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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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jb55 _@jb55.com 3 years ago

I would still have them on the profile page, I’m just thinking about removing the check mark badge next to names. The profile page would become jb55@jb55.com with no pronounced color or iconography.

7fqx 7fqx@ditto.pub 3 years ago

Please god, not more badges lolol 🙏. Toggle off badges loading on profiles would be good tho 🫡

jb55 _@jb55.com 3 years ago

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Modern and secure platform to manage a decentralized identity based on cryptographic keys

7fqx 7fqx@ditto.pub 3 years ago

What does damus currently display? Seems wild to have display name, username, npub, nip05, lightning address, a thousand badges waiting to load. Bit of a mess, really. Imo imo 🙏

jb55 _@jb55.com 3 years ago

I’m only thinking about removing the badge to reduce confusion. Not removing nip05

jb55 _@jb55.com 3 years ago

Not removing nip05, removing the icon to reduce confusion.

Karnage kat@x21.social 3 years ago

Lower cognitive function. But even before that you’ll have people clicking phishing links even if they are tech literate.

jb55 _@jb55.com 3 years ago

This has been discussed multiple times. Web clients would not be able to verify in that case.

jb55 _@jb55.com 3 years ago

There actually is another system (WoT). You can see it in action when your remove your nip05. I don’t want to encourage removing nip05 though, I just want the badge gone.

Derek Ross derekross@grownostr.org 3 years ago

You should keep it NIP, change the field to Nostr address, and remove the word verify throughout the client 🤙🏻

jb55 _@jb55.com 3 years ago

Sure. There are two icons: one means you’re following them and one means someone you follow is following them.

jack (n/acc) jack@chakany.systems 3 years ago

I think that was the old behavior back in december, at least on reposts

jb55 _@jb55.com 3 years ago

That’s the plan

yunginter.net _@yunginter.net 3 years ago

I wish I could find it, some designer 4 months ago made a really great graphic explanation of how this would work. it’s not ideal tho, iOS and many other digital environments see a @ sign in the middle of words and assume email address, which is a known complaint about mastodon so it’s been avoided here, some nip 05 providers even offer email forwarding 😅 maybe we need to take a hint from bluesky and change to a period so you would be @bob.nostrplebs.com instead of @carol@nostrplebs.com I’m not sure the double @ sign here is technically doing anything

yunginter.net _@yunginter.net 3 years ago

added you to the club 💤

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Luxas _@end.the.fed.wtf 3 years ago

This is what Bluesky does

Luxas _@end.the.fed.wtf 3 years ago

Where is the dot supposed to be? I just see it lists my domain

jb55 _@jb55.com 3 years ago

build cool shit

jb55 _@jb55.com 3 years ago

because the web can’t make dns queries

jb55 _@jb55.com 3 years ago

you would exclude web clients