Cornelius RoemerNov 6, 2022
Woah - German government has got its own Mastodon instance and most of the ministries and many agencies already have accounts.
Verification problem at least partially solved - just need to check the domain is right!
I've also seen newspapers like theatlantic.com set up instances themselves. Looks like verification will be worked out sooner or later.
https://social.bund.de/explore
Explore social.bund.de

Discover users based on their interests

Mastodon hosted on social.bund.de
Show threadCornelius RoemerNov 6, 2022
Unfortunately I mistook fedifinder's output of @theatlantic.com to mean they have an instance. I don't think they have one (yet) unfortunately but this is only a question of time I hope.
Show threadCornelius RoemerNov 7, 2022

If you like Mastodon it'd be great if you supported their development with a modest donation like I've done.

There's no better way to annoy Elon than to bank roll an alternative to Elon

See this tweet for two ways of donating to Mastodon:
https://mstdn.science/@corneliusroemer/109298404704283226

Cornelius Roemer (@[email protected])

If you like what you're seeing here, why not donate a little bit to support Mastodon development? I've just donated a modest $10 myself through Open Collective: https://opencollective.com/mastodon Patreon is also available: https://www.patreon.com/mastodon Mastodon gGmbH is registered as a German non-profit, so if you want to donate substantial amounts, you should in theory be able to get a tax waiver - but first contact someone at Mastodon, e.g. @[email protected] Governance looks solid!

mstdn.science
Show threadCornelius RoemerNov 7, 2022
And look - MIT already has a gated instance. Anyone who's on mastodon.mit.edu is verified to have an MIT email. Neat isn't it?
https://mastodon.mit.edu/
mastodon.mit.edu

An instance for the extended MIT community. Run by volunteers at SIPB, MIT's computer club. NOT run or endorsed by the MIT administration.

Mastodon hosted on mastodon.mit.edu
Show threadDaveNov 7, 2022

@corneliusroemer the "instance" you sign up to doesn't stop your mastodon experience.

You're being a fucking pathetic widdle ❄️

Did you tell the world when you weren't accepted to that university and cry about it?

Utterly pathetic...

Show threadMK aus BNNov 19, 2022
@Brightdave @corneliusroemer I think you misunderstood something.
Show threadDave

@argo @corneliusroemer no, I didn't.

Care to correct me?

Nov 19, 2022 at 9:51amWeb
Show threadMK aus BNNov 19, 2022

@Brightdave @corneliusroemer I can't, since you already know you didn't misunderstood anything. 🤷

Whatever, I just can't make sense about your reaction, which made me presume there's a misunderstanding.

But if there isn't, I probably have been mistaken and this was just a test case for my blocklist.

Show threadPapaSierraNov 19, 2022
@Brightdave well the point the OP was making was about verification of Mastodon users. Eg. person X claims to speak from authority as a prof at MIT. And if they’re on the MIT instance you can be at least sure they’re at MIT, because they have to have an email to use the instance. He was saying this is a good development because gated instances can offer authoritative verification to those who need it.