Bluesky's blue check is *finally* here! The new verification process launches today, WIRED has learned. Here's what that means: - ThreadSky

wired.com • 14 days ago

Bluesky's blue check is *finally* here!

The new verification process launches today, WIRED has learned. Here's what that means:

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ex.trathi.cc•14 days ago

“We want to reduce fraud and impersonation and drive a more trustworthy environment on Bluesky” kind of ignores the fact that identity theft used for fraud almost exclusively affects regular people because that old friend from high school that randomly contacts you probably isn't Obama.

totr.bsky.social•14 days ago

Also ignores the fact that bluesky has always had verification. what it didn't have was little blue medals for special posters

joejinis.bsky.social•14 days ago

Meh.

totr.bsky.social•14 days ago

You know your username is "wired dot com", right?

dominicmarionicci.bsky.social•14 days ago

yay! you can continue to be elitist technocrats and report on the latest on Glamping

laureanne.bsky.social•14 days ago

Maybe with it the top trends/hashtags that are currently populated by junk accounts, can be improved. @bsky.app

frishermansfend.bsky.social•14 days ago

Pope Francis never got the blue check. smh

robolo.bsky.social•14 days ago

Excellent. Now do edit posts for better error correction.

brennan.sstools.co•14 days ago

Why is this needed when we can link accounts to domains like @forbes.com which makes it very clear?

fiddledidi.bsky.social•14 days ago

I don’t see it

wtfdor.bsky.social•14 days ago

Why? Just link it with your official website? I was not expecting this on bluesky tbh

sanguinepar.bsky.social•14 days ago

First step towards BlueSky being full of companies and marketing?

rock-moss.bsky.social•14 days ago

@wired.com can you please stop constantly reposting your articles? Reposting every instance of someone else posting your article is very annoying with a chronological timeline; it's so repetitive to have 4 posts in a row from you all of the same article.

murnut.bsky.social•14 days ago

I'm not sure why I don't care

totr.bsky.social•14 days ago

Probably because this site already had verification

what it didn't have before is little blue badges to make special posters feel important

juliewm.bsky.social•14 days ago

I looked into how to get a blue check and it’s too complicated for me unless I provide my email and I don’t want to.

mimi295.bsky.social•13 days ago

I looked into also and no inclination.

ubuibmeok2.bsky.social•14 days ago

Fuckoff with that check mark shit!

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