Replying to Avatar jb55

nip05 badges are probably a mistake. One of the most common questions I get is “how do I get verified” and “please verify me”. Very rarely will nip05 badges mean anything close to verification. Maybe for rare cases like mine where my domain is the same as my username, but most of the time it just means “some random domain points to my pubkey”.

Thinking I should remove the badge altogether.
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When I first joined, I thought it would serve the purpose of avoiding sharing long npubs (scary to many people) so not really verifying anything, more helping searching and sharing identities.

Side note on NIP-58 badges, which I thought were kind of useless. Some people are starting to use them to manage communities, as one can quickly follow all the people having a badge.

Would be nice to have a way of seeing people badges in damus at some point, mostly with the intent of a one click follow all option.

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