stefenauris

Good point about that. However still someone has to actually purchase and own the thing and set up the verification all of which is independent from bluesky so it's a start I suppose.

I don't understand why they don't just use the domain verification which is far more authoritative

"most influential user" feels debatable

No it works perfectly fine on a relatively small VPS. Ideally you'd want some redundancy for a form of communication but some people (like me) just wing it lol

Professionals is a bit of a stretch here lol

I think it should be viewed as a trade-off. If you want cheaper refurbished PCs you'll have to tolerate adjusting to Linux. If you want to deal with Microsoft you'll have to pay for it: Licensing and new hardware and all.

Google/Alphabet keeping up the tradition of terrible product names I see