Verification on Bluesky is already perfect

Did you know there are still people who think the MCU’s Thanos is a deep character with interesting motivations? For all the CinemaSins “why didn’t he make infinite resources, is he stupid” types, there are still “Thanos did nothing wrong” chuds. This is stupid, of course. But after seeing people be wrong on the internet, it occurred to me...

Bluesky has very quickly become a serious social media platform. This means it’s having to deal with all the problems social media platforms have to deal with, including impersonation. A lot of people flocked to Bluesky from Twitter, and so recreating something like Twitter’s verification system seems like a natural step. ...

I keep seeing people make this error, especially in social media discourse. Somebody wants to “use” something. Except obviously, it’s not theirs, and so it’s absurd for them to make that demand, right? Quick examples§ I’m not trying to pick on this person at all: they’re not a twitter main character, they’re not expressing an unusual opinion...

Societal alienation, intensely depressive. Harris, 68.0 million popular, 226 electoral. 43%. Trump, 72.6 million popular, 295 electoral. 57%. I am haunted by what these numbers represent. I am not writing you a proof. I am upset, and this is a reflection. My basic worldview has been that things, on average, will continually get worse. Even before...

This was originally something I was going to talk about in Corporations have Rejected Copyright, back when that series was going to just be one long post (really!). But since I saw Nintendo apparently sued Palworld today, I wanted to put this up as background information. You should definitely read You’ve Never Seen Copyright first, particularly...