Bots on telegram shouldn't require a verified Facebook/twitter/Instagram to get verified.
Reasoning for this is that a lot of bots are telegram specific, and have no reason to have any presence on other platforms. Additionally, they can still be imitated and faked, which hurts end users using fake bots.
Making these popular bots stand out would also improve the incentive for bot developers to produce good bots, as they would be rewarded with knowing that their users are at lower risk of being exposed to fakes.
Of course, "large" and "popular" is an opinionated topic; but i trust the devs to determine a fair policy.
As I said, I trust the devs have better knowledge of the data they already have.
However, some methods could be: - rate of growth - number of chats - number of users who have /start-ed
To avoid people gaming the system, it would be fine for the "verification" to require interaction, eg: - botfather sends a "you can verify your bot" prompt when it gets big enough - request verification through bot support/verifybot who can check the bot stats and approve/disapprove
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You could if you have a wabsite on the Bot.
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I don't use Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, precisely because I don't trust them.with my identity stuff, on privacy. How would I verify a bot?
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However, some methods could be:
- rate of growth
- number of chats
- number of users who have /start-ed
To avoid people gaming the system, it would be fine for the "verification" to require interaction, eg:
- botfather sends a "you can verify your bot" prompt when it gets big enough
- request verification through bot support/verifybot who can check the bot stats and approve/disapprove