Boosting Confidence on Mastodon

Make Mastodon Easy.

Mastodon encourages the listing and confirmation of important links on your profile because communities thrive and grow when members have control over how they share and view each other’s identities.

There is a lot to love about the “Mastodon way” to verify; people trust themselves — it’s available to anyone, there’s no review or authority involved, however:

• Verify is not easy, especially for services like blogs and social media.
• Privacy; we would like to see attested confidence via, say GitHub+LinkedIn+Medium without having to display them.
• Portable: we want to be able to control how others view and share our identity in each instance we choose to participate.
• Anti-Masquerade: we want to prevent individuals from controlling fake profiles for political or non-legitimate purposes.

TruAnon makes it easy for anyone to confirm social media properties we use every day. Many of these properties are difficult or even impossible to verify using Mastodon alone.

An “Unknown” badge state means that avoiding verification is as clear as having a verified identity.

Being equally available to everybody means that avoiding confirmation is just as clear as having it.

Assigning Your Identity Is Quick & Simple:

Identity remains separate from the account, preventing it from being bought or sold.

You securely assign ownership only once. Your identity is portable across federated instances, allowing you to assert legitimacy and control privacy in any of the instances you choose to participate in.

Your rank/score is tabulated based on the depth of these digital footprints; more interconnections mean more confidence.

Privacy is your choice; knowing your rank and score makes you visibly trusted. Enjoy confidence from social media and blogs, such as GitHub, Medium, and LinkedIn, without always having to display these properties.

Detailed privacy and visibility make your identity visibly trusted without compromising privacy.

Help others get to know you and your expertise more quickly and easily than ever before. Verified identity is the single most powerful step you can take to amplify your profile.

Communities thrive and grow when members have control over how others view and share their identity.

A Verification Badge Shows You Are Trusted

It means that other people know you are who you say you are and that you care about what you do.

It’s simple, it’s fair, and it works for everybody. Mastodon does not store or process anything. It’s a part of editing your profile, and it doesn’t interfere or change how you use Mastodon.

Lock down your digital identity to prevent its misuse by fraudsters and contribute to making the world a safer place.