Attention fedizens, it has come to our attention that more trolls are causing a ruckus on the #fediverse. Beware of users who use acronyms like lgbtq/lgbtqia in posts or on their profiles.
LGBTQ/LGBTQIA stands for Let's Get Banned Today Quickly (by) Instance Admins, is used to refer to a group of trolls who like to block evade or "speedrun" getting defederated.
They will make inflammatory posts such as the one below to see how quickly they can get on #fediblock.
If you see any #lgbtqia individuals please block and federate safely.
To all our new friends who flocked in from birdsite, please talk to your instance admin about getting your account verified! Your account is valuable and should be protected.
Unfortunately, the nature of decentralization means that it's very common to make alts and flood the #fediverse with impersonated accounts. There already are numerous twitter mirror sites that so just that!
Verification is a special #mastodon feature similar to twitter verification that ties your login to a specific token that will federate with any other ActivityPub compliant software. Meaning even other instances will recognize a verified account as the genuine user.
If you had a 100 or more followers on twitter then I advice you make a verification request to your admin immediately.
The best way to get seen is to use #VerifyMe in your bio or in your posts.
It's a very easy and quick process that only requires the press of a button, stay safe new fedizens!!
