Right now I could register Blaze (he/him)@piefed.social and if someone is on an interface that they don’t see which instance you’re home to (such as how I don’t see your home instance right now), I could be you. I could say things you whole heartedly disagree with, and if people thought I was you, they would attribute you to saying such things. Maybe offensive things. Maybe posting offensive or illegal pictures. And now you are credited with having done that, despite never having done that.
I maintain a list of alt accounts in my bio.
I don’t care that much about that, if those impersonators (implying they use my profile picture, otherwise it’s just another Blaze, I have two friends called John, they’re not impersonating each other, they’re their own distinct person) get spotted, their accounts will probably get removed, they aren’t mine.
I posted it there, but I’ll repeat: you know how email works, right? [email protected] is not [email protected]
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I maintain a list of alt accounts in my bio. I don’t care that much about that, if those impersonators (implying they use my profile picture, otherwise it’s just another Blaze, I have two friends called John, they’re not impersonating each other, they’re their own distinct person) get spotted, their accounts will probably get removed, they aren’t mine.
But I’m not a celebrity.
Should we report @[email protected] and get that account banned?
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All you need is one instance to actually verify its users.
https://nytimes.social seems like a good one. Maybe they should start that.
I guess what you mean is there should be a way to verify celebrity accounts.
That does not automatically translate to centralizing usernames, but more a federated verification system.