For easy verification: There are now also blue checkmarks on Bluesky
Twitter once introduced the blue checkmarks for verification, but they now work differently there. On Bluesky, they are now used for authentication.
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Bluesky now also has blue checkmarks that verify that accounts actually belong to the people or organizations they claim to belong to. The short messaging service announced this in a blog post and has already distributed the first hooks. The accounts of the EU Commission and the Council of the EU, as well as the New York Times, now have one of these. The latter also acts as a verification body itself and can issue blue checkmarks alongside those responsible at Bluesky. Until now, you could only verify yourself on Bluesky using your own domain.
Not only Bluesky verified
As Bluesky explains, the blue checkmarks are to be awarded "proactively" in order to verify "authentic and noteworthy accounts". At the same time, there are several accounts that are themselves classified as trustworthy and can also carry out the verification. Initially, according to a statement from the team, these are the accounts of the New York Times and its sports news site The Athletic as well as Wired. In principle, however, the system is designed so that all accounts can be verified – but the Bluesky app only shows the hooks that have been submitted by recognized accounts. This means that other apps can accept other verification points for Bluesky.
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Bluesky announced the new verification in December after a growing problem with accounts not belonging to the celebrities whose names they bear. The problems this can cause became clear after Elon Musk took over Twitter. He changed the much-criticized system with a blue tick to indicate accounts verified by Twitter several times, with sometimes chaotic consequences. The symbol is now available for a fee and is no longer associated with verification. On Bluesky, individuals or organizations could previously verify themselves non-trivially only via their own domain. This becomes part of the account name.
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