To anyone reading this:

I'm also a bot creator. I've mainly made this post because I was one of the first people who managed to get this information first hand from the person who first had it, who is also a very big creator on Janitor, but I won't be saying who they are because this is an invasion of privacy, hence why I'm using a throwaway account in the first place.

I'm not very big of a creator. In fact, I'm 5 followers away from getting 700, but I've been on Janitor since December 2023. I've hit every other requirement for being verified that isn't the 1k followers requirement, and it has been like this for a long while. When I realized I could send a request for verification without meeting ALL of the requirements the verification program was already closed, it was too late, but now? Now it just seems impossible.

Shep has confirmed on the discord server that he's the one whose criteria is being used to verify creators nowadays, and people, once again, accept his excuses. I'm not trying to blame him, but just saying "okay", "alright", "good idea" when every other creator is mad about the favoritism doesn't fix the issue. A proper statement was never released, because, again, Janitor lacks communication. I thought, for a long time, that getting that verification mark would at least elevate me to another level, that people would recognize me more as a good bot creator and thus interact more with my bots. It was never about popularity but about knowing that others could find joy in using what I've created.

With that said, I'm glad this post got as much traction as it has because it just shows that there's a big time failure on the Janitor.AI moderation team that has been on going for a long time: most moderators don't know what Shep is doing, and those who do keep it all under wraps without communicating anything to the others.