@darius @rysiek The obvious "other solution" is, at least for smaller instances, to run your own verification service, and let other users trust or not trust that verification. It all really depends a lot on what you're trying to verify and why - is it equivalence with AFK identity, or affiliation with certain groups, or being the actual beneficiary of a fundraiser or Patreon, and so on

@darius @rysiek In that specific case I agree with you about 90% of the way. The remaining 10% still thinks this could also be solved per-instance if we decide we can accept "verification" to be something different than what it meant on Twitter in the pre-Musk era. :)