⚠️ More scam posts are spreading lies!

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

️ More scam posts are spreading lies! (see attached screenshot below)

To set the record straight:
- You do not need to verify on Mastodon
- No legitimate Mastodon admin will ever demand you verify
- No legitimate Mastodon admin will ever ask for your bank card details
- There are no monetisation features on Mastodon
- There are no extra features for verified accounts on Mastodon

If you see a scam post, click ⋯ on the scam post, then "Report", and select the option to forward the report too.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

p.s. Also, the link in the scam post will not verify your account. The scam link will just hand over your card details to scammers.

Genuine verification on Mastodon does not involve money or payment at all! Mastodon verification is a self-service process that works through owning your own website: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-account

And Mastodon verification is totally optional, it's just there for people who want to do it.

[apostateenglishman@mastodon.world]

@FediTips Thank you for putting in so much unpaid time and effort to support the fedi and keep us all informed. You're the only account for which I've clicked the notification bell so I never miss a post!

[mrgr@mastodon.social]

@FediTips Sinngemäß: Der Link im Phishing Posting (siehe oben im Thread) wird deinen Account nicht verifizieren.

Echte Verifikation auf Mastodon bezieht keinerlei Geldzahlung ein. Sie ist ein Selbstbedienungsprozess in Verbindung des Besitzs einer eigenen Website.
Die Verknüpfung wird erklärt unter https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-account/

Mastodon Verifikation ist komplett freiwillig und nur für Leute, die das machen wollen.

[jann@mastodonczech.cz]

@FediTips
Hi, is there a way to hide an instance from the federated feed, but still be able to see toots boosted by users I follow? Or even follow a single account from the hidden instance?

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@Jann

I don't think there is, unfortunately. If you mute an instance it also removes people you follow from that instance and hides boosts from that instance.

You would probably be better off muting individual accounts from that instance which appear in your federated feed.

Instance admins can "limit" an instance so that you can follow its accounts but not see it in the federated feed, but this would affect everyone on your instance.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@MrGR

Danke!

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@ApostateEnglishman

Aww... Thank you, that's very kind of you. Greatly appreciate it, honoured to be on your notification list!