Might be a while. From the most recent newsletter:
Blockquote Notice: Feature Updates Paused Feature updates are going to be on pause for a little bit while work goes into a change in our backend infrastructure. Once this important maintenance has been completed, feature updates will resume as usual and can be followed on the blog and in this newsletter.
I don’t know of a way we users can verify other users, other than reaching out to people, having a good time in their company and getting references, which is the main way I remember starting out on CS.
If you’re concerned about there being loads of people who haven’t filled out their profiles, so am I: Not enough active hosts - #49 by gjw