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

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Because let's say you're Tom Hanks. And you get [email protected]

Well, what's stopping someone else from adopting [email protected]?

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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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

VC = venture capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The narwal bacons at midnight?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Please no

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

please seek help