Bluesky just made it harder for someone to steal your name, but verification is still a challenge
Bluesky updated its slim verification systemDomains remain criticalIt’s also adding Mentions Bluesky’s soaring popularity as the social media platform of the moment has been somewhat hamstrung by frustrating verification problems. Simply put, there’s no official verification system in place, at least not the traditional Blue Check you can find on Instagram, Threads, X, and TikTok. But now the distributed platform has made one relatively minor change that could have a big impact on protecting everyone’s names from handle squatters. In a relatively small update (1.96) released on Thursday, December 19, Bluesky announced that if you change your Bluesky handle to a domain name, the original handle, which might also feature your full name, will be reserved for you. You don’t have to use it, but the old handle will never expire and, therefore, never fall into someone else’s hands. It’s the equivalent of forever ownership of site domains, which doesn’t exist. If you stop paying for your […]
