Ducky ➡️ @ducky.ws@bsky.brid.gy on Nostr: Okay, if you're only on fedi and wondering what's going on: Bluesky has a concept of ...
Okay, if you're only on fedi and wondering what's going on:
Bluesky has a concept of "labels", where you can subscribe to labellers to show on people's profiles. They're usually used for moderation (e.g. @moderation.bsky.app — the default for bsky.app), but vanity/infomational/self-expression ones are becoming more popular (e.g. @pronouns.adorable.mom, @sonasky.app, @dev-labels.bsky.social).
Verification on Bluesky is done by assigning a domain to your handle (e.g. @xbox.com). The official apps, nor any third-party clients I'm aware of, don't make a big deal over this (there's no "checkmark" or anything). It's purely as a visual aid so someone can look at it and go "Ah yes, they're not impersonating".
Apparently this is way too difficult for some people, and someone built the @veri.blue labeller. This "Verified" label works similar to Twitter Verified (the original version), where there's specific guidelines to be verified, such as 25,000+ followers and a "noteworthy presence".
As you can imagine, this has not flown well with most of Bluesky, and there's been quite a shitposty sarcastic reaction... which led to creation of Verified by Tom™ labeller: this is the label you can see in the above screenshot, and all it requires you do is Subscribe and Like the labeller and it presents you with this utterly useless badge. Bit similar to fedi using 
emojis in their handles.
To give you an idea of the polization, currently:
* @veri.blue has 21 likes
* @verified.moll.blue has 129 likes
Make up your own conclusion.
Bluesky has a concept of "labels", where you can subscribe to labellers to show on people's profiles. They're usually used for moderation (e.g. @moderation.bsky.app — the default for bsky.app), but vanity/infomational/self-expression ones are becoming more popular (e.g. @pronouns.adorable.mom, @sonasky.app, @dev-labels.bsky.social).
Verification on Bluesky is done by assigning a domain to your handle (e.g. @xbox.com). The official apps, nor any third-party clients I'm aware of, don't make a big deal over this (there's no "checkmark" or anything). It's purely as a visual aid so someone can look at it and go "Ah yes, they're not impersonating".
Apparently this is way too difficult for some people, and someone built the @veri.blue labeller. This "Verified" label works similar to Twitter Verified (the original version), where there's specific guidelines to be verified, such as 25,000+ followers and a "noteworthy presence".
As you can imagine, this has not flown well with most of Bluesky, and there's been quite a shitposty sarcastic reaction... which led to creation of Verified by Tom™ labeller: this is the label you can see in the above screenshot, and all it requires you do is Subscribe and Like the labeller and it presents you with this utterly useless badge. Bit similar to fedi using
emojis in their handles.To give you an idea of the polization, currently:
* @veri.blue has 21 likes
* @verified.moll.blue has 129 likes
Make up your own conclusion.