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 threadAriaflameNov 20, 2022
@theruss Do you know if it happens automatically or if it takes a while? I tried it with my Dreamwidth profile but so far nothing.
Show threadRuss

@ariaflame I took a quick look at your dreamwidth page, and it looks like you've got it set up correctly. Not sure how long it'll be until Mastodon catches up.

One thing you might want to try is removing the link to dreamwidth from your Mastodon profile and then adding it again - that might speed things up.

Nov 20, 2022 at 11:20amWeb
Show threadAriaflameNov 20, 2022
@theruss Well, tried that, now I just wait and see. It is unlikely someone is going to try to pretend to be me anyway 😋