@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber yes. Like I said, very low risk. If you want to be absolutely safe, wait until your first user reads the content before verifying it. It's usually not immediate. Most users aren't online. (TM)
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@evanEvan Prodromou @patmikemidYou S Blues @kopperkopper @hongminhee洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) I'm sorry hold on Evan I'm sorry but it's NOT very low risk. That's a COMPLETE misunderstanding of the information landscape we are currently in.
Trust THEN verify?!?! Trust AND THEN verify?!?!!?!?!?!?
"A random several minutes" until we know whether or not the content delivered authentically is from said actor...
Even ONE minute is enough for someone to read, and believe, something false, and to reply, or to *take action*. Or to boost a post, which is then distributed across the fediverse, and then seen by a bunch of other nodes which also have not yet verified?
Trust AND THEN verify doesn't make sense!!!
AAAAAA I am losing my marbles over this one
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