This seems to be happening to lots of academics. Weird time not to be verifying them. No category for “academic”.https://twitter.com/DiseaseEcology/status/1402768648578625536 …
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Clearly the solution is a decentralized, immutable and censorship-proof public ledger of notability
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I'd find this easier to weigh up if I was explicitly comparing to another proposal - perhaps the status quo, or doing away with verified altogether, or another idea.
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