Sometimes I wonder if allowing emoji in display names in the first place was a mistake 😕

@Gargron also this adds the possibility for someone to create there own instance, where they verify everyone, doesn't it?
I think of something like mastodon.verified.

@Gargron I've realized that a lot of people on Mastodon do not understand federation, and think you are the CEO or something.

@Gargron I really had no clue about the meaning of that checkmark before I read that there is none on mastodon 😎. We could just set up a bot posting the message every two or three hours, couldn't we? Like a mastodon mantra: there is no verified checkmark on mastodon. there is no verified checkmark on mastodon. there is no verified checkmark on mastodon. there is no verified checkmark on mastodon. there is no verified checkmark on mastodon. there is no verified checkmark on mast

@Gargron for the best really.

@Gargron but there's a lot people whose had checkmark????

@Gargron how to get cat emojis or something?

@Gargron new fake jack i saw this a.m. is very happy about that I imagine

How will I know I'm me?!

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@Gargron well, there's one on mstdn.social

@Gargron checks out ;-)

Badum, tzzzz 🥁

@Gargron this brings back a ages-old problem with email, PHISHING! Where any account can impersonate a personality, institution, even my local bank, and fool me if cleverly disguised. This is matter is going to snowball if this system keeps growing.

@Gargron look at Keybase identity verification. I can prove I’m the same person who owns my domain name, twitter account, GitHub ID, PGP key and mastodon ID. https://keybase.io/ryancnelson