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Re:XCheck at Meta: Why it exists and how it works by wiml on Sunday October 16, 2022 @02:28PM (#33225954)
This is a mildly interesting post only because of how it comes up to, but avoids ever talking about, the central flaw in the system it describes — they're conflating several things without ever really acknowledging that they're different. Theres "integrity", which is a Meta-internal term; verification of ID, which is a far deeper rabbit hole than they're going to go into; abuse; and undesirable behavior. They're all different things.
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Re:XCheck at Meta: Why it exists and how it works by remus on Monday October 17, 2022 @05:25AM (#33231378)
> They're all different things.

Different but related, I would say. For example abuse of a service and undesirable behaviour on a service could be thought of as different points on a spectrum.

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