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Just updated chaos.social to mastodon v4.5.2. As usually we will need some time to fix all CSS issues. #mastoadmin

The Fediverse makes me anxious sometimes. It's not always pure joy and bliss, especially as an admin.

Top 5 things that make me anxious here:

1. When people can't just agree to disagree, but have to crucify others or report them because they didn't like what they said - or even start a hateful campaign for it
2. When people endlessly nitpick and dissect otherwise good post
3. When the obscure and dark instances or nostr users find your posts and start posting hateful content because of "free speech"
4. When you get judged if you use the wrong word or even hint towards something that someone doesn't agree on
5. When you make a decision in moderation and any decision pisses off someone - lose-lose situation

It's not daily or often times even monthly, but it happens. I'm glad we mostly get along though.

Blocking, fediblocking, reporting and muting are the most important features here.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #Anxiety

My essentially single-user Mastodon server is becoming more expensive to run on @mastohost without doing some cleanup. My problem is that I don’t actually know how/what to clean up.

Early on I used relays to improve federation; I think there’s a TON of data in the db from that which could just be purged, but I don’t want to accidentally lose any user data. A couple of years ago we did run `tootctl statuses remove` but I might have still had a relay enabled more recently.

#Mastodon #MastoAdmin

We just released Mastodon 4.3.3, 4.2.15 and 4.1.22. They contain a few bug fixes as well as a security fix (medium severity, https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-5wxh-3p65-r4g6)

We recommend every instance administrator to update as soon as possible.

If you are using our nightly releases, a container image with the fix has been published with the `nightly.2025-01-17-security` tag.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on our GitHub release page: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/

#mastoadmin

Mastodon admins, if you're looking for a way to find/report accounts affected by the current spam wave, you can run the query below. There may be some false positives, but the results are largely accurate.

Drop into the DB first (sudo -u mastodon psql mastodon_production) and run:

WITH bounds AS (
SELECT ((extract(epoch FROM timestamptz '2026-10-15 00:00:00-04') * 1000)::bigint << 16) AS min_id
),
counts AS (
SELECT m.status_id, COUNT(*) AS mention_count
FROM mentions m, bounds b
WHERE m.status_id >= b.min_id
GROUP BY m.status_id
HAVING COUNT(*) >= 10
)
SELECT s.id,
s.created_at,
a.username || COALESCE('@' || a.domain, '') AS author,
c.mention_count,
COALESCE(s.url, s.uri) AS link
FROM counts c
JOIN statuses s ON s.id = c.status_id
JOIN accounts a ON a.id = s.account_id
WHERE s.deleted_at IS NULL
AND a.suspended_at IS NULL
AND (s.text ILIKE '%google%' OR s.spoiler_text ILIKE '%google%')
ORDER BY s.created_at DESC;

#mastoadmin #fediadmin

Attention Mastodon server operators 🤹🏻

We are working on a new Helm chart for Kubernetes deployments, and the team would appreciate your feedback. See this issue for the new repository (and to provide comments) #mastoadmin

https://github.com/mastodon/helm-charts/issues/13

Hey #fediverse, is there an activitypub application similar to meetup? I would really like to add a trail ride planning platform to Dirt Social and i'm curious if something already exists.

I thought i remembered seeing one somewhere. but i can't find it now.

Thanks!

#mastoadmin #activitypub

🚨 Exciting Announcement!! 🚨

Masto.NYC now has DONATION REWARDS!!!! For monthly donations of at least $5, we'll mail you a four-pack of our exclusive vinyl stickers!

👉 https://masto.nyc/give 👈

Not only is the art made locally, but the stickers are printed here too! We're very proud to offer these and hope you like them as much as we do 😍

As with all donations, these are tax deductible and help cover our costs.

#nyc #newyork #mastoadmin #streetart #mta

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new release of #Fedialgo, the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed, counts the number of times each hashtag appears in your timeline even if people don't use a "#" character to give you a better sense of what people are talking about in the Fediverse.

there's a little bit of art vs. science here because some strings are disqualified from this kind of counting (e.g. a word like "the" should not be counted even if some maniac decided to make it a hashtag) so let me know if you see any weirdly high counts.

* Link: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/
* Code: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed
* Video of FediAlgo in action: https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522

#activitypub #algorithm #algorithmicFeed #algorithmicTimeline #Fedi #FediTips #FediTools #Fediverse #Feed #FOSS #Masto #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #mastohelp #MastoJS #nodejs #node #opensource #SocialWeb #timeline #TL #webdev #hashtag #typescript #hashtags

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If you care about what you're building, don't host your stuff with Hetzner. Don't trust them.

