suigow.xyz upgraded from #GoToSocial v0.19.0 to v0.19.1. That was easy peasy.
Hallo zusammen!
Wir haben gerade den neuen patch release 4.3.8 auf allen Instanzen ausgerollt. Es ist nur ein kleiner release der ein Sicherheitsproblem behebt.
* https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.8
Viel Grüße und schönen Abend,
Eure Fediverse Foundation
Edit:
PS: bitte wie immer Browser mit Ctrl+Shift+R neu laden, falls ihr Darstellungsprobleme haben solltet.
Gerne boosten!
Ich brauche mal etwas Hilfe: Ich betreibe eine eigene Mastodon-Instanz (bzw. Sharkey), aber irgendwas mache ich wohl falsch. Mein Profilbild und das Verifizierungs-Icon neben meinem Namen werden nur lokal angezeigt – auf anderen Instanzen scheint es nicht synchronisiert zu werden.
Woran könnte das liegen?
#Mastodon #Sharkey #Fediverse #Selfhosting #InstanceAdmin #TechSupport #Linux #Docker #Hetzner #FediAdmin #ActivityPub #Profilbild
ever since the very beginning way back when i first started this instance in late december 2023, it has always said at the very top of the about page
"this is just a humble little instance i started because the domain was miraculously cheap and i figured "why shunt fate?" let's see what this seed blossoms into..."
well here we are a year and a half later and i'm pretty goddamn proud of what this instance has become. and it's always evolving and growing! i met my best friend through this place. helped so many people by giving them a space to express themselves freely and without judgement. and just had an absolutely amazing goddamn time posting and hanging out and being on here. and i think that is absolutely fucking beautiful
New blog post!
This time I talk about the two recent migrations I did with my data:
I migrated my main VPS from a US based VPS provider to @hetzner because I want to have my stuff in Europe.
The second one was the migration of this exact account from which I send this toot, I moved it from Fosstodon to my own GoToSocial instance which I am self-hosting on that Hetzner server.
I hope you will find it useful!
https://stfn.pl/blog/69-migrating-servers-migrating-instances/
We should have a community fund to pay for therapy for all the Fediverse’s admins and mods
I'm not sure that the DARVO approach is the most successful way to respond to critique of a community's management, but I guess we'll find out. #FediAdmin #FediBlockMeta
Our 1000-active-user cap for FLOSS.social is still in effect, and will soon again be reached as we welcome a new wave of community members.
This number is determined as the mean (average) between the "active in last month" and "six months" from the data at: https://floss.social/nodeinfo/2.0
Small servers make for good communities and good federation.
does anyone observe problems with the hetzner's s3-compatible object storage, or is it only me?
Did anyone ever try to move a GoToSocial instance between servers? I want to switch VPS providers, and move my GTS from one server to another, preferably not losing any data in the process. Can it cause problems with federation? My GTS instance uses a SQLite DB and an nginx reverse proxy.
Twoot Space admin announcement: we're going to be silencing Fosstodon (@fosstodon) for 30 days, during which time we'll assess the implications of their mod team makeup and any follow-up actions they take following the revelations linked below on a potential full suspension.
Três flags que não podem faltar na vida de quem usa rclone para backup e sincronização:
--progress
Por essa ninguém esperava: mostra o progresso da atividade
--check-first
Antes de começar a subir, baixar ou apagar coisas, verifica todas as pastas remotas e locais para compará-las
--order-by="size,mixed,80"
Ordena as transferências por tamanho, do menor para o maior, sendo que 80% das filas cuidam dos arquivos menores e o restante fica com os arquivos maiores. Ajuste a porcentagem a gosto.
How problematic are split-domain setups for Fediverse instances? For example, running an instance at subdomain.example.com but having usernames like user@example.com? I know this is technically possible, but I'm seeing very few instances doing it, and I suspect there's a reason for it.
Background: I have a fun domain that I'd like to use for a new instance (and using it with a subdomain would be... less fun) but I don't want to run the server itself on the base domain, because I need that for something else.
I did some quick tests myself and the only problems I found were with some client software - e.g. Phanpy shows the wrong account name user@subdomain.example.com but despite that everything appears to work. Are there any show-stopper issues I might run into later?
Fediverse Statistik
Spannend, was ist denn in den letzten Wochen im #Fediverse passiert? Ich habe mal wieder in die Föderations Statistik meiner kleinen Instanz geschaut und bin etwas überrascht über die Anzahl der monatlich aktiven Nutzer die meine Instanz kennt. Fast fünf Millionen, so viel waren ja lange nicht mehr monatlich im Fediverse aktiv. Und 21 Millionen Nutzer insgesamt. Das könnte auch erklären, warum meine Instanz in letzter Zeit so zäh läuft und leicht überlastet wirkt. Sieht die Statistik bei anderen #Admins und #Instanzbetreibern ähnlich aus oder ist da irgendeine Spam-Instanz aktiv und verfälscht die Statistik?
Derzeit kennt dieser Knoten 23.782 andere Knoten (mit 4.677.762 aktiven Nutzern im letzten Monat, 2,575,556 aktiven Nutzern im letzten halben Jahr, 21.745.161 registrierten Nutzern insgesamt) von den folgenden Plattformen:
Yo chooms, I've created some cyber-alien-tastic emotes again.
If you annoy your instance admin or your mods, they'll probably upload them to your instance!
A HEALTH-CHECK URL would, for example, make sure:
• the web-server is up,
• the database connection is fine,
• maybe query one or more important tables to make sure that still works,
• make sure any 3rd party APIs are working,
• etc.
If any of those things has a problem, then it would return "500 Internal Server Error".
Else (if everything was fine then) it would return "200 OK".
A lot of Fediverse software has a HEALTH-CHECK URL.
But not all Fediverse does.
It would be better if ALL Fediverse software had a HEALTH-CHECK URL.
...
A HEALTH-CHECK URL is a special URL that tell others if the system is running properly.
It would return "200 OK" if everything is fine. And return "500 Internal Server Error" if there is a problem
...
A HEALTH-CHECK URL is important to those who actual run and administrate Fediverse servers
Fediverse Admins, I need your input!
What fundraising/support platforms are you using to help support your instance financially? Are they meeting your expectations? Have you used a provider in the past and been removed from the platform or left because you weren't happy with their service?
I've done a bit of research and put together a comparison of a few different providers.
https://wiki.fediverse.games/en/2025-strategy/donation-platform
vanta rainbow black 
Furciety 
