does interacting with verified members effect you differently than for non verified? What about in PM?

Being Verified isn't a big deal. It was made to help prevent Catfishes....to answer your question no but they're are certain people I don't want to associate myself with.

This reminds me of the time when it was first introduced and the non-verified users would project or deflect on the verified ones claiming that we are bullies are think we're better than the non verified ones that isn't the case and they eventually got over it, I still don't see the big deal with being verified says a lot about others.