They will take you down without warning and won't answer your queries. For sure, they'll send you an invoice, tho.

Happened before with @Ursalzona and other fediverse servers, happened now with this Peertube instance, and it's best to avoid being their next victim.

Go host your stuff somewhere else. And keep your backup routines working.

@daltux: https://snac.daltux.net/daltux/p/1742167277.002365

#MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #Hetzner

There will be some short downtimes for some maintenance starting now. #mastoadmin

Fedi Instance Admins: S3 buckets and CDNs. Public buckets with a CDN are simple enough.

Private buckets with signed urls...I understand how they work. Call the S3 API to grab a signed URL for a specific private asset, the URL lives short term. Anyone with that signed url can access it (?).

But doesn't it negate the function of a CDN? Seems like using signed URLs would be much more costly since you can't cache them for very long.

#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

We just released Mastodon 4.3.9 and 4.2.22. They contain a number of important bug fixes, and one security-adjacent fix.

If you are running nightly versions, an updated container image is available under the `nightly.2025-07-02` tag

Full release notes and update instructions are available on our GitHub release page:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/

#mastoadmin

There is a new major mastodon release (v4.4.0). As usual we will wait some time for bugs to settle and for us to check everything. Please be patient until then. #mastoadmin

Currently we observe errors on one of our media servers. #mastoadmin

We just released Mastodon 4.3.7 and 4.2.20 and 4.1.25. They contain a few minor bug fixes.

Note that this will most likely be the last Mastodon 4.1 release, and 4.1 will be unsupported in 6 days, so we highly advise you to update if you run it.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on our GitHub release page: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/

#mastoadmin

I just mailed out a short stack of envelopes containing new Masto.NYC donors' sticker packs (https://masto.nyc/stickers).

I’m very aware that one has to be very choosy about one's charitable giving these days. A donation to your Mastodon server not only helps pay its bills—it sends such a strong statement about how much this service means to you.

It's an incredible and humbling morale boost during strange times. Thank you. #MastoNYC #MastoAdmin
https://masto.nyc/@jmac/114258806648262313

Because of AI/LLM signups at our instance, I've decided to disable requests via Mastodon to sign up. If you want an account, please send a mail to info [at] collectifission [dot] nl so we can have a talk before I'm sure you're not a bot.

Sorry, this is the world we live in now.

#MastoAdmin

We just released Mastodon 4.4.3, 4.3.11, and 4.2.24.

These versions contain bugfixes, a fix for a moderate severity rate limit issue, and security issue if you use SAML. In 4.4.3 there are also changes to how quote posts are handled, as we continue to work towards full support for quote posts in the next main release.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page. #mastoadmin

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases

We will start the update to mastodon v4.4.1 in a few minutes. Please expect some downtime. #mastoadmin

#Fediblock recommendation, there's a rogue server cloning real accounts so it can impersonate them. There is no legitimate reason for such behaviour, admins should suspend it ASAP:

mastodon.arell.ai

Admins might want to suspend the main domain:

arell.ai

This would be good in case the owner tries the same stunt on a different subdomain. Blocking the main domain also blocks all of its subdomains.

(via @thomas)

#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

Mastodon Bird UI support for Mastodon v4.6.0 with CSS properties is coming soon. The theme will also be modularized using SCSS partials to match Mastodon's new style infrastructure.

The build process will include npm scripts and Parcel, making the theme ultra-portable for any Mastodon instance, whether added through the Custom CSS textarea or directly by a Mastodon admin.

I'll also create a simple bash script for Mastodon admins to enable the theme as a selectable option more easily than the current fork-and-cut method.

This is no easy feat, but definitely worth it.

GitHub: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui

Progress in the nightly branch.

#MastodonBirdUI #CSS #OpenSource #MastoAdmin #Theming #BirdUI #Mastodon #BuildInPublic

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We just released Mastodon 4.5.3, 4.4.10 and 4.3.16 and 4.2.28.

These versions contain various bug fixes, including a fix for a minor security issue.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases

#mastoadmin

🚨 Alert 🚨

There is a new scam wave spreading across Mastodon.

If you see a post like the one below, do not interact with it. SImply report to your server admin.

Server admins, if you are able, now may be the time to temporarily turn off open sign ups.

As moderators, we will do our best to respond to these reports swiftly. We will also add malicious links to our Newsmast Foundation filters list, meaning the posts should not show on our services.

#MastoAdmin #SpamWave #Scam #Mastodon

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