From the blog post: "Here’s how it works: Simply input your true, accurate height with a screenshot of you standing next to any commercial building. We’ll do some state-of-the-art verifying and you’ll receive your badge directly on your profile."

+1 for April Fool's

If it was an April 1 gag, they'd have included weight verification...

They should have done weight verification.

you think? i feel like the unofficial rules of April Fools jokes is that they have to be on the exact day. Also, if the problem (height liars) is as bad as the article suggests (pretty bad!) I can see why they'd need to address it. And lastly, doesn't seem too complicated technically to pull off..

Indeed, someone probably triggered a production deploy too early.