The devs keep saying "this is opt in" "you can choose to have the badge" "you don't have to be verified" Stop with this lie. No its not opt in. Not in practice. On paper it is, but the social reality of the situation is thus.

If everything is locked to you, If you are harassed for not having the badge by the majority of the community . It is not opt in. The social reality of this situation. Is the only reality, considering the point of this platform is a social experience.

People who speak against the badge and AV are ban from the discord, ban from the reddit. and I personally have been dmed death threats and called a child molester on discord and even blusky. For speaking against this on a security basis.

If that is the reaction to those who do not agree. That doxing oneself to a third party with a track record of massive failure is the right answer. that is not opt in.

It's as opt in as getting a covid shot was during lockdown. Yes you could say no. But you where treated as a criminal and denied things most people in society are given. The ability to walk threw a park, go to a restrunt, buy grocery's was taken from you. Then the media started calling you terrorists for opting out. This is the less serious version of that. But its a good comparasion.

Time for people to move platforms. Do not give into this. Just move platforms. Go to resonate. Vote with your lack of presence and time and energy. See how long VRChat can keep going when 20K people leave forever. Or mass cancel their VRC+

You can do this. But it requires you to actually abstain from using this platform completely. and getting a new home on resonate or other platforms. If you do not do this. Not only will this be accepted, it will get worse.