{"p":"","h":{"iv":"ROXSYW+cfvEbFHu5","at":"ocxplSQjdRC3tXEtB/9/wg=="}}

Been talking to people at work about this whole verification thing and I was pointed to this really interesting specification for "trust.txt" -- basically a "robots.txt" and I could imagine it augmenting the rel=me thing that Mastodon already does. nytimes dot com could list their associated journalists' social media at this endpoint and Mastodon could do a handshake with that, similar to what it does with rel=me

journallist.net/wp-content/upl

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Darius Kazemi

But also: this could be a mass harassment vector for journalists! Someone goes to trust.txt, scrapes every account there, and harasses them.

But I do think that once you say in an official capacity "I am affiliated with [org]", you have to assume that anyone can find that info and can and will scrape it even if there isn't a directory available. idk. tough design space

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Maxb

@darius
Is jounallist.net a fediverse address ? Oh, is it misspelt in your post?

What other fediverse servers can we browse that have a high collection of verified, ethical and unbiased journalists whose aim is Truth and Facts, not corporate sponsored propaganda?

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Lilian Edwards

@darius universities could do this?

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