Adopting TruAnon APIs for Mastodon
Simplify Mastodon so people can do more, more safely
TruAnon greatly simplifies and extends the same scheme Mastodon uses to verify links and build trust.
We know Mastodon profiles showcase verified links because people trust more when they are able to confirm and share more pieces of their identity. Unfortunately, this task requires technical expertise and the process isn’t easily portable to other Mastodon Instances.
Make Mastodon Easy
Confirm many important digital properties that were just too difficult or even impossible to verify using Mastodon alone. TruAnon ensures that you own and control your identity and makes it easy to verify common properties such as Twitter, LinkedIn, GitHub, and Medium.
Members Edit their Mastodon Profile in the Usual Way
Consider a profile section labeled “Confirmed Identity”. This is where people can turn this feature on and off. This is the most powerful part of any profile.
A Dimmer Switch To Control Privacy Levels
Owners control how others view and share their identity. Anytime people turn this switch off, the entire identity portion of the account disappears. Flip this switch back on and things reappear.
Instances do not store or process anything, so your identity cannot be bought, sold, or stolen by anyone. This respectful separation from the account provides freedom from privacy violations, disputes, and review failures that ruin people’s experiences.
Portable Identity Across Federated Instances
Here, the identity for “RealMikeHill” securely assigns ownership of his Mastodon profile. This verified one-to-one connection is now confirmed.
This happens only once, and this same identity can be easily ported to as many federated Instances as Mike is a part of. Mike knows what’s visible and he remains in control of how people view and share it.
A verification badge shows that you can be trusted. It means that other people know you are who you say you are, and that you care about what you do.
People understand that a genuine identity in TruAnon is legitimate. Fraudsters do not hack a series of visibly consistent profiles and maintain them in such a public way. Furthermore, TruAnon is continuous, so disabling an account means any abusers would be banned permanently.
Make Trust, Privacy and Identity Part of Your Community
TruAnon is a very simple API. Mastodon is open, and you can make identity a seamless part of your community. Documentation can be found here: https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/12787113/TW6zG71P
The API Described
Privacy Is A Feature
It is now possible to offer members private posts or even anonymous messages that clearly carry genuine legitimacy. Privacy is a unique and powerful feature, useful anywhere trust is of value.
Get TruAnon
Get TruAnon APIs now and make your community a place people can do more, more safely. http://truanon.com/get
