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/

Setting up your profile - Mastodon documentation

Get started with your new account.

Show threadAdrien PlazasNov 20, 2022
@theruss I'd even say that self-hosting their account is for them the best checkmark. If Company owns company.com, then I'd trust [email protected] more than [email protected].
Show threadRussNov 20, 2022

@KekunPlazas @voxpelli Yeah, @TexasObserver did this, and I think it's great.

There are three reasons I didn't issue this as a blanket recommendation, though:
1) It does involve both some effort and money on an ongoing basis; it's not fire-and-forget.
2) There's also a non-zero chance of an incorrectly-configured or undermaintained instance getting pwned.
3) Some folks use the same account for personal and work stuff, and I don't want my boss to be able to lock me out of my account.

Show threadPelle Wessman
@theruss @KekunPlazas @TexasObserver Yeah, I’m thinking I want to be at voxpelli(at)voxpelli.com eventually or eg me(at) or simply just voxpelli.com
I do professional and personal stuff from the same account, for sure wouldn’t want to have a different professional account that represents me
Nov 20, 2022 at 10:18amWeb