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[–] emb@lemmy.world 134 points 1 week ago (12 children)

I do not see anything to be angry or disappointed about?

Verification badge was good, the dumb thing Twitter did was throw it away by letting anyone pay for it.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

Nah it was not good. Domain names already do that and are accessible to all at all times with full transparency and decentralization. Bluesky is literally regressing.

Even mastodon's verification system is better than checkmarks.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 46 points 1 week ago (2 children)

domain names do that for people with well known domain names, and verification processes do that for people without

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yup. Need something like EV certs to really verify... And that would only make sense if it's a "no (non-real) screennames" kind of thing.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

i think the .id.au domain licensing rules are a pretty reasonable middle-ground:

https://www.auda.org.au/au-domain-names/the-different-au-domain-names/id-au-domain-names/

The id.au domain name you choose must match or be an acronym or abbreviation of your first name or family name, or your nickname

you have to provide ID to register any .au, so you’re verified as a person, and though they don’t pre-check your nickname, AFAIK if there’s a complaint you do have to prove that you’re “known by” that name

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