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Celebrities will never adopt the Fediverse until usernames are centralized. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Because let's say you're Tom Hanks. And you get TomHanks@Lemmy.World

Well, what's stopping someone else from adopting TomHanks@Lemm.ee?

And some platforms minimize the text size of platform, or hide it entirely. So you just might see TomHanks, and think it's him. But it's actually a 7 year old Chinese boy with a broken leg in Arizona.

Because anyone can grab the same name, on a different platform.

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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

You seem to be under the impression that it’s good if this place grows explosively. It’s not. There’s no VC to pay back here (and thank fuckin god for that). There’s no ad revenue here (again, this is good).

Also, not entirely sure what exactly to make of the weirdly targeted quip about a Chinese child, but spidey sense says it’s nothing good.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

Not sure what VC stands for.....

But the Chinese boy with the broken leg is my 103 year old grandmother in a wheelchair. But he's not actually Taylor Swift, which is the point of the comparison.