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Because the concept of "verified" journalists implies that those "unverified" journalists outside the MSM aren't "real" journalists.
by RobotToaster 4y ago
Because the concept of "verified" journalists implies that those "unverified" journalists outside the MSM aren't "real" journalists.
- darkwater 4y agoThe issue is that the unverified ones are basically the rest of the pool of Mastodon users. Let's put this to an extreme: if Mastodon were the only way to communicate, how would you trust a name over another, identical name?
- thejosh 4y agoHence an independent source would be great. I should have stated I don't believe the existing Twitter verification system is good, nor is the proposed (now active?) one. I don't know what a good solution is, apart from a directory.. which would probably be hacked..