Why is everyone clamoring about "verification" here when we already have @atproto? We already have a way to verify that, for example, you're a reporter for a newspaper.
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Sure, someone could make a *similar* URL and put up a convincing website, but most of the people talking about getting verified aren't even using @atproto! Why not?
aug 24, 2025, 1:42 pm • 0 0 • view
even as a big established org, you can not own all your-domain.tlds + variations and common typos. and take media outlets as a complicated example: contributors are most often not employed, but freelancing for them, sometimes only infrequently. with verification they can keep their own domain/brand.
aug 24, 2025, 3:01 pm • 0 0 • view
some examples from a quick search through my domain registrar of choice.
aug 24, 2025, 3:11 pm • 0 0 • view
as a former media person: the org you are working for does not have the capacity and/or will to constantly manage and monitor their dns for external people. but pressing the "yeah, that's the account+personal domain of this person we know irl" button once is totally doable.
aug 24, 2025, 3:01 pm • 2 0 • view
verification and the limitations on which verifiers developers choose to show in their appview, should not be seen as a sign of privilege or royalty, but more in the sense of a key signing party for groups with a high risk of impersonation.
aug 24, 2025, 3:01 pm • 2 1 • view