@ScottMGS
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It works on any platform that supports the "rel=me" verification standard. This was designed to be used on the entire web, Mastodon didn't invent it.
Unfortunately Facebook, Twitter, Google etc so far refuse to use it, but there's nothing to stop them adopting it and it would be pretty easy for them to do so.
That's why it has ended up being mainly on your own website, your org's website and some niche platforms, because those are the ones using this open standard right now.
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It works on any platform that supports the "rel=me" verification standard. This was designed to be used on the entire web, Mastodon didn't invent it.
Unfortunately Facebook, Twitter, Google etc so far refuse to use it, but there's nothing to stop them adopting it and it would be pretty easy for them to do so.
That's why it has ended up being mainly on your own website, your org's website and some niche platforms, because those are the ones using this open standard right now.
For example, if Facebook supported this, you would be able to link to your Facebook account on your Mastodon profile and your Masto account on your Facebook profile, and they could both turn green. You wouldn't need a website yourself, you could verify your account based on an account on another platform.
But because the big tech companies refuse to use the standard, this isn't possible.
(All they would have to do is include the phrase rel=me in their platform's social links.)
