if you see "me" messaging about joining a Telegram or buying crypto, please double check the Mastodon server they're on!
I'm only on hachyderm.io, and there's now someone trying to impersonate me on a different instance, asking people to join their telegram.
remember! you can double-check that my profile belongs to me by looking at the verified links in the bio section.
if you're not familiar with how those work, any time you see a green check on a link in someone's bio you can trust that they have control over that website or page.
@molly0xfff At least the birdsite finally suspended mollyOxfff... Hopefully it stays that way?
It's going to take some time for people to realize usernames in a federated system aren't fully qualified and always need to be seen in a namespaced context. Local instance accounts not showing a full username adds extra confusion/risk. I wonder if there are things that can help with usability, such as allowing tagging of "I've verified this user by looking at their profile" to display specially?
Molly White
Erik Nygren 