Notices by Rob Cowell (robsalesforce@fosstodon.org)

Anyone able to provide tips or articles on preventing brand cybersquatting in the Fediverse?

@wizzwizz4 So for example, on Twitter, my company registers an account with the company name and we're done. On Mastodon, we'd have to register companyname@instance x2000 or more times... How can we stop folks impersonating our company?

@wizzwizz4 Competitors giving misleading information about us? People grabbing the name and then we can't register it without paying them? Cybersquatting on other platforms is prevalent