Bluesky cybersquatting problem addressed in latest update
Bluesky cybersquatting problem addressed in latest update
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Bluesky cybersquatting problem addressed in latest update
Bluesky is cracking down on impersonators and scammers.
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Kneel before the corporate overlords!
This will absolutely be used to squash legitimate users who happen to share the same name with a company or person who is more popular. Bluesky is just twitter 2.0, which I doubt is a surprise to anyone but they are already taking the same significant steps on the same path.
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? Did you read what the article? The change here is pretty minor and just reserving the @name.bsk.social if they verify with a domain to something like @domain.tld
Now, users that verify their account by linking their domain name get to automatically keep the default @username.bsky.social username
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there are a lot of kneejerk, tinfoil hat individuals on lemmy that seem to get rather dramatic over bluesky.
bluesky adds new fonts in webapp
"THIS IS WHAT THE CORPORATE OVERLORDS WANT. THESE FONTS ARE JUST LIKE TWITTER. WAKE UP SHEEPLE! IF YOU DON'T USE MASTODON, YOURE GOING TO GET MEASLES AND YOUR CHILDREN WILL PERISH!"
(/s but you get what I mean)
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There's a lot of tlds. Do they explain the policy when two people have the same domain on different tlds? I mean oldest registered makes sense to me. But not without problems.
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Do you expext them not to pull the rug out of joke accounts that got to the bsky.social name first once the corporate website is used to verify their .com. address?
I fully expect them to use that as justification.
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Just so we're clear, Bluesky is federated just like this place. Twitter was the community square of the planet until Elmo bought it and brought his own kitchen sink because he thought he knew how to run Twitter. That same delusional individual is now advising the elected Orange in charge of the USA.
Whilst Twitter had its problems, they were nothing compared to the cesspool it is today.
Bluesky will no doubt go through growing pains, but I don't see evidence of the same mistakes as you appear to be suggesting.
So, no, I don't think that you're portraying a realistic viewpoint, instead you're fear mongering for no discernible reason, other than to discredit a platform that is evolving and flourishing.
Source: I've been on Xitter, Bluesky and various fediverse platforms, Reddit, Slashdot and I've also been here since Usenet was a thing and experienced Eternal September first hand.
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Just so we’re clear, Bluesky is federated just like this place.
Yes, rule wouldn't apply to another instance like poop.social, but when 90% of the content is through bsky.social there is a massive chilling effect.
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but I don’t see evidence of the same mistakes as you appear to be suggesting.
Oh so minting another new US billionaire who is deep into cryptocurrency already (that's literally how Jay Graber got her start in the industry) just so they can turn around and use that money to start influencing US politics just like Musk is a good idea?
You really think just making a new billionaire is a great idea? But I mean you're not far off, that's a user mistake, not a company mistake.
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Can't say I mind when it happens to scammers and actual cybersquatters.
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Sure, but we wouldn't have superbowl on reddit and lemmy if they followed this approach which is said to be about scammers but will also crush early adopters who made joke accounts.
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Guys I think we need to let Matt Walsh on the platform and give him some promotion so he can get a fair chance /s
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But it's federated! I can just choose that name somewhere else! Right? ... Right?
...Yes?
This is specifically about making the plc DID you're given when you sign up (@username.bsky.social) move to the web DID you create when you verify your domain (@username.domain).
You can still use whatever usernames you want under your domain (@username.username.domain).