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Re:Mastodon account suspended for being “capitalist” by simfree on Saturday November 19, 2022 @09:42PM (#33677587)
Meaningful distributed identity is an unsolved problem. Not everyone can be @name, nor do people want to use UUIDs or similar non-descriptive identifiers to avoid name collisions.

Paying for ongoing identity services is a nonstarter for most individuals.

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Re:Mastodon account suspended for being “capitalist” by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Sunday November 20, 2022 @12:55PM (#33683323)
You mean it's not a perfectly solved problem, which is true.

But there ARE solutions that don't involve allowing someone else to be able to hold your identity hostage.

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