You are telling me then that because this scammer minted a dcl name you got scammed and believed them? Meaning them minting a dcl name verified their identity? It wasn’t the followers they had on social media or anything else?
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What makes them official?
Say foundation minted all names they wanted to use. Say they minted Foundation to use for their operations, I come in and mint dclfoundation how is that now an official name issue? If the name was meant to be official then it should have been minted when it was implemented.
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I’m failing to see how that was the problem of the name they had minted.
There will always be attack vectors what happened to you is sad but also what happens without due diligence. This very topic is what will cause a war in crypto. Those who will eat loss and understand accountability and freedom and those who want to keep the same chains most systems already have. Who will blame the nft itself instead of own ignorance and bad actor. If these companies or people cared they would be here. If they dont know maybe we need a way for them to get there names back and that should be voted on. Name Squatting Land Squatting yea sucks the early investor and the crooked take advantage in new spaces. Does it mean we should ban or silence tho. Unstoppable domains had corporate names locked for a while maybe dcl just lacked foresight to make that move. Also happens every day in the real world people that are credited buy shit then dump on the uncredited investors that couldnt get in early. I dont think names are the problem or the nfts is accountability and education. If the foundation and dao cared why not then when you log into the portal is there not warnings or a video on the main page for security and safety.
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Not trying to change your mind lol I’m trying to understand your logic behind thinking the person used a DCL Name to impersonate a 200k followers on ig artist and the name minting was the issue.
I understand what the worry is 100%
What I’m saying is a DCL Name is not a verification nor watermark nor anything that indicates that the user/wallet owing that NAME is in fact that person or entity on the NAME. So therefore we are going into a super interesting yet concerning path with banning NAMEs that are considered misleading.
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Accountability easier to blame the name and be emotionally hurt then accept the fact. If people with big hearts or financial interest want to collab they need to vet. They need to take the time and thats the problem. People get emotional and upset then those in power feel obligated to gatekeep and control based on those who were effected. Our own list of builders curators and others are called and interviewed for a reason before added to the registry.
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I got nothing against you @SugarClub and not trying throw shade at you at all. ive been burned in this space burned whole bitcoins to be honest. Its just a very fine line we are walking here. I refuse to blame the tech tho or nfts.
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Again I understand the worry, what makes a dcl name be official though? If foundation or any of the founders wanted to use a specific NAME for official use then why did they not mint it. Answer I got was dcl was not an acronym we used back them and so I ask what other acronyms should anyone avoid when minting a NAME.
Solutions are simple - are we confusing new users voting on DAO ? Then setting a forum name instead of avatar name would solve this.
Prevent scams/ official use- mint it as you implement whatever the name would represent.
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Where did I say that?
What I’m saying is the Name minted is not why the scammer might be successful or not.
Think point is a nft isnt a identity. We act like these pfps and names our because we associate with them so much. Truth is they are just code and a image. We can change them the way we change outfits everyday. More people need to recognize that. Maybe dcl needs a verified mark and way to code id check that this is a permanent name tied to a wallet if it isnt in that wallet it loses a mark. As for forum i still stand by forum names over tied to nft. TBH tho id rather the devs make a sit emotion and fn crawl.
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The SEC and a lot of people would agree. Id love to hear how the foundation , security team and dao would put the genie back in the bottle.
I understand that’s how scams/scammers work and those are some of the tools they use. I am not discrediting the worry of it. However i ask again what makes the NAME official? Having into consideration 2 of the NAMEs that have raised this concern are DCL related NAMEs like the one that proposed this one(DCLFoundation).
For the record i do not own these. I just keep thinking its concerning to want to ban assets of current users for owning them.
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A lot and i mean a lot of DCL NAMEs fit this. So its not that simple. The NAME was not considered to be official until it was minted literally a few days ago. Otherwise it would have been minted already. There’s really no need for HP to do that since the NAME is not posing any threat. Its asking an invalid question in the DAO.
lol this can go both ways, I get that those who failed to mint a NAME they now see value in will get mad and want to ban it with the excuse of misrepresentation or being “official”.
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At what exact point in the arrangement of letters does a Name become ‘Official’?
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Here’s my take,
There are 4 types of groups who own/hold names
1 - Users; For signifying their digital identity, social status.
2 - Buyers/Sellers/Traders: I call this bunch the opportunists, squatters, early believers, long term holders.
3 - Collectors/Memorabilia; This group in some cases maybe similar to above two, however where it differs is, the names this group own are purely for memorabilia. Events, people, things that relate/cherish somethings from their past or previous life. Names like Ryu, Zelda, 2pac, Goku, Pikachu, Spiderman etc…
4 - Visionaries; This group is special, because they see how it all evolves & comes together. Not what it is now but what it will be in x amount of time.
Based on this, people have different names to suit their desires. What’s the point in Web3 or Metaverse if you don’t have or own the one name you really love.
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Don’t forget about the wearable squatters too 
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Now, that’s for another topic 
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Okay, okay.
I have an idea, lets just rebrand to Centraland and ban everyone who minted a name. Eh?
Now srs - All these convos about bans and restrictions + all the money from the DAO thrown in few projects that delivered nothing are the real problems. Whales, also the “friendly VOTE” are problem too. We all can see how some of the grants are passed, especially when we see, lets say for example 1 grant have 10 votes YES from whales and 50 against from regular DCL citizens. Here comes the BIG problem with onboarding people, they just don’t believe in the idea. That’s also the reason behind “cash grabbing virtual world with 38 users” joke, which at some point will become true if we don’t realize the wrong direction. Let me give you another example, back in the days there was a small Bulgarian community here, now I’m alone.
I agree that the scams and identity theft are not cool things. Just DYOR before investing. Use your brains boys and gurls. Isn’t that the reason we’re different from the animals?
Oh, yeah, can you tell me how many ENS, BIT or HNS names or domains are banned?
I can = 0
The most important thing we should focus on going into 2023 is giving value to every user & help each person grow within the community.
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