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Not that I necessarily want this feature implemented or that this is a good idea, but I can foresee some large Mastodon instances asking for X dollars a month t

Not that I necessarily want this feature implemented or that this is a good idea, but I can foresee some large Mastodon instances asking for X dollars a month to put a blue check mark in front of your name.

drewzero1 4y ago
People have been putting check mark emojis in their Fedi display names forever, as a joke. While I could see an instance considering something like that to help pay for server costs I don't think it's likely to be very popular.
Shank 4y ago
There are already badges that people have. For example, on brands.town, Fox News has a verified badge [0]. [0]: https://brands.town/@FoxNews https://brands.town/@FoxNews
- phoe-krk 4y ago
  These badges are emoji - currently e.g. https://infosec.exchange/@lcamtuf https://infosec.exchange/@lcamtuf has three of them. That's 200% more than you can get on Twitter, and $8 cheaper, too. Actual verification happens via proving that you control a website that links back to your Mastodon profile - see e.g. https://opensource.com/article/22/11/verified-mastodon-website https://opensource.com/article/22/11/verified-mastodon-websi...
- gpm 4y ago
  brands.town is a satire site. The "verified badge" on mastodon is just a satirical emoji. Mastodon does have a mechanism for instances vouching for their users actually having control of a webpage (using rel=me links). Those are the links in green boxes here: https://hachyderm.io/@nova https://hachyderm.io/@nova (It doesn't cost anything, and isn't exclusive to famous people). I assume the person I'm replying to is aware of all of this... but for everyone else...
- duskwuff 4y ago
  > For example, on brands.town, Fox News has a verified badge You realize that this is a parody account that posts pictures of foxes, not the American cable news channel... right?
  - Shank 4y ago
    Of course; that's why I posted it.
runjake 4y ago
They're just emoji, not actual verification (right now). You can see what custom emoji are available on an instance by visiting https://emojos.in/ https://emojos.in/ Here are hachyderm.io's custom emoji, for example: https://emojos.in/hachyderm.io https://emojos.in/hachyderm.io You can add these shortcodes (eg. :verified:) to your Mastodon display name or your profile. If you don't see them immediately convert, try F5-ing the page and they should render.
unethical_ban 4y ago
Gosh damnit, that was my idea! To put it another way, Twitter is/was a notary/PR firm as well as a "microblogging" service. Popular people and brands could verify their identity with Twitter, and users could trust it. I think, though the idea is unoriginal, that there is money in hosting Mastodon servers as well as hosting a particular mastodon service that does brand/personal identification. Perhaps even semi-automatically, such as via DNS.

drewzero1 4y ago

People have been putting check mark emojis in their Fedi display names forever, as a joke. While I could see an instance considering something like that to help pay for server costs I don't think it's likely to be very popular.

Shank 4y ago

There are already badges that people have. For example, on brands.town, Fox News has a verified badge [0]. [0]: https://brands.town/@FoxNews https://brands.town/@FoxNews

phoe-krk 4y ago
These badges are emoji - currently e.g. https://infosec.exchange/@lcamtuf https://infosec.exchange/@lcamtuf has three of them. That's 200% more than you can get on Twitter, and $8 cheaper, too. Actual verification happens via proving that you control a website that links back to your Mastodon profile - see e.g. https://opensource.com/article/22/11/verified-mastodon-website https://opensource.com/article/22/11/verified-mastodon-websi...
gpm 4y ago
brands.town is a satire site. The "verified badge" on mastodon is just a satirical emoji. Mastodon does have a mechanism for instances vouching for their users actually having control of a webpage (using rel=me links). Those are the links in green boxes here: https://hachyderm.io/@nova https://hachyderm.io/@nova (It doesn't cost anything, and isn't exclusive to famous people). I assume the person I'm replying to is aware of all of this... but for everyone else...
duskwuff 4y ago
> For example, on brands.town, Fox News has a verified badge You realize that this is a parody account that posts pictures of foxes, not the American cable news channel... right?
- Shank 4y ago
  Of course; that's why I posted it.

runjake 4y ago

They're just emoji, not actual verification (right now). You can see what custom emoji are available on an instance by visiting https://emojos.in/ https://emojos.in/ Here are hachyderm.io's custom emoji, for example: https://emojos.in/hachyderm.io https://emojos.in/hachyderm.io You can add these shortcodes (eg. :verified:) to your Mastodon display name or your profile. If you don't see them immediately convert, try F5-ing the page and they should render.

unethical_ban 4y ago

Gosh damnit, that was my idea! To put it another way, Twitter is/was a notary/PR firm as well as a "microblogging" service. Popular people and brands could verify their identity with Twitter, and users could trust it. I think, though the idea is unoriginal, that there is money in hosting Mastodon servers as well as hosting a particular mastodon service that does brand/personal identification. Perhaps even semi-automatically, such as via DNS.