Is there interest in starting up a new server? I am incentivized to provide something for this niche (or perhaps not-so-niche) part of the fediverse.
It would be a forum. Running NodeBB. Not Mastodon.
As I understand it, the med-mastodon server shut down without warning. I don't know any other way to reach those users. Please boost for visibility 🙏
Is that just me or do 99% of all spam accounts use Gmail addresses to sign up? #fediadmin #mastoadmin
Errata for the new year:
"Can we trust your reports for our instance?"
Well. Maybe.
So, we do check each report for rules violations. We don't just trust other instances' reports. So IF your instance is similar to ours and IF you trust our checks then yes, probs.
Rules:
https://speakeasy.bardicperspiration.com/rules.html
"You banned me / my instance and I want to argue my case!"
Okie. You can do that. But we reserve the right to post the interactions (minus doxy stuff) publicly.
Contact:
Given #PieFed (alternative to Lemmy / Mbin) gained some popularity among #Fediverse #FediAdmin's, it should be mentioned the dev apparently has some very strong opinions they enforce by hardcoding a blacklist of community names such as "memes" and "greentext", preventing federation.
https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi/src/branch/main/app/admin/routes.py#L373
The code calls them "low effort communities". Twice, because huge blocks of code are duplicated. It's a very opinionated spaghetti.
Do not recommend.
Holy shit the amount of child social media laws coming out left and right is crazy. I'm working on it but damn, for a hobby it's a mess.
For The Kids I suppose, I remember back when I was a kid with no gps, no phone, hell not even a bandaid when I fell just wiped it off with my nasty ass hands and went along playing in the wilds of the world until I heard "BRRRRRRYYYYYYSOONNNNNNN" or someone yelling "DINNER!" And going home. Sundown hit and you knew it was time to get that ass home before you got in trouble.
Now you have hoops to jump through left and right out here to "comply" with a simply hobby site "technically" if I don't want to tempt fate.
#fediadmin #nebraska #laws #kidsafety #socialmedia #hobbies #nerd #funahead #comply #compliance
어느 페디버스 서버가 가장 많이 차단을 했으며 차단을 당했는지 통계하는 웹사이트
搭建fedi站点低成本选择
服务器：
VPS
leaseweb的VPS 4核6G内穿100G固态硬盘 价格在3-5$，因为不接受个人用户，所以只能从分销来买
seedbox
比较大些的站点可以买seedbox这类物理服务器，因为都是用了N年的硬件，所以在比较高的配置下价格也相当便宜，8核16G内存几T机械硬盘到几十核几十G内存几十T机械硬盘都有几十$内的价格，就是要做好备份机制，想要提供还不错的可用性就要做不止一台的冗余了
服务器上成本最高的大概要算存储了，本站用户和外部站点缓存的图片视频很容易日积月累下来占用相当高的硬盘空间，不定期删除缓存的站外媒体资源就只会越来越大，毕竟一个用户连续10年发的文本内容，可能还没有几张大点的图片或一个视频占用空间大
站点程序选择
一些轻量级的，资源消耗低的服务端实现，比如gotosocial之类的，但和大多数站点使用的mastodon相比功能上也会有不兼容的地方
一些没法低成本的地方：
服务器的运维
就像家务一样耗费心神，服务器系统的监控，故障处理恢复，程序漏洞打补丁版本升级等等，是永远不会有结束的工作，也是没有严格下班时间的区分
站点运营管理
站点要管理spam，处理站内外的举报投诉，维护社区氛围，天然就是一个或几个管理者对所有成员，越大的站点要应对的就越多，所以也会遇到类似面对“秋天的第一杯奶茶”的店员处理已经打印了十几米的小票那样的爆单，相比简单的经济问题，这些才是成本最高难以量化的地方
It's the end of the year, so let's take a look at 2025 on indieweb.social.
