On Fri, 4 Nov 2022, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
On 2022-11-04 13:50, James wrote:
Nov. 4, 2022 10:25:49 Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca>:
How does paying for the account prove any trustworthiness?
It is only to make money.
That was my assumption, because I don't see the connection between the
two. But it could also be used as a weeder, hedging that it will result
in a certain distribution of payers and those who care about the status
of that checkmark.
or being more trustworthy.
Right now a Twitter verified account (blue Verified badge) has very
specific requirements to obtain which are specific to the class of
account:
https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twitter-verified-accounts
A monthly payment requirement may get rid of many trolls and bots, which
are certainly a problem on almost every social media.
I do not see how Mastodon is better than this at all. Does it have any web
of trust like PGP/GPG signed keys?
Won't Mastodon be overrun by Big Domain Name owners who already have name
recognition of the domain part of the account handle? e.g. microsoft.com?
What is stopping *anyone* from setting up a "Linux Ottawa" or "OCLUG"
domain on Mastodon and abusing it? (the only effective remedy that I am
aware of for domain squatting is trademark law and protection).
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