Samuel
@samuel.fm
Samuelpls fix I have a great idea for a joke handle and I wanna give you money for it
1 3Samuel(just emailed support)
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Emily Liuwe hit the rate limit for search p early on oops but it should be fixed now, is it still broken for you?
1 3Samuelyep, hard refreshed + checked other browser
1 4Samuel@emily.bsky.team it's working now! check out my new handle
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liquid8d*Instantly proves why custom domains are bad as usernames 😆
(I don't care and I like custom handles, but impersonation)
1 1SamuelI think it proves the exact opposite? If someone got to the social media website first, they wouldn't be able to squat on my domain name since only I can prove I own it. The alternative on twitter would be @pfrazeesmonster, which is no less of an impersonation risk - and is vulnerable to squatting
1 3liquid8dI see what you are saying, but I dunno where the line is.. what if you grabbed pfrazee.dev? People don't have any clue or those that do don't bother to look. it's a problem everywhere, but who's handling the complaints?
2 1SamuelSure but a) there’s a monetary cost to doing it, so you’re unlikely to see an attack like that at scale and b) this has been a thing for websites forever, so people are primed to be on the lookout for it
1 2liquid8dJust playing devil's advocate (again, I like it, there's just a built-in problem)
a) 0.99
b) they aren't, look at removing verified checkmarks on Twitter
What you use (usernames, etc) are always ripe for impersonation so it's not just a domain thing, it just gives it a more legit appearance
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