Verification on Mastodon and the wider Fediverse works differently to most social networks.
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Verification on Mastodon and the wider Fediverse works differently to most social networks. Symbols like :verified: or
or the word "verified" are NOT verifications as anyone can add them to their profiles.Verification on here works through special links on an account's official website. You can find out how to create a verified link in this guide:
️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-accountFor example we know @wikipedia is official as their profile has a verified link to their website.
It looks like the @arstechnica account may have lost its verified link status. I’m not seeing it either via the app or the Mastodon website.
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@FediTips On my Instance, @arstechnica doesn't look to be verified. It does on mastodon.social though.
I'm not sure why this is, it's possibly to do with a cache of an out of date profile on your instance?
But yes if you look on the account's original page at https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica it is verified.
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It looks like the @arstechnica account may have lost its verified link status. I’m not seeing it either via the app or the Mastodon website.
It is definitely verified:
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica
I've attached a screenshot.
It's possible your server has an outdated profile for some reason.
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It is definitely verified:
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica
I've attached a screenshot.
It's possible your server has an outdated profile for some reason.
Thanks. Yes, I saw that via another reply to your post. It’s odd that it doesn’t show when I log in to the website via my beige.party account (although your website, for example, does). Must just be a federation quirk.
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Thanks. Yes, I saw that via another reply to your post. It’s odd that it doesn’t show when I log in to the website via my beige.party account (although your website, for example, does). Must just be a federation quirk.
Just out of interest, can you see the verified link on @Tutanota when you view it from your server?
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No, I can’t see their verification either, although I looked at another couple of mastodon.social accounts from my server and *can* see their verified link status. Strange!
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No, I can’t see their verification either, although I looked at another couple of mastodon.social accounts from my server and *can* see their verified link status. Strange!
Very odd! All I can think is that caches have caused an out of date profile to get stuck on your server. It should update eventually.
Can you see my account's verified link?
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Yes.
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I'm not sure why this is, it's possibly to do with a cache of an out of date profile on your instance?
But yes if you look on the account's original page at https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica it is verified.
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Hmm... I wonder if Ars Tech had it when they originally verified but then removed it on a later revamp?
If they never altered their profile then mastodon.social would never re-check the code and it would continue verified, but other instances would recheck it when they federate the profile.
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Verification on Mastodon and the wider Fediverse works differently to most social networks. Symbols like :verified: or
or the word "verified" are NOT verifications as anyone can add them to their profiles.Verification on here works through special links on an account's official website. You can find out how to create a verified link in this guide:
️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-accountFor example we know @wikipedia is official as their profile has a verified link to their website.
p.s. If an account from another server doesn't seem to verify on your server straight away, give it some time (for example try viewing it a few hours later).
I just tried various accounts like @greenpeace and @wikipedia which seemed not to verify immediately on my server, but after a while the green tick did appear on my server too.
Each server independently checks the verifications of profiles it notices, and if it's busy it seems to put verification checks in a queue to deal with later.
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p.s. If an account from another server doesn't seem to verify on your server straight away, give it some time (for example try viewing it a few hours later).
I just tried various accounts like @greenpeace and @wikipedia which seemed not to verify immediately on my server, but after a while the green tick did appear on my server too.
Each server independently checks the verifications of profiles it notices, and if it's busy it seems to put verification checks in a queue to deal with later.
Greenpeace and Wikipedia show up as verified for me, but the other two still don't.
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Greenpeace and Wikipedia show up as verified for me, but the other two still don't.
Yeah, I am wondering if the other two have altered their code since they first verified. That would explain why they're verified on their origin server but not elsewhere, as they probably did the verification on their own server long ago when their code was correct.
Once an account is verified, the origin server tends not to re-check, but other servers do.
The verification is still valid, it just won't show up on other servers in that situation.
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p.s. If an account from another server doesn't seem to verify on your server straight away, give it some time (for example try viewing it a few hours later).
I just tried various accounts like @greenpeace and @wikipedia which seemed not to verify immediately on my server, but after a while the green tick did appear on my server too.
Each server independently checks the verifications of profiles it notices, and if it's busy it seems to put verification checks in a queue to deal with later.
@FediTips @greenpeace @wikipedia Here is my experience after being inspired by your post some hours ago. Outcasts is only on iOS, not Android or Graphene or F-Droid. I guess I can use the browser. Peertube looks awesome but not user/noob friendly. Looked through dozens of platforms on peertube none with instructions on how to join. No button to click to join to put email address or anything, but you can log on? WHAT?! Why would anyone log on if one has no account? Thats backwards, almost trollish to a new user, and mean. Very cruel actually.
Some platforms are for the owner's family members only which makes me wonder why it is even listed then? Shouldn't those be private? They're in the way of finding the perfect one. And many with really long restrictions, making it scarier than being alone with Peter Thiel, which is odd for a decentralized platform not even allowing political discussion. But none of that matters as I couldnt figure out how to open a peertube account. I cant even like a video let alone follow a vlogger. It is unnecessarily complicated. Im sure if I bang my head for another day or two I can figure it out. I know I can. I'm not new to the internet. But it shouldn't be that way. I think we had this same conversation years ago, when I last tried to enter this world and failed. Maybe it was someone else.
I just wanted to publicly share my experience. I had wanted to remove my videos from Google and post them on Peertube tonight, but I got to go to sleep soon. Have a good night yall. And sorry for sounding grumpy. But may the devs hear my cry. It was pain.
Nov. 30th 2025.
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@FediTips @greenpeace @wikipedia Here is my experience after being inspired by your post some hours ago. Outcasts is only on iOS, not Android or Graphene or F-Droid. I guess I can use the browser. Peertube looks awesome but not user/noob friendly. Looked through dozens of platforms on peertube none with instructions on how to join. No button to click to join to put email address or anything, but you can log on? WHAT?! Why would anyone log on if one has no account? Thats backwards, almost trollish to a new user, and mean. Very cruel actually.
Some platforms are for the owner's family members only which makes me wonder why it is even listed then? Shouldn't those be private? They're in the way of finding the perfect one. And many with really long restrictions, making it scarier than being alone with Peter Thiel, which is odd for a decentralized platform not even allowing political discussion. But none of that matters as I couldnt figure out how to open a peertube account. I cant even like a video let alone follow a vlogger. It is unnecessarily complicated. Im sure if I bang my head for another day or two I can figure it out. I know I can. I'm not new to the internet. But it shouldn't be that way. I think we had this same conversation years ago, when I last tried to enter this world and failed. Maybe it was someone else.
I just wanted to publicly share my experience. I had wanted to remove my videos from Google and post them on Peertube tonight, but I got to go to sleep soon. Have a good night yall. And sorry for sounding grumpy. But may the devs hear my cry. It was pain.
Nov. 30th 2025.
Hi Sage, thanks!
I have a simple non-techical guide that helps people use PeerTube, either as a viewer or as a publisher. The best place to start on the guide is the page at https://fedi.tips/peertube-video-hosting-on-the-fediverse
If you're just wanting to watch PeerTube videos, you don't need a PeerTube account. You can follow and interact with PeerTube accounts and videos entirely within Mastodon: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-use-peertube-how-do-i-follow-peertube-accounts-from-mastodon
You only really need an account to upload videos: https://fedi.tips/how-to-publish-videos-and-audio-on-peertube/
