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️ 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 @jikomayo@mastodon.world If there are scams on the platform, you know you made it.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I've reported a couple so far
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Woot! Mastodon is now big and important enough to get targeted by scammers. ;)
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.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
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 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! 🙏
@ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
Aww... 😊
Thank you, that's very kind of you. Greatly appreciate it, honoured to be on your notification list!
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
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 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! 🙏
@ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
Aww... 😊 Thank you, that's very kind of you. Greatly appreciate it, honoured to be on your notification list!
@Jann@mastodonczech.cz
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.
@Jann@mastodonczech.cz
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
Unfortunate. Thank you for your reply.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
Unfortunate. Thank you for your reply.
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