So many questions, how would I know someone is real someone on mastodon, looking at an abundance of fake twitter profiles, how to check it here where everyone has under 500 followers?

@SanakTony Well you need to start from some trusted source that you already know is legit, and find links.

For example, if you think @peterktodd on Twitter is me, then this tweet links that identity to this Mastodon: https://twitter.com/peterktodd/status/1347891977342377984?s=20

Also, note how I'm self hosting. So if you start from the assumption that.the domain petertodd.org is me, then mastodon.petertodd.org is probably me too.

Looking at who follows who helps a bit. But I bet many haven't verified that...