If anyone can hand out verifications to anyone they like then we’re back to square one. Why do we need these “Blue Checks”? It feels like BlueSky is trying to reclaim the lost clout for some of their influential users.
Mind you, just because anyone can create a verification record doesn't mean that the default client shows them.
> Why do we need these “Blue Checks”?
Normie users care about this sort of feature.
That’s a really weak argument because normie users want TikTokified social media with a clout based caste system. I thought BlueSky had a different goal in mind.
If true, they are failing—badly.
They don't, but the original Twitter Bluecheck elites who ran to Bluesky really do
Any client can do whatever they want with the information, that's right.
> or even use a public list of such revocations.
Revocation is deletion, so it's hard to enumerate revocations.
In decentralized design it is not. A server can continue to list verified accounts, a 3rd party revocation list may mention some of them, a client will show only accounts not in the list as verified.