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mleku | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 yeah, or like #nostrudel where it shows a verified badge but you have to click to the profile to see the domain associated with it

he added a color ring around avatars which goes some way but those things can be faked in about 2-3 weeks of vanity key mining, as well
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pippellia | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 yes, colors can be minted, and they are only useful to the extent you remember the colors of the people you are following.

I could probably remember 20 or 30, so not really useful.
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nielliesmons | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 The whole point of a follow is that you don't have to remember anything about them. 

That's why you literally bookmark them.
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nielliesmons | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Colours are useful: 
- to find yourself
- to find someone new 
(I'm pippelina. Pink pippelina 😎)
- for imposter detection services
(If pfp, bio, last digits of npub, color, ... match with an earlier created profile)
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pippellia | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 creation date for npubs can be faked as well, unless they are using Open timestamp or something like that.

And even if they couldn't be faked, they don't mean shit, because I can create Apple npub
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mleku | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 i think color, last 6 characters of the pubkey, and the nip-05 URL should all appear right next to the display name always
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mleku | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 that entails a pubkey grind of at least 2 years plus taking over a DNS record
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nielliesmons | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Good Imposter detection + removal goes a long way. 
(will probably some kind of timestamp yes)

No way that I'm showing anything more than Display Name  +  Following/Not icon on 95% of screens.