See our full End of Year Report here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/146907409
#IndieWebSocial #Indieweb #FediAdmin #EndOfYear #SocialWeb #ServerStats #AdminUpdate #MastoAdmin
Question for the #MastoAdmin out there, what are you doing to trim down your database size?
While I know 270GB isn't that big for a database, I was hoping to get the size down a bit to look into an affordable managed PostgreSQL service.
Any guidance/advice is appreciated. 🙂
Fediverse admins, to be on the safe side you might want to defederate the gup.pe domain.
It is no longer in use by any Fediverse services as the domain was stolen by domain squatters. Any gup.pe addresses listed on your server's search results are permanently inactive accounts, and there's a small risk they might be taken over by others in the future.
Do #GoToSocial user accounts require unique e-mails, or can multiple users be associated with the same e-mail address?
Edit: Turns out they have to be unique!
💸 Unlock More Support for Your Fediverse Instance! 💸
Dear Admins,
Allowing users to donate any amount can significantly boost your support. Pre-set fixed amounts might limit contributions and discourage potential donors.
I frequently use Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express gift cards, often donating the remaining balances. While a single card might not seem like much, using a dozen or more can add up to a significant contribution. 😇
#Fediverse #Misskey #Mastodon #ActivityPub #Donation #Contribution #Charity #FediAdmin
VineBot no longer federates with #Threads. They are abusing Fediverse integration to entice people to join their platform instead without giving back to the ecosystem. Don't let them! If you’re an ordinary user, block the domain/instance. If you're a #MastoAdmin or #FediAdmin then you may want to defederate them altogether.
Thank you for your continued support.
-@GroupNebula563
Hurtigt spørgsmål!
Er der nogen der har erfaring med opsætning af en Friendica instans? Jeg er ved at sætte en op til OFF frivillige som gerne skulle være rimeligt godt lukket af fra omverdenen.
Jeg tror så jeg har fået vinget for meget af. Den lokale adressebog er tom. Også selvom der i hvert fald burde have mindst tre brugere synlige...
The block list subscription feature in #GoToSocial is 👨🍳💋
My small @gotosocial server already contains 616 custom emojis :blobcatroll:
General recommendation is to stop at 250 or so, but I keep adding more :blobcatfearful:
Does anyone run a #fediverse server with around 1000 emojis? Any warnings or heads-up before I get there? :blobcatboopadorable:
Volle #IPv6-Unterstützung ist leider auch Ende 2025 noch keine Selbstverständlichkeit. Das betrifft auch viele Mastodon-Instanzen, dabei erstaunlicherweise auch die größte von @Mastodon selbst betriebene mastodon.social.
Und auch das "offizielle" #DockerCompose Setup [1] von Mastodon aktiviert kein IPv6.
Es geht dabei nicht um den eingehenden Traffic. Wenn euer HTTP-Proxy per IPv6 erreichbar ist funktioniert das normalerweise.
🧵 1/7
[1] https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/docker-compose.yml
RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@NetscapeNavigator/115743323920225238
People be like:
> " Oh noes!! My site is hacked!! 😱 Why did this happen? ⁉️ "
Well… you were using Mastodon v3 from over 5 years ago. That’s half a decade ago. That could be a clue. 🤡
Meanwhile, Mastodon 5.2 has a known security issue. It’s not exactly critical (not easy to trigger), but support for it ends next month — January 2026.
May I suggest you upgrade!
The current build is 4.5.3 (the nightly build is 4.6).
#Mastodon #FediAdmin #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Administrator #SystemAdmin #Clown
⚠️ Discontinued Notice: ⚠️
A reminder: the 4.2.x branch of Mastodon will be discontinued next month — it will no longer receive updates!
We strongly recommend anyone using this old Mastodon build upgrade to the current 4.5.x branch. If you’re adventurous, knowledgeable, and willing to take some risk, you could try the development 4.6 build.
Above all, move off 4.2.x as soon as possible. 😉
#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Security #InfoSec #InformationSecurity #FediAdmin #Administrator
