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faq:verification:how_do_i_get_verified [2022/11/10 13:55] – ↷ Page moved and renamed from faq:verification to faq:verification:how_do_i_get_verified dreadpir8robotsfaq:verification:how_do_i_get_verified [2022/11/10 13:59] (current) – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation dreadpir8robots
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 Mastodon doesn't have the same concept of verified accounts that Twitter does (or did until radical changes to Twitter's verification system were announced piecemeal on Twitter in early November 2022((https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-elon-musk-verification/))). Mastodon doesn't have the same concept of verified accounts that Twitter does (or did until radical changes to Twitter's verification system were announced piecemeal on Twitter in early November 2022((https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-elon-musk-verification/))).
  
-Anyone with the [[faq:why_do_some_people_have_verified_checkmark|verified checkmark in their display name]] has added it as an emoji. It has no functional meaning.+Anyone with the [[faq:verification:why_do_some_people_have_verified_checkmark|verified checkmark in their display name]] has added it as an emoji. It has no functional meaning.
  
 ===== If there's no verified accounts, how will people know it's really me? ===== ===== If there's no verified accounts, how will people know it's really me? =====
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 etc. etc.
  
-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:profile_url_green_check|add a specially-formatted link to your Mastodon profile]] on the page you wish to verify.
  
 ===== 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).