<p>Quick poll for Mastodon server administrators : what is your biggest pain point between those two?</p><p>You can add a bit more detail in a reply, and I am not interested in other areas.</p><p><a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a></p>
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<p>We just released Mastodon 4.5.1</p><p>This version fixes some bugs found in 4.5.0.</p><p>Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub release page.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r</span><span class="invisible">eleases/tag/v4.5.1</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a></p>
<p>If you're a <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a>, and you've defederated <a href="/tags/threads/" rel="tag">#Threads</a>, change the URL to threads [dot] com.</p>
<p>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.</p><p>Please consider donating to the admin(s) of your local instance! Every bit helps!</p><p>Here's mine for homestead.social and pix.lgbt 💜</p><p><a href="https://ko-fi.com/lilymooncohen" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>ko-fi.com/lilymooncohen</a></p><p><a href="/tags/donate/" rel="tag">#Donate</a> <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/pixelfedadmin/" rel="tag">#PixelfedAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/fediadmin/" rel="tag">#FediAdmin</a></p>
<p>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.</p><p>This number is determined as the mean (average) between the "active in last month" and "six months" from the data at: <a href="https://floss.social/nodeinfo/2.0" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>floss.social/nodeinfo/2.0</a></p><p>Small servers make for good communities and good federation.</p><p><a href="/tags/fediadmin/" rel="tag">#FediAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a></p>
<p>We just released Mastodon 4.3.8 and 4.2.21. They contain a few minor bug fixes and a minor security fix.</p><p>If you are running nightly versions, an updated container image is available under the `nightly.2025-05-07-security` tag</p><p>Full release notes and update instructions are available on our GitHub release page: <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r</span><span class="invisible">eleases/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a></p>
<p>We just released Mastodon 4.4.6, 4.3.14, and 4.2.27.</p><p>These versions contain security fixes, as well as a few other bugfixes mostly related to handling of quote posts.</p><p>Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r</span><span class="invisible">eleases</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a></p>
<p>New Mastodon Release</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/mastodon.social/mastodon.png" class="emoji" alt=":mastodon:" title=":mastodon:"> v4.5.6 <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/mastodon.social/mastodon.png" class="emoji" alt=":mastodon:" title=":mastodon:"></p><p><a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.6" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.6"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r</span><span class="invisible">eleases/tag/v4.5.6</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#Mastoadmin</a></p>
<p>We just released Mastodon 4.5.2, 4.4.9 and 4.3.15.</p><p>These versions contain small bug fixes.</p><p>Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r</span><span class="invisible">eleases</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a></p>
<p>Some interesting insights from the 2024 <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.iftas.org/@iftas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iftas</span></a></span> Fediverse Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report.</p><p>- most communities operate on donations<br>- very few moderators receiving compensation<br>- roughly 1 moderator for every 1,200 active accounts<br>- only 16% of communities have 24–hour moderator coverage<br>- nearly 1/2 of moderator teams lack formal guidance<br>- 1 in 5 moderators report experiencing trauma or burnout this year</p><p><a href="https://about.iftas.org/2024/12/17/the-2024-iftas-needs-assessment-report-is-here/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.iftas.org/2024/12/17/the-2024-iftas-needs-assessment-report-is-here/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.iftas.org/2024/12/17/the</span><span class="invisible">-2024-iftas-needs-assessment-report-is-here/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/fediadmin/" rel="tag">#FediAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/iftas/" rel="tag">#IFTAS</a> <a href="/tags/trustandsafety/" rel="tag">#TrustAndSafety</a></p>
<p>URGENT MASTODON HOSTING HELP NEEDED:</p><p>Mstdn.games is searching for a new hosting company after our host has not responded to technical help requests and the instance has been slowing and having technical issues for over a month. Auto payments have continued to be taken out. </p><p>If you know of anyone who could help with this, please contact me asap. </p><p>We are on Mastodon 4.5.5 with Elasticsearch. </p><p>Our database is 132 GB <br>Our media storage is 200 GB </p><p>Please help! <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/admin/" rel="tag">#Admin</a></p><p>Edit: I’m located in Canada and prefer a Canadian or EU host.</p>
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<p>Looks like Mastodon is finally getting some built in functionality to fetch missing replies:</p><p><a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/32615" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/32615"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p</span><span class="invisible">ull/32615</span></a></p><p>🥳</p><p><a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a> <a href="/tags/fedifetcher/" rel="tag">#fedifetcher</a></p>
