How to Verify Your Threads Profile on Mastodon for the Fediverse

Meta Adds Support for Verifying Threads Profile on Mastodon

Meta on Wednesday took a small step toward supporting the so-called fediverse — a network of decentralized servers — by adding the ability to verify your Threads profile on Mastodon. The company announced that it is adding support for “rel=me” links — a way to establish a relationship between two accounts by pointing links to each other.

Here is how you can verify your Threads profile on Mastodon. Importantly, you have to follow the order for the verification to work.

Step 1: Add Mastodon Profile to Threads Profile

Add your Mastodon profile to your Threads profile.

Step 2: Add Threads Profile Link to Mastodon Profile

Add your Threads profile link to one of the “Extra fields” in your Mastodon profile.

Step 3: Save Changes

Save the changes in your Mastodon profile.

The verification will likely appear on your Mastodon profile in the form of a green highlighted bar around the Threads link along with a checkmark. You can see what the verification looks like in the screengrab below.

When you complete the process, the Mastodon server essentially pings the Threads page to check for a “rel=me” web attribute and verify that the link in your Threads profile is pointing back to Mastodon. This ‘verification’ only shows that you are the owner of the mentioned Threads profile and nothing else. Apart from Mastodon, you can also use this attribute to verify your Threads profile on services supporting the fediverse such as Wikipedia, Gravtar, and Flipboard.

However, this method is not working for some Mastodon users. A Threads engineer mentioned that the team is looking into verification-related bugs. Additionally, the engineer said that there is no way for you to verify your Mastodon profile on Threads at the moment.

This update came with a slew of other features being added to Threads, including the ability to send a post directly to Instagram DMs, letting users add custom alt text for images, and a button to easily mention someone in a post.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri also noted this update in his post and said it is one of the “meaningful steps towards adopting open standards and the fediverse.” He also said that the company has been using an “early version” of Threads on the web internally. This means we can get a fully functional desktop version of the social network in a few weeks.

Last month, Mosseri said that because of technical challenges, the Threads app won’t support the fediverse at the launch. But he mentioned that the company is “fully committed to building support for ActivityPub.”

Last year, after Elon Musk took over Twitter, developers built many link verification services for Mastodon as people were migrating to the fediverse.

: Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, has introduced a new feature for its Threads platform, allowing users to verify their Threads profile on Mastodon. By supporting “rel=me” links, users can establish a connection between their Mastodon and Threads accounts. This move represents Meta’s small step towards supporting the decentralized network of servers known as the fediverse.

: Users who want to verify their Threads profile on Mastodon need to follow a specific order. First, they should add their Mastodon profile to their Threads profile. Then, they need to add their Threads profile link to one of the “Extra fields” in their Mastodon profile. Finally, after saving the changes, the verification should be visible on the Mastodon profile. However, there have been reports of this method not working for some Mastodon users, and the Threads team is currently investigating verification-related bugs.

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Step 1: Add Mastodon Profile to Threads Profile

Step 2: Add Threads Profile Link to Mastodon Profile

Step 3: Save Changes

This update also includes other new features for Threads, such as the ability to send a post directly to Instagram DMs, add custom alt text for images, and easily mention someone in a post. Instagram head Adam Mosseri emphasized the significance of this update, claiming that it is a step towards adopting open standards and the fediverse. Mosseri further stated that Meta has been using an early version of Threads on the web internally, hinting at the upcoming release of a fully functional desktop version of the social network.

While the Threads app won’t initially support the fediverse at launch due to technical challenges, Mosseri assured users that Meta is fully committed to building support for ActivityPub. The rise of the fediverse has prompted the development of various link verification services for Mastodon, catering to users transitioning to this decentralized network.

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