The best part of Nostr is that everyone has a checkmark, and $8 isn't even necessary for that to be a part of your online identity.
Yes, that includes fedi people on us Nostriches' end.
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Depends on the POV; bots having easy access to NIP-05 verification is terrible, but regular people having it either for free or through paying a relay maintainer to get it while directly supporting their contributions to the Nostr network is a good thing.
Also removes the exclusivity verification has (or had, in the case of Twitter) on other social media platforms.