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 Nov 20, 2022
@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
Show threadDaniel de Kay
@roland @OpaqueLightbulb @KekunPlazas Maybe the solution for the future of the web business card? @antzee - here’s your personalized Mastodon server hassle free, see 👆🏼
Nov 21, 2022 at 6:12pmWeb