A #TrustAndSafety problem on #Mastodon is that it's easy for a bad actor to #impersonate someone else by using the same username on a different server.

I've been trying one possible UI improvement to make impersonation easier to spot: to always attach the favicon of the server when showing the username.

Because many servers never change their favicon from the default, to further distinguish servers I also recolor the favicon depending on the server.

Screenshots shows @elk UI before and after.

@MikeBlazer Is this a #showstopper or a #mastodon #designFault leading to #fraud and #impersonation by #imposters using #fakeAccounts ? The fun part of #Twitter was trying to find a unique name !
#impersonate #imposter #fakeAccount