If you want a verified account on the Fediverse, it works on a self-service system based around having a website. The verification confirms that you are the owner of the site, and the site on your profile turns green when it's verified. For example, the account @libreoffice has a green verified link to its website libreoffice.org.
You can find out how to verify your account here:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-account
The guide also contains troubleshooting tips if you can't get it to work.
Flipboard founder and CEO Mike McCue, writing on the company’s blog about Flipboard going all-in on the Fediverse and ActivityPub: Today we are beginning to open Flipboard to the Fediverse, a rapidly emerging part of the Web which includes social services like Mastodon, Threads, Pixelfed, Firefish and PeerTube all built on a revolutionary open protocol
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