur.com/A0qV41S.jpg

bitwolfy said:
https://i.imgur.com/A0qV41S.jpg

Electron apps like Discord, even in the browser, do be like that even on 2022 hardware. Hell, it even crashes Chrome in ChromeOS on brand name Chromebooks.

Unrelated, imgur is so unstable in non-google browsers that I had to spoof curl just to see your reaction image.

How does this interact with replacements, out of curiosity? If an artist uploads their own work, then a user replaces it with a better version (it's apparently happened before), does the checkmark stay, or go away? Or if a user uploads a piece of art, then the artist replaces it with a better version, does the checkmark get added, or stay gone?

watsit said:
How does this interact with replacements, out of curiosity? If an artist uploads their own work, then a user replaces it with a better version (it's apparently happened before), does the checkmark stay, or go away? Or if a user uploads a piece of art, then the artist replaces it with a better version, does the checkmark get added, or stay gone?

When a replacement is approved, the user who made the replacement is set as the uploader.
The checkmark is displayed if one of the artist tags is linked to the uploader's account.

So, if an artist posts something, and someone else replaces it, then the checkmark disappears.

is there a way to search for verified posts atm?

dripen_arn said:
is there a way to search for verified posts atm?

You mean aside the conditional dnp tag?

benjiboyo said:
You mean aside the conditional dnp tag?

I would assume yes, in case someone wanna comment while also giving feedback towards the artist under their artwork.

benjiboyo said:
You mean aside the conditional dnp tag?

There's a fair number of conditional_dnp artists that allow their art to be posted by other people. Sometimes reposting is restricted to just images in their public galleries, or SFW only, or only newer more complete works, or not art with a particular kink, or only by specific named people/commissioners/character owners etc. Conditional DNP doesn't necessarily mean the uploader is the artist. Although being able to search something like conditional_dnp verified:false or avoid_posting verified:false would help find posts that may potentially need deleting (though there can still be reasons non-verified posts of those kinds can stay).

dripen_arn said:
is there a way to search for verified posts atm?

No, and I doubt that it'll be implemented.

Checkmarks were shown to all users on Dec 21, confirmed via changelog (related commit)

bitwolfy said:
No, and I doubt that it'll be implemented.

What's the purpose of them then?

pyke said:
What's the purpose of them then?

m3g4p0n1 said:
The checkmark thing helps speed up the approval process? As in, removes the need to check the sources and see if the work is indeed publicly avaible/wasn't stolen and such?

DubsTheFox said:
Yes exactly

Adding a search metatag for it would be useful.

lance_armstrong said:
Adding a search metatag for it would be useful.

I think we could use the self_upload tag. I mean, there even is an option in the dropdown to edit a tag's category to meta, so it must work at least as a temporary thing, right?

And then, someone ocassionaly could run a script to check if a post has an artist tag with the checkmark through the API, if possible, to automate this meta tag.