Seems pretty self explanatory, but what I meant was somebody doing the verification thing personally, as a human being, before passing the account off to a bot.
The reason he thinks they're paid is because that's how he gets people to do things. He doesn't understand any other type of motivation because his whole world revolves around money in exchange for services.
How dare people seek out fantasy fulfillment. Definitely worthy of HATING the genre. What a troglodyte.