Tech can be better.
Co-founder & co-lead @eurosky.social
British, Egyptian, with a French connection
Sifa ID https://sifa.id/p/sherif.eurosky.social
Sherif EA
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In summary - verification on mu is about trust that the account you're seeing is who they claim to be. And a verification signal is something that everyone should be able to access.
The "Nick Fury steps out of the shadows during the post-credits scene" of this crew is off the charts
This means they can verify their own accounts and the accounts of their people. Verification signals show the verifier so there is a clear inventive in not abusing the system - but verifiers also need to have a measure of credibility.
In a way that's the easy part and in itself will open up verification to numerous more people than the current system - but it's not enough. Many many people don't work for an organization that can verify them, so what's the answer there?
In real life, if someone you don't know shows up in a space and they claim to be x or y, you rely on social proof - the organization they work for, people that know them, etc..
That's our approach - media orgs, businesses, universities, political parties, professional networks can become verifiers
