There are no "verified" badges on here. If you see someone using a symbol like  it's just a custom emoji that means absolutely nothing.

However, there are still ways you can verify your identity on here. For example we know that the European Commission's official account is @EU_Commission

Here's an article going through how to verify your account on Mastodon and the Fediverse:

https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-advanced-tips/#HowDoIVerifyMyAccount

There's no charge on here for verifying, and anyone can do it.

Just starting to see the benefits of our #thoughtworks instance

- Local timeline: find out what colleagues are up to
- Global timeline: Find out who colleagues are interacting with
- Domain as account verification (e.g. @mfowler )
- It's an onramp for corporate citizens otherwise tightly bound to enterprise SaaS
- Employees hosting software for each other is beautiful (hopefully sustainable, too)

Thank you @mheiber & @judeswae for keeping it going for years already now !

»We recognize that the basic idea of a blockchain, as it were, may be generally useful. However, most projects which market themselves with blockchain technology are subject to the same social ills as cryptocurrency.«

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https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/

The last time we had a big user influx (when Melon Husk announced buying birdsite back in April), a lot of our new users experienced an emotional surge on realising that they didn't have to compete with the algorithms any more; no punishment for using or not using hashtags, for including links in posts, for posting too little or too often. A lot of people were deep in creative blocks from the stress of it all.

You're free from that here. There is no pressure to create or post constantly. (cont)

Hi fediverse! Boosts appreciated on this one.

I’m part of a co-op building a platform for artists to sell art without getting exploited. I’ve been working on it for a while but there’s a lot of work to do and I could use some help. A ton of the main features are in place, but there’s still some big gaps and a lot of polish left before it can launch.

The platform is fully open source and developed in the open. It’s built on Phoenix/Elixir and Tailwindcss. Our co-op is already incorporated and established and it’s open to members that want to actually commit but you don’t need to be a member to contribute or help.

Does this sound interesting? I’d love some help! I’m also happy to answer questions. And no, you don’t need to know Elixir already. It’s pretty easy to learn for the things you’d be using it for. Even some design help would be welcome. Feel free to reply here or DM me!

#noxp