The Washington Post now flags journalists' profiles as verified on Mastodon.
@drewharwell That’s a good start. Now, how about setting up their own Mastodon instance? I’m assuming they don’t make journalists get hotmail accounts, so why make them get mastodon accounts at private instances?

@bhawthorne @drewharwell

Owning your name (and your home) in the Fediverse

Almost no one starts a business without buying a domain and setting up a basic website.

The same is rapidly becoming true for the Fediverse.

(It doesn't have to be Mastodon or an open instance)

With Open Social networking, you control your relationship with your community (or rather they control their relationship with you-equally good)

https://disabilitynewswire.net/social-blogging/

Misunderstanding Mastodon & the Emergence of Social Blogging

Is Mastodon the “next big thing” in social networking? Perhaps, but it may signal something even more significant…

Disability Media Wire