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I had an influx of #newmembers to my #instance overnight.
All were from #Romania & shared the same IP addy.
All used the same email server.
Suspicious much?
#admins check your new members to see if they’re legit or #spammers or #RussianBots.
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Finally got the internal link previews working! The solution ended up being NAT Reflection, but I overlooked a granular setting related to that. Once I noticed it - all goooood 👍
#admins #misskeyadmins #firewall #links #fediadmin #instances
Höre von #X - ern, dass der #Hate gegen demokratisch #Aktive - vor allem gegen #Frauen - & gegen das Miteinander der #Religionen dort inzwischen völlig eskaliert sei, nachdem #Musk zahlreiche wegen Hassrede Gesperrte wieder zugelassen habe.
Erinnere mich, dass es damals schon übel war…
Möchte daher auch als #Solarpunk allen ehrenamtlichen #Admins im #Fediversum danken, die auch ihre #Blogs & #Mastodon - Instanzen zu besseren Orten mit echtem #Dialog machen. 🙏🌱🙌 https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/empoerungssucht-nach-dem-x-odus-trolle-scheitern-an-den-mastodon-instanzen/
#tattoos #jaestutweh #mimimi Das hier war die Antwort der #admins auf die #drölfzigtausendste Frage, ob es #hieroderda #wehtut 😂
Spoiler: #kinderkriegen tut auch #weh , deswegen hören wir damit auch nicht auf 😉
I've been suspending spam accounts on the @bookwyrmworld instance after a large spam wave. I think I am up to around 250-ish accounts now. I hope I am close to the end... 😭
Like, they have managed to go into the mail account and validate their email... so it has been actively counting towards our user count... so irritating! :ablobcall::ablobcall:
Anyways, how has your day been? 😅
Wir finden: Open Source ist einfach unschlagbar! Als unser #Linux-Consultant Jürgen Weigert während seines Studiums gemeinsam mit ein paar Kommilitonen den Open-Source-#Terminalmultiplexer „Screen“ entwickelt hat, wollte er eigentlich nur sein Problem lösen, dass er nach einem Terminal-Wechsel immer wieder bei null anfangen musste. Er ahnte damals nicht, wie hilfreich das Tool für #Admins mal werden würde.
Tänäkin local ja public feed tässä tilassa #admins . Home feedissä on sisältöä.
Technisch und menschlich weit vorne sein, Wissen weiter geben und vermitteln, dass #Linux richtig Spaß macht – das sind Ziele unseres Senior #Admins Sascha Walter.
Er verstärkt ab 2026 unser Dozenten-Team an der Heinlein Akademie und gibt den Kurs „Linux Admin Grundlagen“.
Was euch in seinem Kurs erwartet und worauf Sascha Wert legt, erfahrt ihr im Interview:
👉 https://www.heinlein-support.de/news/neuer-dozent-sascha-walter-linux-administration
Hey, #admins!
Along with a grad student, I am working on a paper the surveys Mastodon (and forks -- Hometown, Glitch) servers that have some connection to #Canada.
We have done a lot of digging and have found ~40 instances that have some connection to Canada. We presented our work recently:
https://robertwgehl.org/presentations/CanadaFediASM.html#1
But! Maybe we're missing some. If you are willing to share, please let me know if your Mastodon/fork instance meets this criteria.
Boosts appreciated!
By removing the #Explore tab, #Mastodon has basically shot itself into oblivion. Trending is broken since it shows the same old posts for weeks on end (naturally since they have the highest boost rates and you can't change it in Preferences either), the live feeds are random posts which makes sieving through them a chore, and the home tab can only be populated if you already follow people, which is, naturally, for new Mastodon users rather hard to do.
I don't know what the #server #admins are thinking, but Explore was the one way for new users to easily access popular posts and good posters, and it also allowed older users to find new people to follow after reading their posts.
Too bad and a completely unnecessary change (and if you want to make such a change, set it to OPT-IN).
:mastodon: Mastodon’s latest Software Update brings Quote Posts to all Server Operators.
The decentralized open source social network Mastodon is rolling out its latest release, version 4.5, which brings support for Quote Posts to all server operators, along with other features for admins, conversation improvements and more.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-4.5/
#mastodon #release #quote #posts #socialmedia #engineer #features #server #admins #media #operators #tech #news
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👾In addition, users can override their default settings on a post-by-post basis, if need be, which could be useful at those times when you want to quote someone without attracting unwanted attention.👾
Mastodon will also alert the user being quoted in the app, so they can remove their original post from the other person’s quote post, if they feel the need to. Plus, users can opt to block others to prevent them from seeing and quoting their posts in the future.
