Did you know you can verify your account on Mastodon? It's free, privacy-friendly, based on open web standards, and available to everyone!
@Mastodon what does it do?
@Mastodon You can also add a checkmark emoji, blue circle emoji, or something like that to your name, if you really want a little icon.
@Mastodon maybe @gailsimone can finally be verified here! I don't believe she exists otherwise. 😌
@Mastodon I would like to see more flexibility for #Mastodon #verification. There should be an option to use a #DNS entry as an alternative as is typically done on other #Internet platforms, including #Apple and #Proton and #Google. While individuals may own domain names, for various reasons they may choose not to pay for website hosting. The current system disenfranchises these people. For example I own https://seanbray.ca and have it configured for e-mail and domain forwarding.
@Mastodon I have tried numerous times to do this without success. Is there any more detailed documentation or troubleshooting available anywhere?
@Mastodon I knew. But I didn't know you use #DarkPatterns to trick people into signing up on mastodon.social https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/110236405361940166
@Mastodon Hah, wow, those "instructions" are **terrible**.
"Put a link to your Mastodon profile on your website or webpage. The important part is that the link has to have a `rel="me"` attribute on it. Then edit your Mastodon profile and put the address of your website or web page in one of your four profile fields. Save your profile, that's it!"
What now? Website or webpage (is there a difference)? Where do I put the `rel="me"`? Does it matter? What if I'm using Markdown to generate the link, then what? Oh, and "website or web page", wait, is it "webpage" or "web page"?
Can you maybe provide an example or two? Or a link to where this is already documented? I know what you're trying to do, but a bit more hand-holding here would do a world of good for those less technically inclined.
@Mastodon Free, you say? I am not interested′ :) :) :)