I woke up to a small icon that carries more weight than it looks.
Meta has officially verified all my accounts across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. The blue tick now sits beside The Keris Collector on every official platform.
On the surface, it’s just a badge. A symbol people chase, argue about, or dismiss as vanity. But to be honest, that’s never what this was about.
Verification is not a reward for popularity. It’s recognition of consistency, authenticity, and accountability. It tells the public that this is the real account, the real voice, and the real body of work behind it. No impersonators. No look-alikes. No confusion.
And that matters, especially when your work involves heritage, research, public education, and long-term documentation.
I started The Keris Collector years ago, back when it was simply a personal effort to record, study, and share what I had spent decades learning. There was no algorithm to please, no brand strategy, and certainly no expectation that it would one day be verified across Meta’s platforms.
What there was, was discipline. Research. Fieldwork. Conversations with elders, collectors, scholars, and institutions. A refusal to romanticise myths at the expense of facts. And a belief that our heritage deserves to be treated with respect, not sensationalism.
Over time, the platform grew. The audience widened. The responsibility increased.
With that came impersonation attempts, content lifting, misrepresentation, and the occasional noise that comes with visibility. Verification helps draw a clean line. This is the source. This is the reference point. This is where accountability lives.
So yes, I’m genuinely happy about the blue tick. Not because it elevates me, but because it protects the work.
More importantly, it protects the community. Those who come here to learn, to ask questions, to challenge ideas constructively, and to engage in good faith.
This milestone isn’t an endpoint. If anything, it’s a reminder to keep standards high. To be even more careful with sources. More deliberate with words. More generous with knowledge.
Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey, whether you’ve been here since the early days or just discovered the platform recently. Your engagement is what made this worth verifying in the first place.
We continue.
Quietly, rigorously, and with purpose.
TLDR
All official The Keris Collector accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are now Meta-verified. The blue tick represents authenticity, protection, and accountability. It’s not about status, but about safeguarding the work, the community, and the integrity of heritage-driven research.