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@thisislieven@c.im
2026-08-29 09:58 UTC
@malteengeler@legal.social This a good read, thanks for writing it.
If I may add something in regards to verification, which applies to W but also other spaces:
There are groups for who this can be incredibly problematic and even traumatic.
LGBTQ+ people, especially those who are gender non-conforming, people with visible disabilities and people of colour often do not pass these kinds of verifications for different reasons (but tech being centered on cishet able-bodied white folk might have something to do with this).
Then there's also the issue that a lot of people have a name or gender marker in their ID that does not reflect who they are and with whom they do not identify other than forcibly so. There are numerous reasons for this and often it can't just be changed, or takes a lot of effort and money. These people have an impossible choice to make.
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@thisislieven@c.im @malteengeler@legal.social Thank you for the article.
As much as I don't want to promote the network that I never want to be part of, the article doesn't mention that ID verification isn't mandatory to use the service, only to have your content "boosted"/"promoted", whatever that means.
https://mammut.gogreenit.net/@chewie/116782431687964646
You make a very good point about the "Homer Simpson" handle. This is rather silly for someone who has a big stake in the company.
If nothing else, look what happened to the band Muse on Twitter and Instagram: https://www.engadget.com/2254419/muse-the-band-lost-its-social-media-handles-to-muse-meta-s-new-ai-agent/
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