Well, I've been only part of Steemit for a couple of weeks now and to be honest I missed the whole "Introduce Yourself" mandate, so I'm doing my part, late as usual.
However, being a jellyfish an all (my name is Martin by the way) and not having vertebrae is really hard to take a selfie, so I came up with the idea of a browser/desktop pic (not a screenshot, that's easier to fake, I know I'm a designer).
Now, the only thing that proves it AFAIK is not having the Mute and Follow buttons, but like I said previously, on top of not having vertebrae I also don't possess a brain so maybe there's stronger evidence following the same concept. I'll edit the post and upload new images if that's the case.
Anyway, sorry for the late post with no tits and definitely no traveling (unless you count ocean currents).
Back to work!
Best way to confirm if you are not a good looking girl :-)
Exactly, we sadly have to hussle our way to the top!
best comment!
But really, many of us don't feel comfortable showing our faces and full names pasted all over the web. A lot of us come from a crypto background and privacy (not anonymity) is very important. I also prefer sites like Reddit, Twitter or Youtube where content is more important than faces, persons or how many cats you have (well there are a lot of cats in those sites too!).
Also, I don't want to sound harsh but this is an unproven and new platform, still in beta. I personally support Steemit as much as I can but I don't endorse it nor can give any guarantees. Only time will tell and judge.
I understand and respect your point of view. The purpose of the introduceyourself initiative is....well, to introduce yourself. How can you do that and still keep your identity private? Who will you be introducing?
I don't mean to sound harsh either, I have good intentions, but I hope you see the logic in my comment.
As about Steemit. It's up to everyone to make a decision based on all the facts (idea, work style, founder's response, security implementations etc.). Indeed, as in many, time will tell.
Well I'm just saying we should have different options. I know this is a losing battle as privacy is becoming an illusion but I don't really want to be a "public" person on the internet all the time if you know what I mean, I leave that to entertainers, actors, musicians, politicians and other public figures.
And I understand that Martin, but I do think the point here is a bit redundant. Let me explain why I think so:
I hope it all makes sense as I feel we're already making too big of a deal of a simple thing.
I also hope I'm not offending you in any way by what I said. If I did, tell me and we'll work it out.
Not at all, you have very good points but that really only works if you have your real name really. If you post an image with a sign reading "anduweb" what it really proves? The whole thing of verifying your identity by posting an image with your nickname is amateur at best and sloppy and a complete security risk if used as tangible proof at worst.
What's the intention also? I have accounts in Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Google, I don't mind giving information to companies that are providing me a service (and I'll gladly do the same if Steemit had that option).
I didn't yet do my introduceyourself post. When I will, to prove I am the guy in the pictures I will indeed share social media accounts that validate that.
As a personal action, I don't upvote posts on Steemit that don't have that, otherwise how can I know they're really who they are. For example this babe
I didn't upvote and apparently 3h passed and 95 others did, but none from the serious league that would give her real money. Because real people know it has high chances of being fake.: https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@devyataeva/hello-steemit-my-name-is-elena-nice-to-meet-you
I see, well I don' think this way I'm verifying my identity and for the record posting other social accounts could also not be the way. If it is so important to verify your identity then I think Steemit or the blockchain should do it, have it done at registration. I really don't have the time to check every user to see if it's a bot or not...I do try to check the post to see if the content looks legit.
I upvoted that babe (although it has photo "verification") but looking at "her" past posts it's clear that it's a spammer. Unvoted.
I've been thinking about this this last week, while mucking about with an intro post.
Why would a photo or a desttop post count as verification ? Or is it simply it takes more effort to fake and therefore the sort of people who fake are lest likely to bother ?
And why do people 'fake' anyway ?
Exactly...but well, apparently taking a picture of "you" is more valid or legit. If verification is really needed it should be implemented by Steemit itself as any other methods are embarrassing in my opinion. I'll gladly provide other accounts which are trustable if there (Google, Facebook, Linkedin etc).
I think I'm just not ready to link my personal life to my public "bank account" at Steemit.
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Welcome to Steemit. Good Luck on your posts. Here is my introduction if you want to check it out.
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@marsresident/verification-image-bitcoin-oracle-hinduism-and-social-media