Verification will very quickly become an issue on Fedi, I believe.
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BrikoXreplied to fbievan (Powered by Polymaths) last edited by
@fbievan @BeAware That's a great option for technical people, but I don't think regular "celebrity" would have enough understanding what PGP is or how to use it. Even if you would have a straightforward 3-step guide, I think it would a barrier for most, if creating an account on Mastodon is too complicated for them.
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@BeAware I have no idea why Elk refuses to mention you properly. Might be a bug.
Relying on 3rd party platforms is far from ideal and like you mentioned unrealistic as it would require API access which would be easily blocked.
Realistically, I can only think of one idiot-proof verification system. Credit card, but that opens up instances to storing payment and identitity data or outsourcing it to a 3rd party service. Anything else would be user based and require at least some input from them.
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@BrikoX the mention is a wrong username issue...it's social.beaware.live for the domain not just BeAware.live
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to fbievan (Powered by Polymaths) last edited by
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Colin Cogle :verified:replied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
@BeAware You saw that account, too?
In Linus’s case, he could put his Mastodon handle in the Linux kernel’s comments, or post it to the kernel mailing list. Of course, not everyone can do that.
Some people doing Reddit AMA’s have taken a photo of themselves holding a piece of paper with today’s date and the subreddit name. Perhaps that can be a low-tech verification solution.
Or, have someone post something on another social media site, “I’m on Mastodon at…” Again, not ideal, but doable.
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[email protected]replied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
Just don’t trust anyone. Require multi platform sourcing/proofing for those that claim to be something important.
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Colin Cogle :verified: last edited by
@colin I did see it. I followed another account on the kernal instance that I assumed was him but idk.️
I watch introductions pretty closely and that one caught my eye immediately.
Hope nobody gets scammed.
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[email protected]replied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
Some have thousands of followers and a few posts, but do we know if any of them are actually him? Including the newest one on .social…?
Easy. Did you check the reference back-link on their profiles?
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to [email protected] last edited by
@lambalicious lol. You sure are talking like everyone has those. Let me check...nope.