Here's how to get verified on Mastodon

It takes certain credentials to become a verified human in this world—unless you're on Mastodon, that is.

While Twitter makes its little birdies fly through hoops to earn that exclusive verification tick beside their names, Mastodon—the brand new open-source version of Twitter, and maybe even the social network's latest competition—makes the coveted symbol much more accessible. Seriously.

Like Twitter, 24-year-old Eugen Rochko's platform, Mastodon, allows users to create accounts, interact with others, and post status updates. But rest assured, the two sites have several key differences. Aside from updates being called "toots" instead of tweets 🙄 one key difference is that Mastodon lacks the ability to officially verify its users, at least right now. That hasn't stopped users from "verifying" themselves, though. Read more...