Post #2030517

2022-11-13 10:24 UTC

Please don&#39;t use #Fedified! 🙏 This is what it says about itself: &quot;(Fedified) is *the* way to make sure that you&#39;re following the account managed by the same person you used to follow on Twitter.&quot; It wants to be a central authority. This is dangerous, and opposite to what the #Fediverse stands for. People become dependent on a central authority, then it gets bought out by billionaires. You can already verify your account on here without using any centralised lists: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-advanced-tips/#HowDoIVerifyMyAccount

Replies (8)

@zoec@deadinsi.de 2022-11-13 10:31

@feditips@mstdn.social or as others have pointed out, use it as an importable mute list ^^

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@azurechrom@noc.social 2022-11-13 10:31

@feditips@mstdn.social it's frustrating because media articles are saying that Mastodon is a replacement for Twitter rather than its own platform with its own identity. I'll admit I'm new to this platform but I know it's a completely different vibe.

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@ram@gaminginthe.cloud 2022-11-13 10:37

@feditips@mstdn.social Ty for the tip

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@Mickenfox@mastodon.online 2022-11-13 10:37

@feditips@mstdn.social Centralized solutions always work better. As evidenced by your "solution" being basically useless to most people while theirs isn't. And the "fediverse" is already semi-centralized. How are privately maintained verification lists any different?

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@jacmoe@writing.exchange 2022-11-13 10:38

@feditips@mstdn.social #fedified feels as corny as using a unicode check mark. I guess it's very important for some people. Especially those who are not really a public figure in their own right 😉

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@atomicpoet@mastodon.social 2022-11-13 10:41

@feditips@mstdn.social Thank you for spreading awareness. I appreciate this!

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@ignis@poketopia.city 2022-11-13 10:55

@feditips@mstdn.social Wait, I remember seeing that Twitter provides rel=“me” links in the Website field. Is that true? That’ll make #Fedified quite useless. I mean, right now you can already do it manually by checking their original Twitter profile for their Mastodon handle xD

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@MadSci@focal.social 2022-11-13 11:07

@feditips@mstdn.social I agree with what you are saying in regards to central authorities but it just looks like a mapping of accounts between two systems to me? Am I missing something?

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