Ralf RottmannNov 2, 2022
I read this elsewhere: If trusted news outlets would start offering #Mastodon instances to their staff, that would bring some sort of verification and visibility. Think social.nytimes.com, social.heise.de etc. I'd love to read more from trusted journalists on the #fediverse and this could greatly help. (Again, not my idea but couldn't find the original author.) Boosts for visibility would be great. Reminder: Favorites don't help as on this other platform.
Show threadMartijnNov 2, 2022
@ralf alternatively, media sources could issue Verified Credentials, which Mastodon could integrate:
https://verifiablecredentials.dev/
Verifiable Credentials

Verifiable Credentials shaping the future of identity.

Verifiable Credentials
Show threadRandomDudeNov 2, 2022
@martijnarts @ralf looks interesting. VC seems to be more flexible for the use case described by @fraunora and it could by nicely presented as a bluish check and might be worth $8 per month.
Maybe it would also be a suitable use case for #WebOfTrust
Show threadMartijn
@randomdude @ralf @fraunora I think it's an important step in a web of trust usecase. I've been considering building some very simple OSS backend for issuing these for common "blue check" usecases, along with some Web Components (or similar) to display them.
Nov 2, 2022 at 8:46pmWeb
Show threadRandomDudeNov 2, 2022
@martijnarts @ralf @fraunora curious about it. And I would also be interested, what @Lilith thinks about this topic...
Show threadNatanael ⚠️Nov 4, 2022

@randomdude @martijnarts @ralf @fraunora @Lilith keyoxide exists already and could be extended to support various usecases.

We definitely need a way for an entity to express official delegation of roles and similar stuff.

Show threadRandomDudeNov 4, 2022
@Natanael_L @martijnarts @ralf @fraunora @Lilith didn’t find the time to check out #keyoxide yet, but will do.
Show threadRandomDudeNov 4, 2022
@Natanael_L @martijnarts @ralf @fraunora I checked the feature of verified links, that is also used with #keyoxide. Fine for this use case, although the number of verifiable links per account seems limited to four. The other way around one media page could list many accounts. Keyoxide claims to enable verification, that different accounts belong to the same person - not what fraunora wants. If we want to boil it down to $8 check, this could be done by defining trustworthy urls on an instance.