Farcaster Verifications are coming soon

Verify your account by connecting two socials (X, Phone or GitHub) and holding $25 in your wallet. 

Verified accounts are less likely to get the spam label and show up higher in the feed, replies and search. 

They are necessary to earn weekly rewards and qualify for airdrops

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

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I completely understand why you are doing this. But in case it’s helpful feedback:

I won’t be able to complete these verifications. Because I don’t have other socials. I also don’t like to associate my phone number to things, as that essentially gives out my IRL identity.

So I’m sad that it’s happening. Because I imagine it’ll be the beginning of the end of my time on here.

Again, I totally understand why you’re doing it. It does make sense. I just wanted to give you some honest feedback. Thanks :)

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Thanks, that would be really appreciated. And regardless of what happens, I’ve really really enjoyed it here and have met tons of awesome people. So thank you all  🫶

Appreciate the feedback thanks. 

We are thinking through ways to support other users who don’t want to connect socials. Hope to have something soon.

Hey, thats valid. Thanks for the time to share your perspective. I read that tidbit in the comments in response to someone else sharing a similar concern. Privacy is an asset that grows in value every single day as the world changes and chugs along, and youre smart for being choosy about sharing your personal info

I didn’t see anything about it working in that way. But even if that’s the case, I’m still not sure I would

When I first signed up, I think I recall having the option to provide my phone number and avoid the $5 fee. I remember paying the fee just to avoid doing that

That level of anonymity is important to me. Every few weeks I’m getting letters in the mail about data breaches of my health records, bank info, etc. My phone number is tied to all those things. It’s tied to my address. Tied to the names of my family members. Everything. It’s like giving out a skeleton key to your home. So it’s a dealbreaker to me.

Sorry I don’t have a better answer to your question. It’s just that it’s a big deal to me to give a phone number 🤷🏻‍♀️

Genuine question- if the number isnt stored after verification, but instead a unique hash to anonymously prevent reuse, what is the risk of identity connection here? Is it for lack of trust of info handling, for the possibility of breech in that moment of verification, possibility of decryption of the anon identifier?