bigfoot (@bigfoot@divas.joburg)
Speed running 4 Mastodon version updates, and now my profile timeline doesn't load anymore 💀 back to the DB migrations I go #fediadmin
Edit: if you are an admin, 4.4.2 has security fixes: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/114903207379555471
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herrthees (@herrthees@wue.social)
Die Zodiakal-Scheinwerfer geputzt und das Neutronenöl gewechselt -- jeder fliegt das Raumschiff #WueSocial weiter mit Warp 4.4.2 durch das #Fediverse
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.2
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ml (@ml@mitexleo.one)
This is ridiculous for a single-user instance.
#mastodon #mastoadmin #fediadmin
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notes (@notes@enby.life)
Content warning:admin question, regarding possibly dangerous fedi software
Uh, is mitra one of those fedi software forks that should be a red flag to fedi admins?
#FediAdmin #AskFedi
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koalie (@koalie@w3c.social)
This instance sign-up rationale wins the "honesty" award:
> "TBH i don't know"
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notes (@notes@sharkey.lgbt)
And now it's time for your semi-regular reminder that the fediverse is ran by volunteers usually paying for hosting costs out of their own pockets.
Please consider donating to the admin(s) of your local instance! Every bit helps!
Here's mine for homestead.social and pix.lgbt 💜
https://ko-fi.com/lilymooncohen
#Donate #MastoAdmin #PixelfedAdmin #FediAdmin
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koalie (@koalie@w3c.social)
This instance sign-up reason really sends mixed signals:
> " I wan't an account because I need to get my life big and I'm trying to do it at a fast pace cuz my life and my kids have been taken and I need help ASAP."
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koalie (@koalie@w3c.social)
When I look at the "reason to join" people supply, I'm mighty glad that the @w3c Mastodon instance requires approval for sign-up!
Plus, it's the one barrier that exists to prevent spamming bots.
Approval required for sign-up should be the default!
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gunchleoc (@gunchleoc@mastodon.scot)
If you want to use a retractable block list for the current spam wave, use this script: https://mastodon.scot/@gunchleoc/111974599296575736
I'll provide the configuration in follow-up posts
IFTAS is hosting a list for the current spam wave: https://mastodon.iftas.org/@iftas/113273669404917189
And Seirdy has instructions for *oma instances: https://pleroma.envs.net/objects/a98a016a-0378-4620-bcf5-e0e6632a48f7
#MastoAdmin #MastoMod #FediAdmin #Spam
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austin (@austin@mstdn.party)
Finally, an updated #introduction: Hello! From #Shanghai to #Montreal, now in #NewYorkCity. Master #student in #ComputerScience at #NYU Tandon, still struggling to figure out what I gonna do next. Gained notoriety for making Barinsta, now I hang out in #Matrix and ActivityPub circles and code stuff once in a while. Am a #FediAdmin. Fervent user of #PublicTransport. Knows too little of too many things. Posts are #SliceOfLife + minor commentaries. Happy to have an IRL #meetup with y'all!
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Raccoon (@Raccoon@techhub.social)
Content warning:Block Reccomendations: The TechHub Public Block List, WORST 200 instances. UPDATE
Of the tens of thousands of servers on the fediverse, there are about 200 or so which have administrations which actively support Naziism, Pedophilia, Terrorism, and other serious issues which #Moderation on mainstream Fedi blocks on sight.
TechHub only blocks instances we see as a serious threat to our timeline / users, but we are old and I am thorough, and thus, we've accumulated a considerably large (200+) list of the WORST instances. I publish a curated and annotated version of this list so that #Staff / #FediAdmin s can see it, and potentially import all or part of our blocks.
You can find it at...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H6TljzFoEtZ23QE_vaGlJUl6bC7J1I4J/
In light that moderation issues will increase as we near the US Election, I have just pushed another update. I HIGHLY recommend every admin look at this, and consider importing all or part of it.
- TechHub Moderation
#FediBlock #InstanceBlock #FediAntisemitism #FediRacism
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Raccoon (@Raccoon@techhub.social)
Content warning:Block Reccomendations: The TechHub Public Block List, ~200 instances. UPDATE
UPDATE:
Vetted and added a few more instances, mostly what was missing from Binbows' PediKill list.
New list is at the same URL as the old one, can be imported on top of existing lists, see above post for details...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H6TljzFoEtZ23QE_vaGlJUl6bC7J1I4J
Reminder that this list is representative of instances where we have seen EXTREME behavior, beyond a single account: racial slurs, pedophilia, terrorism, CSAM, etc.
This list is not exhaustive: it is everything WE have seen direct cases of behavior we would block over, and we try to block sparingly. Instances may have slipped through the cracks. Not being on this list is not an endorsement.
This list is NEW. If anyone sees anything on this list that they feel was inappropriate, feel free to tell me, and I will go recheck it.
- TechHub Moderation
#FediBlock #InstanceBlock #FediAdmin #FediMod #Moderation #Racism #CSAM
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