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 threadOpaque LightbulbNov 20, 2022
@KekunPlazas That strikes me as an ideal way forward from the perspective of verification, but I worry that having every company that runs a social media presence -- given most companies are small -- having to *also* maintain a Mastodon instance might start to become a lot of overhead.
Show threadRoland Giersig 
@OpaqueLightbulb
But they don't have to run the Mastodon instance by themselves! I have my own instance hosted at httos://ossrox.org for 5€ (5 users max, larger ones don't cost much more) and I only had to point the domainname owned by me at one of their servers. 🤷‍♂️
@KekunPlazas
Nov 20, 2022 at 6:01pmWeb
Show threadDaniel de KayNov 20, 2022
@roland And they manage the instance, do updates, backup, and be on top of security?
Show threadRoland Giersig Nov 21, 2022
@danieldekay
Yes, all the technical stuff. User admin and moderation is up to the customer.
Show thread…might work for coffee…Nov 21, 2022

@roland @danieldekay
But honestly how much moderation do your own accounts need?
PR blasts out some stuff, everyone is employed/in your project.

furthermore [email protected] feels very much like brand@gmail/yahoo/aol
All the red flags instantly go off. (like the vw accounts)

And ofc there are good other self hosted plugins/solutions.

Show threadDaniel de KayNov 21, 2022
@mwfc @roland Fully agree that moderation on a small instance with controlled users like from within a company should be a no- issue. I guess the only work would be Incoming stuff.
Show thread…might work for coffee…Nov 21, 2022

@danieldekay @roland

But why would you moderate that? you ignore stupid requests. Done. Should not be more interaction. Or am I missing something?

Show threadDaniel de KayNov 21, 2022
@roland @mwfc probably not. Thanks for the heads up.
Show thread…might work for coffee…Nov 21, 2022

@danieldekay @roland

Basicly I was thinking in the lines of setting up a institution server, so I was really wondering. And given the availibility of Friendica et al I see no reason why you should not host your own instance as a brand/institute. It should be really low effort, and no need to worry about ToS and other stuff on a foreign instance + brand recognition

This is more for commercial entities tho, I find VW odd to supposedly run to mastodon.social if true

https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/vw-joins-mastodon-concerns-over-twitter-mount

VW joins Mastodon as concerns over Twitter mount

VW is among a number of major car brands that have paused advertising on Twitter following Elon Musk's buyout of the platform.

Automotive News Europe
Show threadDaniel de KayNov 21, 2022
@roland @OpaqueLightbulb @KekunPlazas Maybe the solution for the future of the web business card? @antzee - here’s your personalized Mastodon server hassle free, see 👆🏼