User blog comment:Someonesawmyname/How to tell real betas from fake ones/@comment-25396835-20140720235607

The problem is this is not at all foolproof. Ive seen legit betas in the past with minimum stamps meanwhile Ive been playing since December 2009 and Im only missing 14 stamps out of all of 350+ stamps (Ive worked very hard)

Its also possible people just missed/didnt know about/couldnt find pins. There could be someone who joined in 2007 but didnt get a pin until 2010. I know someone who made an account in early 2008 but there first pin was the fourth anniversary cake pin. Besides... before the item adders were patched someone could easily add old pins.

And the eight characters thing is also not foolproof. Looking at the tester list now I see lots of people with more than eight characters: "8stoplight8", "Adidasgurl3", "Andrewsoccer"... the list goes on.

Also there are lots of beta testers not on this list. According to Rsnail(?) there were about 15k beta testers. Even today actual testers are added.

The only absolute way to tell is if they dont have 365 days but most people have that. Another way is going on a different language server and searching their name so it shows you their ID... Unless of course they logged on that language before. But even so thats still very tedious to do for everyone you see.

Not to mention beta testers can wear newer items too. Dont think they are forced to only wear the oldest items. In fact you may see a beta tester walking around but not wearing their party hat because they dont care about it or dont want the annoying attention that comes with it.