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It's in line with the protocol design. If only BlueSky themselves could verify, that'd be too centralized. Mind you, just because anyone can create a verificat
by steveklabnik 2y ago
It's in line with the protocol design. If only BlueSky themselves could verify, that'd be too centralized.
Mind you, just because anyone can create a verification record doesn't mean that the default client shows them.
> Why do we need these “Blue Checks”?
Normie users care about this sort of feature.
- FlyingSnake 2y ago> Normie users care about this sort of feature. That’s a really weak argument because normie users want TikTokified social media with a clout based caste system. I thought BlueSky had a different goal in mind.
- steveklabnik 2y agoBluesky cares about both audiences.
- anon7000 2y agoBlueSky wants to make a social media platform that normies want to use. The whole idea is to design a protocol that can achieve huge scale and behave a lot like existing social media apps (which people "like") while still being open and flexible.
- erichocean 2y ago> BlueSky wants to make a social media platform that normies want to use. If true, they are failing—badly.
- krainboltgreene 2y agoEven if that were true, which it's very easily argued not, that would be even more of an impetus to implement things that "normies" want, not less.
- whywhywhywhy 2y ago>Normie users care about this sort of feature. They don't, but the original Twitter Bluecheck elites who ran to Bluesky really do
- steveklabnik 2y agoThat's not what I'm seeing, but you do you.