<p>If a Mastodon server closes down, members can download offline post archives, but there's currently no official way to display these archives online.</p><p>A proposed solution by <a href="https://oliphant.social/@oliphant" rel="nofollow">@oliphant</a> is a static website generator they have created called "Posty", which turns Mastodon public post archives into standalone static public websites:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://codeberg.org/oliphant/posty" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>codeberg.org/oliphant/posty</a></p><p>It could be useful for servers that are closing down, admins could perhaps offer this as a service to their members.</p><p><a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/fediadmin/" rel="tag">#FediAdmin</a></p>
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<p>Let it snow! ❄️</p><p>I have added snow to my instance during the winter holidays. It's a tiny JS canvas and fades out on scroll down. The snow is also respecting the system accessibility settings, it won't be there if you prefer reduced motion.</p><p>Here's the source code for server admins: <a href="https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon/commit/9bf1563af50842a5f61b34b7cc095fb746e5d15b#diff-5fcd1b6168ec33e0eff0a05fcdeacfab68e261215bbdb719be6b3526173be770" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon/commit/9bf1563af50842a5f61b34b7cc095fb746e5d15b#diff-5fcd1b6168ec33e0eff0a05fcdeacfab68e261215bbdb719be6b3526173be770"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mas</span><span class="invisible">todon/commit/9bf1563af50842a5f61b34b7cc095fb746e5d15b#diff-5fcd1b6168ec33e0eff0a05fcdeacfab68e261215bbdb719be6b3526173be770</span></a><br>See the snow yourself: <a href="https://mementomori.social" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mementomori.social</a></p><p><a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/javascript/" rel="tag">#JavaScript</a> <a href="/tags/coding/" rel="tag">#Coding</a> <a href="/tags/programming/" rel="tag">#Programming</a> <a href="/tags/snow/" rel="tag">#Snow</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#Winter</a> <a href="/tags/letitsnow/" rel="tag">#LetItSnow</a> <a href="/tags/mementomorisocial/" rel="tag">#MementomoriSocial</a></p>
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<p>ummm 😅 guess we're going to have some surprise maintenance tonight! <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/masto.nyc/warren_liberty.png" class="emoji" alt=":warren_liberty:" title=":warren_liberty:"> </p><p>Expect some downtime later for upgrades!</p><p><a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a></p>
<p>We just released Mastodon 4.3.4, 4.2.17 and 4.1.23. They contain bug fixes as well as security fixes (medium severity)</p><p>We recommend every instance administrator to update as soon as possible.</p><p>If you are using our nightly releases, a container image with the fix has been published with the `nightly.2025-02-28-security` tag.</p><p>Full release notes and update instructions are available on our GitHub release page: <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r</span><span class="invisible">eleases/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a></p>
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<p>Ω🪬Ω<br><a href="/tags/fedialgo/" rel="tag">#FediAlgo</a>, the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed, is now deployed on Github Pages and can be used from your web browser.</p><p>* Link: <a href="https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fe</span><span class="invisible">dialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/</span></a><br>* Code: <a href="https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/f</span><span class="invisible">edialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed</span></a><br>* Video of FediAlgo in action: <a href="https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">universeodon.com/@cryptadamist</span><span class="invisible">/114395249311910522</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#activitypub</a> <a href="/tags/algorithm/" rel="tag">#algorithm</a> <a href="/tags/algorithmicfeed/" rel="tag">#algorithmicFeed</a> <a href="/tags/algorithmictimeline/" rel="tag">#algorithmicTimeline</a> <a href="/tags/fedi/" rel="tag">#Fedi</a> <a href="/tags/feditips/" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> <a href="/tags/feditools/" rel="tag">#FediTools</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/feed/" rel="tag">#Feed</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/masto/" rel="tag">#Masto</a> <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/mastohelp/" rel="tag">#mastohelp</a> <a href="/tags/mastojs/" rel="tag">#MastoJS</a> <a href="/tags/nodejs/" rel="tag">#nodejs</a> <a href="/tags/nod/" rel="tag">#nod</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#opensource</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/timeline/" rel="tag">#timeline</a> <a href="/tags/tl/" rel="tag">#TL</a> <a href="/tags/webdev/" rel="tag">#webdev</a></p>
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<p>We just released Mastodon 4.2.12, fixing a bug introduced in 4.2.11 which caused notifications for mentions from local moderator accounts to be dropped. If you updated to 4.2.11, we strongly recommend you to upgrade to 4.2.12.</p><p>Version 4.1.19 is not impacted.</p><p>Release notes and upgrade instructions are available on our GitHub Releases page: <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r</span><span class="invisible">eleases</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a></p>
