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- | To do this, you must [[faq:verify_profile_metadata_url|add a specially-formatted link to your Mastodon profile]] on the page you wish to verify. | + | To do this, you must [[faq:verification: |
===== How much should I trust an account with verified URLs? ===== | ===== How much should I trust an account with verified URLs? ===== | ||
You should trust the URL verification only as much as you trust the user's instance to carry out the verification. For large or familiar instances, that might be quite a lot. Perhaps less for instances you don't know well or at all. This is more complicated than monolithic social media, where a single authority may grant verified status to an account (but often based on an opaque process). | You should trust the URL verification only as much as you trust the user's instance to carry out the verification. For large or familiar instances, that might be quite a lot. Perhaps less for instances you don't know well or at all. This is more complicated than monolithic social media, where a single authority may grant verified status to an account (but often based on an opaque process). |