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.

  • mommykink
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    122 months ago

    Yeah I don’t want those type of people here.

    • @Lost_My_MindOP
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      -42 months ago

      You don’t want the fediverse to grow?

      • @apfelwoiSchoppen
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        132 months ago

        It is, it is natural organic growth.

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

      • mommykink
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        112 months 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