Andrew Gent 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Mar 3
stux⚡️

🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER. 🚨

Currently there are scammers who want you to click a link by acting like #Mastodon staff

Please REPORT these accounts so we can ban them across the #Fediverse

WE DO NOT VERIFY PEOPLE ON MASTODON 

Mar 2 at 10:09pmWeb
Show threadsortius Mar 2
@stux to paraphrase Australia's "my.id": on the Fediverse, the way I post verifies me
Show threadStephen Dioxide Mar 2
@sortius @stux Or, as someone else put it, my voice is my passport.
Show threadSteen Eiler JørgensenMar 3
@Steve @sortius @stux Wasn't it Werner Brandes?
Show threadStephen Dioxide Mar 3
@oz1sej @sortius @stux That's the one!
Show threadAndresMar 3

@sortius @stux "my shitpost is my passport. verify me."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zVgWpVXb64

Sneakers (1992): My Voice Is My Passport

YouTube
Show threadFinchHaven sfbaMar 2

@stux

One account that I've seen (but not received anything from) on Mastodon dot World has already been nuked, so their admins are finally paying attention

Show threadChris MartinMar 2
@stux Also seeing some sort of spam campaign regarding "monetizing your account" at the moment
Show threadLouisMar 2
@chris__martin @stux I also got it and suspended the account (a phishing attempt).
Show threadA stopped clock never boilsMar 2
@chris__martin @stux Which is hilarious on the face of it. Of all the places to go to 'monetize your content' Mastodon ain't it. 😂
Show threadRevK Mar 2
@stux one of the predictable issues with all this verification bullshit was fake verifications… annoying.
Show threadxs4me2Mar 2

@stux

Bumped into one tonight too...

Show threadFrank HeijkampMar 7
@xs4me2
Me too, obviously reported it.
@stux
Show threadMarkMar 2
@stux Thanks. I had two of these show up this afternoon. I didn’t see the point, so I blocked them. Sounds like I made the right call
Show threadFrank HeijkampMar 7
@MarkBrigham
It is however important to report them before you block the post. In that way you help moderators to clean those accounts up and protect others.
@stux
Show threadGif's ArtidoteMar 2
@stux
what about #GazaVerified ?
Show threaddraeathMar 2

@poisonpunk @stux that's a separate and (I believe) legitimate thing people are trying to manage.

I see a lot of #gazaverified people acting kinda spammy, though, but I am never sure it's not just a misunderstanding of how to use the platform or sheer desperation.

Show threadGif's ArtidoteMar 3
@draeath @stux 💯🖤free 🇵🇸
Show threadAral BalkanMar 3

@poisonpunk @stux That’s very specific. And we never reach out to anyone to ask them to get verified.

(And I wish we didn’t need it.)

Show threadFallsMom 🌻Mar 3

@stux

You keep our mastodon coffee pretty darn clean of bad stuff, thanx!

Show threadMitsuneeMar 3
@stux arguably they are failing to act like "staff" too, anyone who actually understands how fedi instances are hosted should immediately recognize the scam I saw earlier ​​
Show threadAhri EnbyMar 3
@stux #sharkey and #lemmy instances will not ask you to verify too, ever.
Show threadM3OWMar 3
@stux my home address is 293 Tanglewood Dr, New Castle, PA 16105 can you please verify me
Show threadGirlCrooshMar 3
@stux Just reported one myself. Yeeesh. Where’d they all suddenly spring up from?
Show threadTravis JeansMar 3
@stux Reported!
Show threadLauri Kuparinen 🇪🇺Mar 3
@stux But, but... how do I know if someone's a celebrity if there's no verification badge? :o
Show threadTâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國Mar 3
@stux
Lots of fake-looking accounts claiming to be from #Gaza 🇵🇸 and asking for #money recently. 🤦🏽‍♂️
Show threadStop ThatMar 3
@stux @aral I literally just got one from an account claiming to be mastodon staff, where they said they had noticed my posts are getting attention and offering me an opportunity for monetization, with a link to click on. I laughed and laughed and hit “report user,” because lol.
Show threadInformactionsMCMar 3
@stux
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Show threadMartaMar 3
@stux I wonder how is Mastodon doing in countries that ban social media for kids?
Show threadhakutakuMar 3
@martaczc It's simply impossible to verify ages on such a large scale.
Show threadArazilMar 3
@stux Another attack vector enabled by the current "ID verification" craze. 🙄 
Show threadנחום Philoxenon וו.Mar 3
@stux You can verify your account if you wish but that process is totally up to you. Nobody will ask you to do it and you control all aspects of the process yourself.