allow users to define URLs they "own"

[jcs]

When a user submits an article at a URL that matches that user's "owned" list, the story can display some kind of indicator that the author of the article is actually the user.

[jcs]

Or maybe it's just easier to have a checkbox on the story submission page that says "I am the author of this"

[jcs]

Or maybe it's just easier to have a checkbox on the story submission page that says "I am the author of this"

[daGrevis]

I would prefer the simple solution — checkbox, and it would be cool to see those articles in your profile too! The question is what happens when someone submits your article? How do you get it in your profile? “Owned list“ would solve that.

[daGrevis]

I would prefer the simple solution — checkbox, and it would be cool to see those articles in your profile too! The question is what happens when someone submits your article? How do you get it in your profile? “Owned list“ would solve that.

[jcs]

Even with the list, I'm not sure it should apply by default to other submissions or some idiot could claim a bunch of URLs they don't actually own.

[jcs]

Even with the list, I'm not sure it should apply by default to other submissions or some idiot could claim a bunch of URLs they don't actually own.

[brycied00d]

A submitter could verify their ownership by adding to the lobste.rs URL to the linked content, and clicking a "claim" button afterwards.
For instance, once they've submitted their blog post to lobste.rs and have the URL, they would edit their blog post and include that URL somewhere, such as a "upvote this article on lobste.rs" or hidden away inside . When they return to their lobste.rs post, they click a "claim" (or "verify"?) button that causes lobste.rs to scrape the page again looking for the URL.

Just my $.02

[brycied00d]

A submitter could verify their ownership by adding to the lobste.rs URL to the linked content, and clicking a "claim" button afterwards.
For instance, once they've submitted their blog post to lobste.rs and have the URL, they would edit their blog post and include that URL somewhere, such as a "upvote this article on lobste.rs" or hidden away inside . When they return to their lobste.rs post, they click a "claim" (or "verify"?) button that causes lobste.rs to scrape the page again looking for the URL.

Just my $.02

[daGrevis]

That's a good idea.

We could go even step further and ask author to deploy file with our random content to their servers so we can check that author has access to the site hence is the author. Google Analytics does something similar.

[daGrevis]

That's a good idea.

We could go even step further and ask author to deploy file with our random content to their servers so we can check that author has access to the site hence is the author. Google Analytics does something similar.

[jcs]

The problem with those methods is that they don't work on things like Github repos or Twitter accounts or medium.com or any other sites that don't give you full control over the domain, despite "owning" a particular path on the domain. That's why I think just having the "I am the author of this" checkbox might be easier.

[jcs]

The problem with those methods is that they don't work on things like Github repos or Twitter accounts or medium.com or any other sites that don't give you full control over the domain, despite "owning" a particular path on the domain. That's why I think just having the "I am the author of this" checkbox might be easier.

[stig]

+1

[stig]

+1

[moodyharsh]

+1

[moodyharsh]

+1

[stig]

I think the "I am the author" checkbox suffices.

[stig]

I think the "I am the author" checkbox suffices.

[moodyharsh]

A simple "selfie", "ego-post" tag can also work.

A lobste.rs thread.

[moodyharsh]

A simple "selfie", "ego-post" tag can also work.

A lobste.rs thread.

[stig]

It occurred to me also recently that a special tag could work. The beauty of that is that hiding by tag already is a thing, so if people don't like selfie-posts they can hide them.

[stig]

It occurred to me also recently that a special tag could work. The beauty of that is that hiding by tag already is a thing, so if people don't like selfie-posts they can hide them.