Verification will very quickly become an issue on Fedi, I believe.

Even now, we have multiple “Linus Torvalds” accounts.

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…?

Obviously Linus should know how to paste a link into a website he owns for verification.

However, if normal users can’t do it, it’s not good enough. What happens when/if celebrities start signing up? They’re not gonna be linking to a website they own for verification.

#Fedi #Fediverse #Mastodon

  • @lambalicious
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    113 days ago

    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?

    • BeAware :fediverse:OP
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      @lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org lol. You sure are talking like everyone has those. Let me check…nope.🤣