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IMPORTANT SERVER NEWS: "The Next Stage for Indieweb.social

"I’d been looking for a way to transition this from a small self-run server, admin-centric place—and to turn it into a more user-managed one...I am grateful to have found a solution for all of these needs for this community:

As of April, IndieWeb.social will be owned and managed by the Newsmast Foundation while they move its governance to a user-managed direction..."

Full details:

https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/03/27/the-next-stage-for-indiewebsocial.html

#Admin #IndiewebSocial - FYI everyone this server is now running #Mastodon 4.3.4

Some important security updates here: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.4

#Admin #IndiewebSocial As of noon EST today we will be blocking the federating account @whitehouse & watching the @Potus acount which at the moment is no longer federating. We do this out of concern of harasment for our users.

The previous Presidental posts can be found here which is still federating:
@potus46archive

Open to discussion if limiting & not blocked but is better - but given the rehetoric already coming from the new owner we believe this is the prudent action for our users.

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Although we haven’t received any moderation tickets from Threads users, not a single ticket, Meta’s updated content policy changes are, in our view, an action that by itself warrants a server level response.

Effective Immediately: Limiting Threads at Indieweb.Social At A Server Level

For more read the full statement here: and am very up for any good faith comments or questions in the comments.

Full statement here:

https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/01/10/moderating-threads-at-a-server.html

#Admin #IndiewebSocial #Threads

IMPORTANT: New Policy... A few days ago, I expressed concern over Meta’s new fact-checking and content moderation policies. When Threads announced its move to the Fedi over a year ago, we chose not to take preemptive action. Instead, we saw that we had all the tools needed for proportional responses to potential threats to keep our folks safe. And as we stated then, we would treat Threads.net like any other Fediverse server.

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https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/01/10/moderating-threads-at-a-server.html

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We watch the Meta changes in factchecking, moderation policy, etc, with concern. But this is still true:

"We have all the tools we need for that [protecting our users] ...And if we find ANY server not responsive THEN we block. Protecting our users is our 1st job but we have all we need - without first strike defederation."

That said: If we see ANY abuse of our users from #Threads accounts we will not hesitate to take any actions needed.

https://www.timothychambers.net/2023/06/23/project-and-the.html

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Looking back over this year am thankful for the community that has continued to grow here:

- Over 11,700 registered users
- Over 647,354 posts to date
- Over 1,230+ monthly active users
- About 160 average support tickets resolved per month
- Over 250 Patreon members supporting the server

Grateful to all of you and special thanks to those giving, this site is a labor of love, but I literally could not do this without you.

https://www.patreon.com/c/indiewebsocial

Just updated #BirdUI on this server to version 2.1.1 -- this should fix some bugs found in the mobile UX. Let me know if anyone sees any other new or old issues persisting!

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@kissane Sounds great - happy to be a part for #IndiewebSocial in any way that helps!

#Admin #Indiewebsocial - as we mentioned yestersay - our server today is supporting #VoteEarlyDay and encourages all US citizens that make this your social home to get registered and VOTE today!

Make it happen. You can get more info by following @voteearlyday or by going here: https://voteearlyday.org/vote/

We hope every #FediAdmin and #Mastoadmin join us in sending this non-partisan message to their users today!

#FederateTheVote ✊

#Admin #IndiewebSocial

Tomorrow is #VoteEarlyDay - and our server and a number of others and accounts will be making a push to get the word out - please if you are in the USA go vote early - and post about it!

Help us push across the Fedi to #FederateTheVote
https://voteearlyday.org/vote/

#MastoAdmin #FediAdmin
#USpol

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If you care about a safe fediverse, I highly reocomend that you give to @iftas - our server has, and I am an advisor there.

The value to IFTAS against spam, organized harassment, and other threats to ourusers cannot be overstated, it is one of the most optimistic signs of the fediverse maturing I've seen. Give at the link below:

#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin cc: @fediversenews
https://about.iftas.org/first-50/

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While I am *personally* advocating for #KamalaHarris for US President - this *server* is strictly non-political for US or other countries elections - other than being broadly pro-democracy.

But that said: we ARE supporting at a server #VoteEarlyDay this October 29th. 🗳️

And will be amplifying the @voteearlyday account here, and encourage all my #FediAdmin and #mastoadmin colleuges to do the same at their server levels.

https://mastodon.social/@voteearlyday/113379953087293442

@CassandraVert Hmmm. Looing into it, but don't see that happening to me. Let me know if it continues and I'll chime in if I find something. #Admin #IndiewebSocial

#Admin #IndiewebSocial Some of the most active servers our usrs engage with. Interesting to see the deep value that @flipboard, Newsmast, and even @threads is bringing to our users.

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Just updated this server to #BirdUI version 2.0.3, the latest build. Let us know if you all see any visual bugs or UX issues, but early testing looks good!

#admin #indiewebsocial #SPAM update - we have suspended I think over 30 or 40 accounts and blocked about 12 or more servers.

Do keep reporting any spam you may be seeing to our server!

I do think some of the authors on #IndieWebSocial should look at setting up author tags now that this server is upgraded to 4.3.

Author tags are described here: https://rknight.me/blog/setting-up-mastodon-author-tags/

cc: @web3isgreat @brentsimmons @lonseidman @tedcurran @openscien @laurenshof

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Thanks to our co-moderator @Thor for his help - we both keep dropping the ban hammer on spam servers and spam accounts as we see them - or as we see reports. Lots of server level blocks. Just for users *here* how is it looking?

#Admin #IndiewebSocial - OK we updated the version of #BirdUI again to nightly build, and I think we should be all in sync with the new #Mastodon 3.4 functionatly! Let us know if you see any user interface bugs!