Many countries already have crypto-secure solutions for verifying their identity when submitting things like tax forms. Facebook just needs to start using them, but they won't, and it's obvious why.
Because most countries don't have crypto-secure identity verification, which means Facebook would still need something like this? I suppose they could contract out to Experian (or other local providers) and ask you to answer some questions from your credit report, but I'm not sure that's really a good solution either.
I made a point that there are already ways for Facebook, in certain countries, to verify the identity of their users, if they so please; and that Facebook will never use these because they'd rather control the system of verification themselves (prioritizing profit, not privacy and integrity of users). They could use the systems already in place and say "you know what, the state of Estonia is telling us this guy is who he says he is, we'll accept that". What you're doing is arguing against government-backed digital identification in any broad definition of the term, and you can have that opinion but it's off topic.
I won't create a new one, but I might as well use the one I have to do some good.
You realize Facebook's algorithm is most likely keeping those posts well hidden from your "friends", right?
Yes, but not completely. I do get a handful of likes/comments on them and one friend commented in person about how often I post them. If they're suppressed by the algorithm, they're not getting suppressed too much.
In any case, I don't put a ton of effort into them. They're just articles I've discovered naturally with a pull quote or short summary.
My basic logic/truth table says there's another (possibly more likely scenario): that you give FB more (intimate) data AND botnets still influence your social networks.
I mean, a bot could simply designate using a given stock image for each of their imposter personas, non?