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/