It seems like the main problem with verification is that everyone is conflating what verification is or is supposed to be. It doesn't mean "this person is trus

It seems like the main problem with verification is that everyone is conflating what verification is or is supposed to be. It doesn't mean "this person is trustworthy" it means "this person is who they claim to be". But people desperately want it to be the former, or some sort of club. But these are completely orthogonal concepts that demand different solutions. Bluesky should do better here though, their definition of "verified" is buried in the blog post as "authentic and notable". This is okay I guess, sort of matches old Twitter. But a bit wishy-washy. One idea could be to link verification badges to Wikipedia (or Wikidata) entities so you understand who is confirming what about the account. "This Mark Cuban Bluesky account is the same as the Mark Cuban in this Wikipedia article" and let the Wikipedia editors fight over noteworthiness etc.