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People keep asking, "when will they fix it?" But the answer is, we are them, they are us!
Power, laws, and systems only work because we believe in them. The world won’t change by waiting. Real change begins when we stop sleeping through injustice and realize we are the ones we’ve been waiting for.
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Are You Helping to Propagate BS?
Do Not Propagate BS
It always amazes me when I watch people vehemently oppose a post they disagree with. Even when they do not know the poster or anyone on the post. I do not think they truly understand what they are doing. They are making that post they disagree with more popular and ensuring (or at least contributing to the assurance) that it will have a wider propagation across the Fedi.
Priority of what gets most rapidly spread across the Fedi is governed by several metrics and it is not standardized between the different Instance types either. Though one critical metric will always speed a post across the Fedi and that is reactions. The more reactions a post has the quicker it will propagate. It does not matter if that is positive or negative reactions. It only matters that post got attention. Make no mistake, a comment is considered a reaction. Even if you do not click a Thumbs up or Thumbs down you are reacting by commenting.
So if you are tired of seeing posts you find ridiculous maybe you should start ignoring them instead of boosting them by reacting to them.
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Culling of Inactive Members
Culling Inactive Members
I have began deleting accounts that have had no activity for 3 month. In some cases less if it appears the account was established for the purpose of spamming (marketing) the Instance. I have set a cap to the max users before registration closes. To be sure that the Instance stays viable within my budget. As I have stated before if the Instance appears to be able to handle more users than the current cap I will raise the ceiling.
I do not expect that a user has to post everyday or even weekly to be considered active. Though I have to draw the limit somewhere. I decided that a quarter of a year of inactivity was a pretty fair limit. If you are going to be offline for an extended period of time and not sure that you will be able to login then let me know and I will make sure to preserve your account.
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I do not know that he has dementia. Though he gets away with lying and saying whatever he wants to in his business life so he expects that he should be able to get away with it in politics. The issue is we do not work for him, he works for us. So the correlation he has made in his mind is without a bases.
Web apps are one of the best-kept secrets of the internet. If you haven't tried them before, they are worth giving a go.
There are web apps for almost all Fediverse platforms including Mastodon. You can find out more at:
➡️ fedi.tips/how-to-install-web-a…
Web apps are a mixture of website and app store app, combining many of the best features of both. The restrictions imposed by Apple and Google's app stores do not apply to web apps, so web apps tend to get more features more quickly.
How to install Web Apps for Mastodon and the Fediverse | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
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web apps can be very fantastic and thanks for sharing this! Imo, one of the biggest hurdles for them still though is feature parity across device and browsers. Also the UX isn't always well considered for all device types and some native features that people expect for their apps may not be implemented in the web app version.
If we can overcome some of these limitations (and others, then web apps could become even more powerful and that would definitely be cool and strengthen the open social web even more as you pointed out!
In the case of federated networks like the Fediverse, web apps have an unusual advantage due to badly-written app store rules that try to hold client makers responsible for the content of instances.
This has been especially noticeable on the PeerTube app store app for example, the iOS version has not been allowed by Apple to have sign-ins onto the user's choice of instance. Meanwhile the PeerTube web app has no restrictions at all on where the user can sign in.
Rules & Terms Of Services
Please note that I deleted your post as it violates the Rules & Terms Of Services of this Instance. You may not use this Instance for marketing purposes. Please familiarize yourself with the Rules & Terms Of Services before posting again.
If any Mastodon instances are having trouble with their coats growing out of control, ping me and see if can help lower your bill.
Apparently a recently closed instance was paying $300/month for hosting which is insane to read considering how small of an instance it was. When we had 40k monthly users I was paying about $120/month so an instance with less than 400 total users (not MAU) should be super cheap to run even with a few TB of storage and bandwidth.
It hurts my heart to read instances closing down over costs and finding out they’re paying more than instances 10x their size. 😢
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Jeff (of the internet) (@jeff@newsie.social)
Attached: 1 image Another Mastodon server gone. Airwaves.Social shut down & off the air for good. Reason: Costs! https://vmst.io/@User47/114508192446827453 Running a Mastodon server isn’t free & it’s often thankless. But it is essential.Newsie
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@heinragas finding a good managed hosting option that's within your budget is like the holy grail for most people. I guess the problem people are having with managed hosts is as they grow the costs can balloon out of control.
Somebody mentioned earlier that they disabled sign-ups once they reached a capacity they were comfortable with in terms of performance, budget, and overall management which is the real key to running a Mastodon instance.
Beauty Out Of Its Element
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Fat or Carb?
I Ate 100 TBSP Of BUTTER In 10 Days: Here Is What Happened To My BLOOD
Get the Highest Quality Electrolyte https://euvexia.com . Ever wonder what happens to your cholesterol, blood fats, and blood test labs if you eat a lot of...YouTube
Eat Meat & Fruit?
Why Paul Saladino, MD Quit A 100% Carnivore Diet, Impacts of Cholesterol, And the Value of Insulin
Join the Ultimate Human VIP community and gain exclusive access to Gary Brecka's proven wellness protocols today!: https://bit.ly/4ai0XwgGet weekly tips from...YouTube
Eat Meat?
