RussNov 20, 2022

I have a request.

Bad actors will soon figure out - if they haven't already - that setting up impersonations of important organizations now will allow them to set off an explosion of chaos and confusion at a time of their choosing.

So if you run an account for an organization (especially #LGBTQ), please set up link verification between your Mastodon account profile and your organization's website.

If not, please boost.

Instructions are here under "Link Verification":
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/profile/

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Show threadJason Sanford
@theruss is there a way to report any bad actors that we discover?
Nov 20, 2022 at 9:47amWeb
Show threadRussNov 20, 2022

@jasonsanford I don't know if there's a perfect option for reporting potential bad actors.

For provable fakes, "Report" them to alert your and their admins.
For uncertain cases, it's less clear.

I've considered the possibility of setting up something equivalent to #FediBlock , but it's not quite the same situation.

Big picture, I want to establish two norms:
1) organizations verify their links
2) the community notices breaches of #1 and (politely) pushes for them to be fixed.