Identity Verification on Mastodon

Solving The Fake Profile Crisis

[Mastodon is a Twitter-like micro-blogging service ]

Mastodon Displays Verified Links To Build Trust

Mastodon profiles encourage listing and confirming important links because communities thrive and grow when members control how they share and view one another’s identities.

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

• Beginner-Friendly: Verify is not easy, especially for services like blogs and social media.
• Privacy: Attested confidence via, say GitHub+LinkedIn+Medium without always having to publicly display these accounts.
• Portable: Owners control how others view and share identity in each instance we choose to participate.
• Masquerading: We want to prevent fake profiles for political or non-legitimate purposes.

TruAnon identity 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.

The Equation is simple: Transparency + Control = Trust

People boost their own credibility by confirming and connecting more pieces of digital identity, which is a way to control how others see them. A ‘Credible’ rank carries the same confidence as traditional ID; confirm more digital footprints, and more confidence is reported.

Since this option is equally available to everyone, avoiding confirmation is just as clear as having it.

Verification 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.

Your Members Are Waiting

If you are an admin/developer and would like to extend verification to be simpler and more widely available, please reach out here, write to hello@truanon.com, or visit the website.