Not for users it wouldnt. Take a look ar those screenshots. And go see for yourself, so many instances where nip05 nostr addresses are not even displayed.
Even so… people search for and look at photos and names.(either Name or display name).
The problem is that PEOPLE are being fooled.
The solution is much more complicate than a simple algo can fix…
Why wouldn’t it solve the issue if she verified to the website we all know is hers? It would immediately separate her from the imposters.
“We all know?” … and if “we” don’t know her website?… and what about an influencer without a domain… or a way to attach nip05 to it? … these people exists and they are stuck with a paid nip05… which verifies nothing for the end user.
So no… in addition to my points above… nip05 alone is not a solution to remedy imposter accounts.
If Google wanted an official account then no one would be confused at a nip-05 verification there.
Lyn, presumably, has people who are familiar with her. With her website and blogs. So verifying there is a wonderfully simple solution. Yes, a random person might mistake a different nip-05 verified account just like a lot of people mistake parody accounts for real account through other social media mediums.
An influencer without a domain can publish their npub on any of their other accounts to verify that it’s them. Seems simple enough.
Aside from public figures, I can’t think of a better way to verify yourself while maintaining anonymity than nip-05.
Either nostr is for everybody, or it dies a slow death. None of your reasoning fits the “for everybody” test.
All respect. But if you don’t get it by now…
LOL. “It’s for everybody or it dies a slow death” is a false hypothesis that I don’t agree with.
Nostr is the best working example we have of anonymous, censorship-free social media. That will ALWAYS come with trade offs, but it should perfect its foundational principles first. Otherwise, I’m just going to use X the second it panders to the lowest common denominator (people who can’t bother to verify nip-05 before they take things at face value. No, nostrpurple hardly counts beyond a badge).
Thanks for patronizing me though.
