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This is definitely a problem of social media IMHO. When you can be @ginger@some.domain by just finding a Fediverse server where nobody's decided to be @ginger y
by egypturnash 4y ago
This is definitely a problem of social media IMHO. When you can be @ginger@some.domain by just finding a Fediverse server where nobody's decided to be @ginger yet, or getting someone in your circles with the resources to stand up a server, there's a lot less competition than when there can only be one @ginger on all of Instagram across the entire world.
Someone could still decide that being @ginger@prestigious.domain is Worth Something and start harassing you for having it but it's a lot less likely.
- hammyhavoc 4y agoYou're missing the point that you might want @me:yourname.domain, but someone has already registered the domain. Real names aren't unique either. This is why domains frequently change hands for a lot of money.
- egypturnash 4y agoTrue, but this greatly expands the name space for people who are content to be an account on someone else’s server. The name space of domains is also a lot larger now that we have tons of TLDs.
- nl 4y agoThis accomplishing precisely nothing except moving the problem to another layer. > A man who enlisted his cousin to break into a Cedar Rapids man’s home and order him at gunpoint to transfer an Internet domain was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndia/pr/social-media-influencer-sentenced-14-years-federal-prison-after-plotting-hijack https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndia/pr/social-media-influencer...
- egypturnash 4y agoIt greatly expands the space. If you’re content being @ginger@some.domain then you’re fine. If you insist on being @ginger@ginger.com then it’s still a limited resource to be fought over. But you might also be happy with @ginger@ginger.party and find that to be available, thanks to the expansion in TLDs.