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just verified myself in bluesky fashion, linking my account to a personal domain. my new handle is willoremus.com which is kinda cool i guess? if you're into that sort of thing? but still doesn't feel like the long-term answer to this site's impersonation problem. i could be wrong though!

What does it mean that you verified yourself? How can anyone tell?

i mean, part of the problem is that it really isn't made obvious to the average user. but my handle is now @willoremus.com which would only be possible for someone who has access to the DNS settings for the domain willoremus.com -- i.e. either the real me, or someone squatting on that domain i guess

Yeah it seems the concern that “this handle might not belong to the person I think it does” isn’t satisfied by linking it to a website that could also belong to an imposter.

Probably more effective for .gov handles, which can’t easily be acquired by fakers.