"No," the kid laughed, showing his screen to a friend. "Look, his 'verified' badge is just a copy-paste emoji he stuck in his bio. It’s not even aligned right."
Many platforms, including X (Twitter), do not support the use of check mark emojis in display names specifically to prevent users from impersonating verified accounts. blue tick emoji text copy full
In most apps (Slack, Discord, Telegram), type the emoji shortcode :white_check_mark: to force the blue box. Or, simply copy it from this article again—some websites strip color data, but the raw Unicode retains the instruction to render as an emoji. "No," the kid laughed, showing his screen to a friend