We've been trying to come up with a quantifiable system for how we decide who gets verified, but to no avail. The problems we have are these:
1. We can't make it about how many followers you have, because there are artists who have acclaim, but not a lot of followers
2. We can't make it only about if you've been signed or have had releases, because there are acclaimed artists who have the respect of top industry people, but aren't necessarily signed yet.
3. For other industry people, like bloggers for example, it's extremely hard to say which blogs have notoriety and which ones don't.
For now it's going to have to be on a case by case basis, but this thread is for discussing what the criteria should be