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But if you offer a service where you pay $20 to get your account back, well, nobody's going to want to pay that unless it actually works, so their incentive is
by floren 2y ago
But if you offer a service where you pay $20 to get your account back, well, nobody's going to want to pay that unless it actually works, so their incentive is to make it work. Which makes it start to feel more like a "pay $20 to get somebody's account, if you lie well" service
- jeremyjh 2y agoI think it may need to cost more than $100. They would need a notary to validate your identity or something like that.
- fragmede 2y agoIt doesn't cost $100 to go to a notary and validate your identity.
- jeremyjh 2y agoTo adequately staff a function, and the compliance of that function with people who can reliably sort out all the fraudsters you may need to spend more than $20. A higher price would also filter out a lot of fraudsters all by itself. I don't know what the price should be - I'm just saying - I think its a fair bit more than $15-$20.
- wmf 2y agoYou'd pay the notary and then you'd also pay Meta.
- nradov 2y agoAnyone can make a fake notary stamp. Or become a notary themselves. This is super common in fraud cases. Notaries are basically a worthless anachronism and shouldn't be relied upon for anything important. And even if identity is validated, what does that mean? Like there are probably a thousand Meta accounts for "Robert Jones". If someone has a valid government issued ID in that name should he then be able to "recover" any account with the same (or similar) name?
- qingcharles 2y agoNotaries are out of favor these days. In Illinois, for instance, there is almost nothing that requires a notary now. You can "certify" yourself by signing a document under penalty of perjury.