# Mastodon verification

**URL:** <https://discuss.write.as/t/mastodon-verification/2270>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 3, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/mastodon-verification/2270 "2021-01-03T15:28:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![PaulSutton](https://discuss.write.as/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@PaulSutton](https://discuss.write.as/u/PaulSutton)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/mastodon-verification/2270/1 "2021-01-03T15:28:13Z")

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Hi

In order to verify a Mastodon account I need to include a link from my blog back to my mastodon profile and include the rel=“me” tag within the link

for example

[Mastodon](https://qoto.org/@user)

However WriteAs seems to sanitize the code and removes this and replaces with

Mastodon

I have replaced my username with user in the example links above.

As a result the verification process fails (or seems to), Just been discussing this on Mastodon so I though i would ask here for help too.

I understand why this happens, but as WriteAs also federates and works with ActivtyPub, then this is the intended behaviour or is there a bug somewhere,. and possibly a work around please.

Thanks for any help

Regards

Paul Sutton

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**Author:** ![zerojanvier](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/zerojanvier/32/843_2.png) [@zerojanvier](https://discuss.write.as/u/zerojanvier)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/mastodon-verification/2270/2 "2021-01-03T16:21:44Z")

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I think this issue has already been discussed [here](https://discuss.write.as/t/mastodon-rel-me-help/1516) and [here](https://discuss.write.as/t/write-as-adds-nofollow-rel-nofollow-to-all-links-in-posts-by-pro-accounts/830).