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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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[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago

You don't want the fediverse to grow?

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

It is, it is natural organic growth.

Organic growth is much more manageable and predictable than explosive cancerous growth.

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Not like that. I'd rather the FV just slowly accumulate internet weirdos, OSS nerds, etc., than triple in size overnight because some pop singer told their fans to join