I've decided to shut down verifiedbsky.net. While there was quite a bit of interest early, that has basically completely died down and it took some effort to keep the service alive. It was fun, I learned a lot, but it doesn't make sense anymore. Thanks to everyone who used and supported it!

It took a bit, but we now have the first verified #AWSHero, @lockhead.dev! If you are an #AWSHero yourself or know anyone who might want to get that label, it's very easy at verifiedbsky.net

Thanks to great input by @bmarwell.de, verified bluesky now also supports Apache Foundation Member verification 🥳 Thanks a lot! With the same update, I have also removed support for conference verification as there was very limited demand by organizers and speakers

Since today re-verification of accounts verified on verifiedbsky.net is happening. Every week, each account is checked if the verification still is ok. If it fails twice, a notification DM is sent. If it fails 4 times, the label is removed and the account is removed from all lists.

On to the next verification source: #IBMChampions can now also use verifiedbsky.net to get a verification badge! See for example how @richard.fichtner.dev has used it below 😊

To all the #AWSHeroes out there: You can now use verifiedbsky.net to get an "AWS Hero" badge! Give it a try and let me know if anything fails

Nice, @verifiedbsky.net has added a whole bunch of verification, including Oracle ACEs, in addition to Java champions…

If you want to learn about the infrastructure behind this tool, check the blog post below

On to the next one! @colorcloudrocks.bsky.social speakers can now also verify, get a nice badge for their profile and appear on the corresponding list bsky.app/profile/veri... and starter pack bsky.app/starter-pack...

And we are a) back online (thanks to the amazing @fermyon.com team for an incredibly fast bugfix and release) and b) happy to share a new feature: Cloud Technology Townhall Tallinn (cloudtechtallinn.com) speakers can now verify themselves as well! If you run a conference and want the same, reach out

Something's coming soon...

Because of a technical limitation in the @fermyon.com cloud, I had to move the backend and took the opportunity to finally get a good DNS name: You can find the tool from now on at verifiedbsky.net!

If you want to understand how to contribute new verification sources, read the blog post below

If you are interested in contributing to my little Bluesky verification tool, this blog post should get you started: tobiasfenster.io/how-to-contr.... Based on @vscode.dev #devcontainers, it is quite easy.

We made it to 500 verified profiles! Thanks to all of you who went through the process 🎉

With the latest release, Oracle ACEs (@oracleace.bsky.social) can now be verified 😊 If you are an ACE and verification doesn't work for you, please let me know or file an issue on github.com/tfenster/ver...

To all the CNCF Ambassadors out there: You can now self-verify on verified-bluesky-rpu7w3bv.fermyon.app as well! Go to the website and follow the instructions to get verified and if you want to see the labels, go to @verifiedsky.bsky.social and subscribe to the labeler (and like it 😊)

Hey, look at my beautiful label

Check out these labelers if you want to have these beautiful MVP badges on your profile and posts: bsky.app/profile/veri... bsky.app/profile/blue... Thanks, @merill.net for building it!

And now #JavaChampions can also self-verify! If you hold that award, go to verified-bluesky-rpu7w3bv.fermyon.app and self-verify to get a nice label and become part of a list and starter pack of verified Java Champions. @javachampions.bsky.social, do you like it?

To understand better how the tool works which this account represents, check tobiasfenster.io/verifying-us...

And the next step: @github.com Stars can now also verify themselves on verified-bluesky-rpu7w3bv.fermyon.app! Thanks to @santoshyadav.dev for the help and @eliostruyf.com for testing 😊 (By chance, both are Microsoft MVPs as well, but that is of course not required)

Next step for this little verification project: Labels on profiles and posts! Subscribe to the labeler on this account to see them, get verified via verified-bluesky-rpu7w3bv.fermyon.app to get them on your account. To understand how labels work on @bsky.app, check docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...

v0.3.0 is online with the following new features: - Overflowing starter packs are handled by creating new ones (max 150 users per starter pack are possible) - Microsoft Regional Directors can verify now - Small UI and MVP tech area fixes (thanks to @karlots.com and @fullstackgeek.net

A new version is live with: - An overview page (verified-bluesky-rpu7w3bv.fermyon.app/overview.html) to show the lists and starter packs of verified users - Handling of "overflowing" starter packs as there is a limit of 150 users per starter pack Up next: - New verification sources (RDs, sessionize)