@evan @noisytoot @promovicz @laurenshof If you are talking about "trust THEN verify" as being your *server* sees it but doesn't show the user, I don't think that's the impression I got, and I don't think it's descriptive of the phrase. If your server is not showing to the user yet and that's what's keeping things secure, then it doesn't fully trust it yet, which I agree is safer.
But it does lead to significant delays before content can be shared and viewed, leading to either a sluggish experience of federation, or the thundering herd problem.