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A comment on Twitter has banned Mastodon links in name and bio for being “malware”. Parent comment

Re:Twitter has banned Mastodon links in name and bio for bei... by ryukafalz on Friday December 16, 2022 @10:04AM (#34015297)
That would be ripe for abuse. I can easily put in my Mastodon profile that I'm @elonmusk on Twitter, but that doesn't make it true.
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Re:Twitter has banned Mastodon links in name and bio for bei... by progbits on Friday December 16, 2022 @04:48PM (#34020946)
Do what Keybase used to do: Post "I'm foo@fosstodon" on Twitter, then put the deeplink to that message on your Mastodon profile.

Scanning tools only have to look at fediverse profiles, not all posts, but can cheaply verify if they are true.

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Re:Twitter has banned Mastodon links in name and bio for bei... by neuronexmachina on Friday December 16, 2022 @08:01PM (#34022962)
I suspect if enough people started doing that Musk would just ban it.
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