phildiniNov 8, 2022

Hey, if you want to be "verified" on the fediverse as being _actually you_, you don't need some third party to verify you or to check some list.

Got a domain you own, that's obvs you?

Paste `<a rel="me" href="https://your.server/@your_username">Mastodon</a>`into the html on that domain, add that domain to your profile links, bam, verified at least as comprehensively as a lot of folks on birdsite.

If this seems hard, I will help you! You can verify yourself, promise!

(boosts for reach a-ok)

Show threadJens Hannemann
@phildini Hmm, I literally copied and pasted the link into my index.html. I see the hit from Mastodon in my server logs on hitting the save button, but no green check on my profile link. Thoughts?
Nov 8, 2022 at 2:35pmWeb
Show threadphildiniNov 8, 2022
@JensHannemann huh... the only thing I can think is maybe it mis-parsed the page or didn't see the rel="me" portion? It's that bit that's the special sauce, really.
Show threadJens HannemannNov 8, 2022
@phildini Still no dice. I tried a page with a single, super-simple HTML document on top of my normal index page, but nothing. I'm sure the link is in the HTML when I pull it via wget, so the mastodon instance should see it. I do not see my server mastodon.online hit my access logs right now, so it may be a performance issue. It's one of the bigger instances, and they may have delayed/switched that off for now. I'll wait a couple of days before taking this up again. Thanks for your feedback!