@evanEvan Prodromou a work setting is vastly different than a social network, especially one where there’s no barrier to someone setting up a server of their own and becoming their own “authority”. Consider how that might play out: server A has a real name policy and validates IDs, server B has a real name policy and doesn’t. How many people would know the difference? Would they believe the validity of either is equal? What difference would it make to the rest of the Fedi that doesn’t have a policy?
@mattmattlqx people use the Fediverse for work, and will do so more in the future. My employer, Open Earth Foundation, has an instance for staff. All of us use real names. It's not a policy, just a cultural norm. It does not matter to anyone else on the Fediverse; they don't need to verify it.
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