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[โ€“] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You can pay someone to do that for you tho it's not any different form paying someone to verify you ina centralized way. Its really not that hard.

Even with more complex setups like mastodon servers you already see markets for this. You can get a basic managed instance for yourself for like 15$/mo - that's basically nothing for anyone who needs to verify themselves as a brand.

[โ€“] merdaverse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

This is not a "pay for verification" model. Have you even read the article or anything related to it? It is literally not centralized, it's web of trust.