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Link is to the Bluesky account that tracks companies moving to Bluesky (in particular, but it is in this case so I felt it's a fitting link).

They in turn link to the Firefox Bluesky profile.

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[–] ladel@feddit.uk 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, but it's inactive since May 2023 as far as I can see

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 23 points 3 days ago (2 children)

@mozillaofficial@mastodon.social was last active on February 2, when it live posted from FOSDEM. :)

That they went from running their own instance to not even managing to verify their account... well, no comment.

And as for the active account on Bluesky while ignoring Mastodon... Well, I guess the open source and privacy communities are just not among their target audiences any more. They haven't even enabled Bridgy.

[–] ladel@feddit.uk 9 points 3 days ago

Ah, I was looking at the mozilla handle, not mozillaofficial

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

That they went [...] to not even managing to verify their account.

Is there a way on Mastodon to verify an account, like the blue hook on Twitter used to be?

Well, I guess the open source and privacy communities are just not among their target audiences any more.

I think privacy aware people already use 'vanilla' Firefox or a derivate, so the communication and information directed towards the 'muggles', e.g. convincing them to use Mozilla's software or FOSS in general, is different from that.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is there a way on Mastodon to verify an account, like the blue hook on Twitter used to be?

Yeah. For example, @thunderbird@mastodon.online has verified their account: The link to thunderbird.net has a green background on their profile, indicating that the profile is run by whoever owns that domain.

It's super easy. You add <link href="https://yourserver/@yourusername" rel="me"> in the header of your website, and include said website in your profile on Mastodon.

You can also include a link anywhere on your website including rel="me", as in <a href="https://yourserver/@yourusername" rel="me">Follow me on Mastodon</a>

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

https://mastodon.social/@mozillaofficial

The most recent post is from February.

Yet, I don't know why they dont link it on their homepage.