Verification

Privacy-friendly

You do not need to submit your documents anywhere, so there is no chance of them being leaked.

For everyone

You do not have to be a celebrity to verify your identity. You just need to have a website or web page.

Decentralized

There is no need to trust a central authority. The verification can be manually confirmed anytime.

There is no blue badge

Identity is not a yes or no question. There are few truly unique names in the world, so why should only the famous ones get a "yes"? At Mastodon, we don't rely on legal names and blue badges. Instead, we rely on the fact that people can be identified by their official websites.

Here's how

Put a link to your Mastodon profile on your website or webpage. The important part is that the link has to have a rel="me" attribute on it. Then edit your Mastodon profile and put the address of your website or web page in one of your four profile fields. Save your profile, that's it!