James WilsonNov 13, 2019

They all are coming here to #mastodon

Now it is THE WIRE

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Show threadShadab Ansari ✔️
@jamewils @thewire who's the blue tick authority here ?
Nov 13, 2019 at 6:06amWeb
Show threadJames WilsonNov 13, 2019
@iamshadab @thewire Here is no verification like in #birdsite, the #blueticks you are seeing around here is a self assigned emoji. For authenticity, you can rely on link verification feature of #mastodon
Show threadAvinash SonawaneNov 13, 2019

@jamewils @iamshadab @thewire Organization like The Wire should host their own Mastodon instance with their employees having account there e.g. @[email protected]

It'll also solve the verification ("blue tick") issue.

Cc @Gargron @kushal

Show threadSai VishalNov 13, 2019
@rootkea Won't the possibility of creating multiple ids in a different instances nullify it. @jamewils @iamshadab @thewire @Gargron @kushal
Show threadAvinash SonawaneNov 13, 2019

@Vishsai @jamewils @iamshadab @thewire @Gargron @kushal ummm no. The domain (instance url) will serve as the verification method.

E.g. I'll know @[email protected] is official and not the @thewire or any other ID after I have found the link for the same on their website.

Show threadSai VishalNov 13, 2019
@rootkea It works if it is going from the website to the site but can't the journalist handles be duplicated. Even with a instances can't a new one be created by adding by an extra I to it and have the same verification symbols as the original. @jamewils @iamshadab @thewire @Gargron @kushal
Show threadAvinash SonawaneNov 13, 2019

@Vishsai @jamewils @iamshadab @thewire Do you mean creating a new instance by adding an extra letter to url or creating a new ID on the same instance by adding an extra letter to ID?

For the latter, it's the responsibility of the instance admin and for the former, well, we all have been visiting google.com and not gogle.com, right? I mean website impersonation is a solved problem using SSL certs (organization name etc.)