⁉️While the broader rollout of quote posts is the major addition in the 4.5 software release, the update also fixes issues where users on older servers running 4.4 and earlier versions would sometimes miss seeing replies.⁉️](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/115/525/707/922/305/087/original/dc30b57a444ecb88.jpeg)
![[ImageSource: Mastodon]
👾Server operators are also gaining new tools to optionally disable content feeds, set a local feed as their homepage, block specific users and more. The moderation interface has been updated to display needed context, like link previews and quote posts in messages, to aid in decision-making.👾
Meanwhile, the 4.5 release also brings native emoji support to Mastodon’s web interface.
⁉️Mastodon continues to be one of the larger networks on the fediverse [the name for the open social web powered by the ActivityPub social networking protocol]. Overall, the fediverse has nearly 12 million users, according to growth tracker FediDB, with Mastodon accounting for north of 8 million of that figure. However, its monthly active user number is only ~670,000.⁉️
<https://fedidb.com/>
🫥Threads, which integrates with ActivityPub, isn’t counted in these figures because it’s not a full integration. Threads has more than 400 million monthly users and 150 million daily active users.🫥](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/115/525/707/961/057/869/original/3b4f6303a4953706.jpeg)
Eine Frage an langjährige Fediverse Admins:
Ich habe einen Castopod Server aufgesetzt. Zertifikate sehen imho gut aus und im Browser ist auch alles top, allerdings scheint die Föderierung noch nicht so richtig zu laufen. Wie finde ich am besten raus woran es liegt?
Für alle #Admins und Open-Source-Fans: Das Kursprogramm unserer #Linux-Akademie für 2026 ist für euch frei geschaltet!
Wir haben unsere Schulungen rund um einen sicheren #Mailserver-Betrieb für euch neu konzipiert und einen Kurs zur Programmiersprache #Rust ganz neu ins Programm aufgenommen.
Was euch im Programm der Heinlein Akademie 2026 noch erwartet?
👉 Mehr Infos gibt es hier:
https://www.heinlein-support.de/news/schulungsprogramm-2026-linux-akademie
Schneller Upload von Dateien & Verzeichnissen in die eigene #Nextcloud direkt per Bash-Skript!
Ideal für #Admins mit SSH-only Zugang:
How to spot a nonconsensual porn account:
0. They're posting photos/clips of *someone else*.
1. They're not part of the community (they don't reply to posts, and they're hardly following anyone).
2. They do a *lot* of hashtag stuffing (30+ hashtags, and they're all NSFW).
3. They post nudes with no credit or attribution (some provide a nod to the model or site, but no links to support them).
4. They don't provide alt-text (because, again, they don't care about community or accessibility).
5. They have wording like "I don't claim to own any of the images I post", and "DM me to have photo removed".
6. They have account names like "XXXPornBot", "Hot4Dick", or "BigNaturals".
7. Their profile photo looks like it was scraped from OnlyFans (and probably was).
8. They post porn photos/clips *prolifically* (and the format is nearly identical).
If you see accounts displaying these behaviors, please report them. They're stealing other people's work and posting photos of their nude bodies without the subject's' consent. It's wrong, and in many places, illegal.
Mods like actionable reports, so be sure to tag appropriate posts and leave a note like "Reposting porn without subject's consent", so we can quickly determine the best course of action.
Lastly, if you like porn, support original content, by local creators. There's plenty of it if you look, and who knows, maybe you'll find some awesome folx and help build a better Fedi in the process.
#DamnTheBotsSaveTheBoobies #SexWorkIsWork #SaveSexySelfies #Porn #Bots #Admins #Moderation
Die #Linux-Shell ist eines der mächtigsten Werkzeuge für #Admins – quasi das Schweizer Taschenmesser für alle, die mit Linux durchstarten wollen.
Unser Dozent und #Shell-Profi Stefan Kania zeigt in seiner Schulung zur Shell-Programmierung für Einsteiger alles, damit du Admin-Routineaufgaben skriptgesteuert durchführen kannst.
Am Kursende nimmst du eine Skript-Sammlung mit nach Hause, die du an deine individuellen Anforderungen anpassen kannst.
👉 Jetzt anmelden:
https://www.heinlein-support.de/schulung/shell-progammierung-einsteiger
Der natürliche Feind des #Admins ist die Dokumentation!
