A little update on the story.
This was a fake account. However, Linus has indeed joined the Fediverse, but his handle is
@torvalds@social.kernel.orgHe’s been regular too, I love reading through his posts as a pleb
Furthermore, he doesn’t use Mastodon exactly, but Akkoma (which is mostly compatible with Mastodon clients while being much lighter)
He’s a self-described atheist, so I seriously doubt he chose a christian instance =/
Okay fair point
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Works via follow-request. Does not look like a typical Bot Account.
Seems legit, however could be an imposter anyway. There is also not really any account activity. 2 lousy posts. Not really worth to follow.
Did a request to see if he accepts me or not, will ask him, if I know more I update the post here.
The lack of account activity is what makes it seem legit imo.
I am not sure, the issue I have is the Instance. It says something about christianity, I doubt he is into such things.
The problem with Mastodon is that there is no verification badge system like on Twitter, which makes it hard to spot a faker.
I asked on Twitter, maybe I get an answer.
I think the Twitter account is also fake. He said he isn’t on any social media
Amen.
Lol, but there is an emoji for the verified checkmark. When I first used mastodon I saw an account “Tony Stark” and it had that emoji. And it had me questioning for a second even though Tony Stark is not a real person and verification wouldn’t exist on the fediverse.
