66 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw 10 Nov 2023 freebie \ on: Signal Messenger Testing Usernames to Replace Phone Numbers tech
Definitely about time. But curious timing, after waiting so long.
The cost of creating a new username and spamming users is zero and extremely scalable now. If they did this, they’d have to integrate with some other form of “hooman” verification I imagine. Probably via a one-off payment, like Twitter seem intent on pushing.