Social engineering seems like it could be a bigger problem in the fediverse than on traditional social media platforms.

I feel that phishing becomes easier when there’s no single authoritative site to log into, as people may not check the URL as thoroughly. Impersonation also seems problematic.

Like much of the early internet, this new tech seems reliant on trusting the goodwill of others. I’m sure in time we will see the platform evolve to counteract the bad actors.

Magic Sword, VHS Dreams.

SkillUp on YouTube does a weekly review that is always really comprehensive. They also do longer-form reviews of individual titles similar to TB’s old “WTF Is…” series. There’s also an excellent bi-weekly podcast on the same channel.