Why do people have that green looking check mark in their username? :white_check_mark:

When many of us joined, they didn't realize this was a federated network and that you could have accounts on different nodes. It got confusing quickly.

#feditip: Until we've got a better system, adding white_check_mark emoji to your name is a convention to tell others which account is primary.

I've attached an example:
https://mastodon.social/media/ZWtVoiADjWhysIPCcyk

@ultimape Aha. Good call. Need to update my alts...
@ultimape not sure this is 100% accurate. It does make some sense but I learned about the check mark as a joke and I use it as a joke about the federated nature of mastodon and the fact that there is no verification like the birdcage