Zach Everson
Annika BackstromTo *actually* verify your Mastodon account, link to your personal site in your profile and set a rel="me" header on that target page. https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/profile/#verification
WarezWolf
Quinnstmas Tree 🎄@annika you don’t need to use an A tag which is nice I didn’t want to have a clickable link on one of my site you can place a link tag in your head it works just as well
@holopollock Yes, good clarification! I forgot it supports both <a rel="me"> and <link rel="me"> https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/services/verify_link_service.rb
Blake Reilly | Ekyllier@annika I must be an idiot because I cannot workout how to do this 😂
@Ekyllier Not your fault! This is mostly aimed at people with their own sites, do you have a site separate from YT? (I did a quick search and didn't find it straight away)
@annika ahhh! Nah, I don't have my own website. Just the YouTube.
The Modesto Kid@annika @Ekyllier Do you have to put rel=me in the header of your linked page? I own http://readin.com/blog and would like to link it from my profile but I have not touched the code for readin in ages...
@annika @Ekyllier I see, so I would need to put <a href="http://mastodon.social/@themodestokid" rel="me"> in readin
Stefan Scholl@annika pretty easy with Hugo https://gohugo.io/
ʞuᴉԀ ✅@annika It does not work for me.
My guess would be that the link you add to your profile has to be https.
@PeaEyeEnnKay Your change worked for me! The domain in your profile is verified on my server. Your server may be under heavy load, which could delay the verification task.
@annika Thanks. Good to know.
It had been a few days since I added the link originally and no verification but the server was under massive load then.
I did change the URL slightly just now (removed trailing slash) so I'll wait some more and see if it changes for me.
emily@annika Neat! I can't seem to get this to work, though. Added the link to my site, but it never shows up as verified over here. Have tried removing and re-adding it to my profile to trigger a re-check. Is there something I'm missing? 😭
@emilydash I see emilydash.co as verified on your profile! Someone else from mastodon.social mentioned the same thing, I wonder if m.s is still under heavy load and still working on the verification
@annika TY! It wouldn't surprise me—things have been pretty rocky over here the past few days from the influx. :) As long as I've done it correctly, though, I suppose it'll catch up eventually!
MichaelThe doc was still a little unclear for me, so I took a look at your homepages source.
In case anyone is wondering, the format appears to be similar to
<a href="https://masto.host/@profile" title="Mastodon" rel="me" />
Rick de Haan@annika Certainly going to try this. One question though. Where can the verified status be seen? When I check your profile, it doesn't pop up anywhere with some kind of sign?
@rickdus Is it under "About"? I don't recognise your client offhand
I get a small check mark in Tusky, and the official Android app doesn't show it at all 😬
@annika Ah ok. Clear then. I don't use Tusky, therefore I can't see the verified sign. Thanks.
@annika What am I doing wrong here? I even copied the way you add the link at your page (with the rel="me" attribute behind in stead of in front of the url). My verification still doesn't show..
@rickdus Your verification does show up on my server. I would say it's probably just persistent load on mastodon.social that's preventing verification, but only an admin could confirm (and Eugen is pretty preoccupied at the moment).
There's always the option of relocating to another server, but I'm not sure if that's something you're interested in.
@annika Thanks for your reply and tips. I am thinking about moving to another server. I'll check it out this weekend.
Lesli Carroll √@annika
Hi,
Inserting the code under my metatags headers on my html page. Do I replace "me" with other text or just insert code as is? Thanks! I'm new here and haven't coded in awhile.
@LesLenProd rel="me" should be exactly that, and the link href should be your profile. So the full tag would be:
<link rel="me" href="https://mastodon.online/@LesLenProd" />
Thanks! I realized that after posting. Was having a "senior moment." Lol! The server is performing slowly on my end, so probably why I didn''t see my verification yet. I inserted the code properly. This server keeps crashing and is very slow to access. I suspect because so many folks are coming over from the Twit platform. Thanks again!
@LesLenProd Yeah, I have a feeling a lot of the big servers are feeling this pressure today 😬
Aaron Crowder 
@annika Additionally you can verify that you own your domain by signing a message w/ PGP and adding it as a TXT record to your DNS.
EleniAnnoyingly, many services mess up with anchor attributes (e.g. setting rel="nofollow" to deal with bots) 😢
It would be nice if there was some alternative way.
Dorgaldir🇧🇪@annika ik heb dit toegevoegd aan de index pagina, maar krijg nog geen vinkje, of duurt dit even?
Aleksandra Fedorova 
@annika The nitpick - here you don't "verify the account", rather you verify that the site belongs to the owner of the account.
That's why in the UI the check mark is visible not for the account itself, but for the URL, which it refers to.
Apparently this kind of verification is enough for most of the use cases. And it is much more reliable than outsourcing the "verification" process to a certain third-party.
Ben Zorn (he, him)@annika how do I add the rel header to my Twitter account? Thanks.
@benzorn not sure, my guess is Twitter does not support that functionality
ThatKomputerKat 
Olivia Appleton@ebel
Too bad you can't use that style of link on your OpenStreetMap profile
Too bad you can't use that style of link on your OpenStreetMap profile
Amᵃᵖanda | map data witch@LivInTheLookingGlass I tried to do that with my profile page, but the website strips out the rel=me tag. If someone wants a project, they could try to fix that. 🙂
Olivia A-C@amapanda reviving an old thread, but it looks like someone finally did it. Just waiting on review, it seems
https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/5439
Fox Lee@annika Thank you! This rules.
@annika Allright, I changed my homepage and added the rel="me" to the hyperlink to my Maston page. Still no verification in my profile though... Am I impatient or am I doing it wrong?
