The idea of verifying an account is good, but I don’t think it’ll work very well, because here on Hive you can create multiple accounts at a low cost—or even for free—and we don’t have anything that can identify a person, like an “ID” you need to provide or something like that, the way governments do. So, verifying someone with an ID or email address won’t really stop that many people, At least I don’t think it’ll work.
I’ll take a look at the emoji idea—I think it’s interesting! Thanks for these tips and suggestions!