There is also the problem that Bluesky essentially lets anyone verify themselves by getting a domain. Having everyone be verified is not useful for reporters.
What they want is to be able to instantly identify newsmakers and other journalists in a conversation.
What they want is to be able to instantly identify newsmakers and other journalists in a conversation.
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Likely though you are not a newsmaker or journalist, and so journalists don’t particularly care about you or me either.
They don’t care about verification as such, except for the people they need to be verified.
Domains could do that, too! But there are a couple problems with it.
Second, even those that do have personal websites often don’t have the inclination or ability to go muddling around in their advanced DNS settings.
But reporters often change outlets a lot — we’re a shaky industry with a lot of layoffs.
And if you think convincing a reporter to change their DNS settings is hard (and I do), try convincing a news executive it’s a good idea.
If nothing else, it could be a redirect to their bio on their current publication, updated when they change jobs.
Seems just as important as a personal phone number that doesn’t change since relationships are so important.
Still, the problem is that the domain system is fundamentally self verification, not real verification.
folks keep saying it's complicated but writing this reply used more clicks & keystrokes than adding a DNS record would and instructions/help are everywhere
it's not complicated, it's just unfamiliar