mesamunefire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoA New Form of Verification on Bluesky - Blueskybsky.socialexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down2·17 days agoI mean this is just Twitter’s old verification system, but now accounts have a lit of verifiers, so it’s not one centralized entity approving, and there’s accountability. I don’t see this as enshittified.
minus-squarehefty4871@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 days ago independent organizations can verify accounts directly. Bluesky will review these verifications as well to ensure authenticity. But isn’t it still one central entity approving?
minus-squarelimer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down6·17 days agoIt’s not ideal, and can be abused by the central service later by price increases or probably other things. But it’s the best a corporate and evil platform can do to legitimize users.
I mean this is just Twitter’s old verification system, but now accounts have a lit of verifiers, so it’s not one centralized entity approving, and there’s accountability. I don’t see this as enshittified.
But isn’t it still one central entity approving?
It’s not ideal, and can be abused by the central service later by price increases or probably other things.
But it’s the best a corporate and evil platform can do to legitimize users.