> I can also create a fake history on a blog or news site Without the implied "authority" of something like Mastodon[0] or Twitter[1], or Facebook, etc. though

> I can also create a fake history on a blog or news site Without the implied "authority" of something like Mastodon[0] or Twitter[1], or Facebook, etc. though. You can (currently) point to a post on a $BIGNETWORK and say "I posted that then" and be credibly believed. If you allow backdated (or timestamp-edited) posts, that goes out of the window, surely. [0] Ok, not if you're running your own instance, obviously. [1] Who resisted adding editing for years for similar reasons.