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   Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 29-Aug-2025 09:13:30 JST Mastodon Migration

   Will Bluesky Block Most Red States?

   Digesting Sarah Perez's @Sarahp great TechCrunch article on #Bluesky blocking users from Mississippi (https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/28/mississippis-age-assurance-law-puts-decentralized-social-networks-to-the-test/), and noticing that almost all the "red" states have similar laws to Mississippi (see below).

   So, will Bluesky soon be blocking users from these states? Do users want to take that chance?

   It's easy to set up a truly decentralized Mastodon account, even if only as a backup >>> https://joinmastodon.org/

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   Gabriel H. Nunes (nunesgh@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Jul-2025 05:10:26 JST Gabriel H. Nunes

   in reply to

   @staff @cainmark
   Thank you for that information! I'm on mastodon.social, but I'm usually on a third-party app, #Fedilab, which doesn't show badges, so domain verification is still important.
   On that, why not verify through mastodon.social and mastodon.online instead of joinmastodon.org?

   #Mastodon #MastodonSocial #MastodonOnline

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   Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 27-Jul-2025 23:03:24 JST Rich Felker

   in reply to

   @staff Tacking on this sentence was irresponsible and unnecessary:

   "Real staff accounts either have a special role badge on their profile or are verified through the joinmastodon.org domain."

   The potential victims of this scam don't understand how to verify those conditions and it just gives the scammers a way to trick them ("see here for the role badge we told you to look for when warning you about scams").

   The responsible thing to say is "Real staff accounts will NEVER DM you asking you to click a link, disclose private information, or verify your account. Any such request is a scam."

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   Mastodon.social Staff (staff@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Jul-2025 09:24:25 JST Mastodon.social Staff

   Please report any account that claims that you need to verify your #Mastodon account to continue using it. It is a scam. Don't click the links. Real staff accounts either have a special role badge on their profile or are verified through the joinmastodon.org domain.

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   The Fedilore Otter 🦦 (fedilore@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 06:05:24 JST The Fedilore Otter 🦦

   in reply to

   Have three options.

   - You can set your referral to your instance URL,

   - You can set your referral to JoinMastodon.org, or

   - You can set your referral to be blank.

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   Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Jul-2025 09:01:45 JST Eugen Rochko

   Please report any account that tells you that you need to verify your #Mastodon account to continue using it through a private message. It is a scam. We do not require identity verification. Real staff accounts either have a special role badge on their profile or are verified through the joinmastodon.org domain and will typically never reach out through private messages.