<p>Just updated chaos.social to mastodon v4.5.2. As usually we will need some time to fix all CSS issues. <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a></p>
<p>The Fediverse makes me anxious sometimes. It's not always pure joy and bliss, especially as an admin.</p><p>Top 5 things that make me anxious here:</p><p>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<br>2. When people endlessly nitpick and dissect otherwise good post<br>3. When the obscure and dark instances or nostr users find your posts and start posting hateful content because of "free speech"<br>4. When you get judged if you use the wrong word or even hint towards something that someone doesn't agree on<br>5. When you make a decision in moderation and any decision pisses off someone - lose-lose situation</p><p>It's not daily or often times even monthly, but it happens. I'm glad we mostly get along though. </p><p>Blocking, fediblocking, reporting and muting are the most important features here.</p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/anxiety/" rel="tag">#Anxiety</a></p>
<p>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, <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-5wxh-3p65-r4g6" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-5wxh-3p65-r4g6"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/mastodon/s</span><span class="invisible">ecurity/advisories/GHSA-5wxh-3p65-r4g6</span></a>)</p><p>We recommend every instance administrator to update as soon as possible.</p><p>If you are using our nightly releases, a container image with the fix has been published with the `nightly.2025-01-17-security` tag.</p><p>Full release notes and update instructions are available on our GitHub release page: <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r</span><span class="invisible">eleases/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a></p>
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<p>Attention Mastodon server operators 🤹🏻 </p><p>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) <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a> </p><p><a href="https://github.com/mastodon/helm-charts/issues/13" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/mastodon/helm-charts/issues/13"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/helm-chart</span><span class="invisible">s/issues/13</span></a></p>
<p>Hey <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a>, 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. </p><p>I thought i remembered seeing one somewhere. but i can't find it now. </p><p>Thanks! </p><p><a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#activitypub</a></p>
<p>🚨 <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/masto.nyc/warren_liberty.png" class="emoji" alt=":warren_liberty:" title=":warren_liberty:"> Exciting Announcement!! <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/masto.nyc/warren_liberty.png" class="emoji" alt=":warren_liberty:" title=":warren_liberty:"> 🚨</p><p>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!</p><p>👉 <a href="https://masto.nyc/give" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>masto.nyc/give</a> 👈</p><p>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 😍 </p><p>As with all donations, these are tax deductible and help cover our costs.</p><p><a href="/tags/nyc/" rel="tag">#nyc</a> <a href="/tags/newyork/" rel="tag">#newyork</a> <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a> <a href="/tags/streetart/" rel="tag">#streetart</a> <a href="/tags/mta/" rel="tag">#mta</a></p>
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<p>Ω🪬Ω<br>new release of <a href="/tags/fedialgo/" rel="tag">#Fedialgo</a>, 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>* Link: <a href="https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fe</span><span class="invisible">dialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/</span></a><br>* Code: <a href="https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/f</span><span class="invisible">edialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed</span></a><br>* Video of FediAlgo in action: <a href="https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">universeodon.com/@cryptadamist</span><span class="invisible">/114395249311910522</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#activitypub</a> <a href="/tags/algorithm/" rel="tag">#algorithm</a> <a href="/tags/algorithmicfeed/" rel="tag">#algorithmicFeed</a> <a href="/tags/algorithmictimeline/" rel="tag">#algorithmicTimeline</a> <a href="/tags/fedi/" rel="tag">#Fedi</a> <a href="/tags/feditips/" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> <a href="/tags/feditools/" rel="tag">#FediTools</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/feed/" rel="tag">#Feed</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/masto/" rel="tag">#Masto</a> <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/mastohelp/" rel="tag">#mastohelp</a> <a href="/tags/mastojs/" rel="tag">#MastoJS</a> <a href="/tags/nodejs/" rel="tag">#nodejs</a> <a href="/tags/node/" rel="tag">#node</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#opensource</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/timeline/" rel="tag">#timeline</a> <a href="/tags/tl/" rel="tag">#TL</a> <a href="/tags/webdev/" rel="tag">#webdev</a> <a href="/tags/hashtag/" rel="tag">#hashtag</a> <a href="/tags/typescript/" rel="tag">#typescript</a> <a href="/tags/hashtags/" rel="tag">#hashtags</a></p>
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