Mastodon.social StaffJul 27, 2025
Please report any account that claims that you need to verify your #Mastodon account to continue using it. It is a scam. Don't click the links. Real staff accounts either have a special role badge on their profile or are verified through the joinmastodon.org domain.
Show threadGabriel H. NunesJul 27, 2025

@staff
Your account isn't yet verified in any way, though.

#Mastodon #MastodonSocial #MastodonOnline

Show threadCainmark Does Not Comply 🚲Jul 27, 2025

@nunesgh @staff

Good catch.

Show threadMastodon.social Staff
@cainmark @nunesgh We have the staff role badge which can only be set by the server administrator, though the badge is only visible when you are viewing it from mastodon.social itself.
Jul 27, 2025 at 1:41amWeb
Show threadGabriel H. NunesJul 27, 2025

@staff @cainmark
Thank you for that information! I'm on mastodon.social, but I'm usually on a third-party app, #Fedilab, which doesn't show badges, so domain verification is still important.
On that, why not verify through mastodon.social and mastodon.online instead of joinmastodon.org?

#Mastodon #MastodonSocial #MastodonOnline

Show threadFedilab AppsJul 27, 2025
@nunesgh
At least, when opening the profil remotely, you should see the badge with Fedilab. So there is an issue on our end. Bookmarked for a fix.
@staff @cainmark
Show threadAlfonso Martínez de LizarrondoJul 27, 2025
@staff @cainmark @nunesgh at the very least, the badge should be visible in the official mobile app, not only the website. And other apps should be able to show it as well.
Show threadNikJul 27, 2025
@alfonsoml @cainmark @nunesgh Other apps can, if they support it. I just checked, https://pachli.app shows the badge.
Pachli

Cooperative social media

Pachli
Show threadNikJul 27, 2025

@alfonsoml @cainmark @nunesgh @staff Although @MastodonEngineering makes this more difficult than it should be for apps (official or otherwise) by not documenting the necessary information.

Happy anniversary to https://github.com/mastodon/documentation/issues/1483

The `roles` attribute is missing from the `Account` entity · Issue #1483 · mastodon/documentation

The documentation does not list roles (plural) attribute in the Account entity but it does list role (singular) attribute. I found out by inspecting the Instance entity of various instances using t...

GitHub
Show threadUndeadJamieJul 27, 2025

@staff @cainmark @nunesgh Is it possible for 3rd party apps to show role badges? That would be very useful.

Edit: Just checked the official Mastodon app and role badges don’t even show there. 😬

Show threadCOMPU73E ❄️Jul 27, 2025

@jamie @staff role badges only show on the origin server, otherwise I could create my own server, give myself a staff role, and appear as staff to users on other servers

so you need to be a .social user to see .social role badges

[edit] this is my server admin as viewed in Moshidon