Because let’s say you’re Tom Hanks. And you get TomHanks@Lemmy.World

Well, what’s stopping someone else from adopting TomHanks@Lemm.ee?

And some platforms minimize the text size of platform, or hide it entirely. So you just might see TomHanks, and think it’s him. But it’s actually a 7 year old Chinese boy with a broken leg in Arizona.

Because anyone can grab the same name, on a different platform.

  • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 days ago

    I find its a pretty good parody account. I’ve I come to look forward to read about ridiculous lobster comparisons when stumbling upon one of their comments.

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      Damn, I just had a look at the comment above, that’s something