Someone was impersonating a few people for fun (I think) - it seemed innocent. I could not tell who the real person was easily. It just seemed like a recipe for disaster.
I swapped my name user and image to Will’s and said “what are we going to do about this impersonation issue?” I also commented on a post with an emoji. I’m hindsight I should have not done these things 🤦♂️
I think that upset Will, which was not my intention. 😿
It’s ok. Blame it on the cat’s owner 💜 But you made a good point. How would you solve this identity scammers problem?
On Iris, those you follow have blue tick. 2nd tier but >10 Ppl common orange tick, and <10 white (or black). Iris web of trust is my quick check if I don’t know who’s who .
But like 🍆 spams, and hell threads it won’t work if people you follow engage with the spams (ie comment) as it becomes your web of trust network. Not perfect but I’ve not had major spam problems and it’s been a go to quick-check.
Another way is to see if this person has mutual follows but may not help if newbie knows no one 🤷♀️.
