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Does anyone think that due to how usernames work on the Fediverse, we might get some people using their real names as usernames? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Hellsadvocate@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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I'm thinking about how emails ended up becoming. Where our first email addresses were so wacky, and slowly we just wanted out real names.

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[–] Ragnell@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I think if we get to the point that we need professional accounts that will happen. Like, say the US Government finally gets fed up with Twitter and establishes a mastodon so that the Dept of the Interior can talk to the public again. Maybe some people will have official mastodon accounts on that server, and use their real names.

[–] Hellsadvocate@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is a really good point. Has there been any talk about how verification of users might work for when that does happen?

[–] cyberian_khatru@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Mastodon has a system that verifies an account's possession of another webpage. So that could help with company accounts.

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