urza on Nostr: Hey #nostr client devs. primal damus Impersonators are popping up on nostr. And it is ...
Hey #nostr client devs.
primal (npub12vk…pugg) damus (npub18m7…q955) Impersonators are popping up on nostr. And it is even easier for them than on twitter. They can easily create 1:1 profile copy with the same icon, banner, posts, reposts.. Number of followers and followed can be easily gamed. Even npub can be vanity generated to have the same beginning and end.
What would help and what can't be easily gamed is to see "followed by these people you follow" in user profiles.
Similarly how twitter does:
Published at
2024-04-29 10:03:48Event JSON
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"content": "Hey #nostr client devs. nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 \n\nImpersonators are popping up on nostr. And it is even easier for them than on twitter. They can easily create 1:1 profile copy with the same icon, banner, posts, reposts.. Number of followers and followed can be easily gamed. Even npub can be vanity generated to have the same beginning and end.\n\nWhat would help and what can't be easily gamed is to see \"followed by these people you follow\" in user profiles.\n\nSimilarly how twitter does:\n\n\nhttps://m.primal.net/IBJS.png",
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