Dr Shawn Baker: The Ultimate Carnivore Beginner Guide (EAT THIS)
Dr. Shawn Baker shares the ultimate guide to start the Carnivore diet for beginners, plus his best Carnivore tips. Start Carnivore with GoCarnivore: https://...YouTube
Freedom of Choice v Freedom from Choice
Freedom of Choice versus Freedom from Choice
I am not a antivaxer. Though I do believe that choice is important. It is often found that freedom requires a level of risk. If we trade our freedom for security then we will eventually find that we have neither.
youtu.be/I5qamYpmODA?si=BR1kPK…
Freedom of Choice? - How the GOVERNMENT and LOBBIES influence YOU | ENDEVR Documentary
Freedom of Choice: How the Government Controls What You Consume | Lobby Industry | Business Documentary from 2014Life is about choice. What we eat, what we r...YouTube
Scheduled Restarts
Scheduled Restarts
In a perfect world you can just leave services running indefinitely and all is well. We do not live in a perfect world. To be sure that no memory leaks grow (assuming their could be some) I have set the services to restart everyday between 5:45am - 6:00am UTC. This will equate to around the 2:45am - 3:00am EST. In any case this is a very slow period of time for the Instance which is why I chose this time frame. Now it takes seconds for any one of the services to reload and you will really not even notice if it happens while you are doing something on the Instance. The benefits should far outweigh any deficit experienced do to the restarts.
note: In regards to memory leaks it is really only php-fpm that would needs restarting. Though restarting mariadb, php-fpm and apache (in that order) will keep the whole system fresh. Besides I needed to be sure that apache will get restarted whenever my CA cert from EncryptIt gets renewed to be sure that the new cert will be used.
Have a great day and Enjoy you stay on the Fediverse!
Judge orders Border Patrol to halt illegal stops in the Central Valley, after dozens arrested in raids – Los Angeles Times
The days long raid around Bakersfield sparked outrage after video circulated of agents slashing the tires of a gardener who was a citizen on his way to work and raised fears that tactics could become the become the new norm in the largely agricultural area.
Jennifer Thurston, a U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, said in an 88-page order that evidence presented by ACLU lawyers established “a pattern and practice” of violating people’s constitutional rights when detaining people without reasonable suspicion. And then violating federal law by executing warrantless arrests without determining flight risk.
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Judge orders Border Patrol to halt illegal stops in the Central Valley, after dozens arrested in raids
A federal judge found Border Patrol agents engaged in "a pattern and practice" of violating people's constitutional rights, after they detained and arrested dozens in a Central Valley raid in January.Rachel Uranga (Los Angeles Times)
Advocates Warn GOP Just Unveiled 'Most Dangerous Higher Ed Bill in US History'
"This is the boldest attempt we've seen in recent history to segregate higher education along racial and class lines," said the Debt Collective.julia-conley (Common Dreams)
America has forgotten that State Universities (not Ivy league private Institutions) are funded from our Tax Dollars. They used to be free. Then you had to pay for your own books, then you had pay some tuition to offset costs. Though tax dollar contributions have not decreased. We are being Taxed to run these institutions and then charged to attend them. This is ridiculous. It needs to end and education needs to be thought of as a right and not a privilege.
Given what's goin' on Fosstodon-wise, there is presumably a few more people than usual trying to figure out what their next Fedi home should be. If you already have a bit of a following, my suggestion is not to join an instance, but BE an instance (i.e. set up a personal instance). Here's some related stuff I've written and resources!
- Owning my own social: shellsharks.com/own-my-social
- #GoToSocial on K&T Host: shellsharks.com/notes/2025/01/…
- Hosting providers list: shellsharks.com/notes/2023/08/…
Owning My Own Social
A walkthrough of how and why I stood up my own personal Mastodon instance.shellsharks
A Guide to Implementing ActivityPub in a Static Site (or Any Website) - Q1 2025 Updates
Bringing Static Sites to the Fediverse: Enhancements and Implementations Integrating static sites into this ecosystem via the ActivityPub protocol presents unique challenges and opportunities.maho.dev
@samuel I personally don't use Ghost so couldn't tell you much more beyond what's on their website and repo.
github.com/TryGhost/ActivityPu…
What you described is my general understanding.
GitHub - TryGhost/ActivityPub: A full-featured ActivityPub server for networked publishing with Ghost
A full-featured ActivityPub server for networked publishing with Ghost - TryGhost/ActivityPubGitHub
yeah I had a look into it, and looks like that are working on as well as taking input from the community for, adding an ActivityPub and Fediverse backend to their product. Hopefully it will be part of their opensource version and not just their hosted version 😁
I saw this page: activitypub.ghost.org which is for their paid version I think buit their documentation leads to this ghost.org/tutorials… and a form for all of us that are interested to fill out: tally.so/r/m67X4P
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We chat about all things open source with TechHut Media, share updates about Ghost, and provide some code and design inspiration.Team Ghost (Tutorials)
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Short Work Cycle
Starting my short work cycle, will be finished this Saturday.
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Yes, but there will still be issues between light and dark mode. Cyan will be Cyan whether I use the name or hex value.
Okay, that is good. I would still just have to test and see what looked good on both dark and light and I will probably just stop using color for a while due to that. It is just more fuss than it is worth really. I had not even really considered that others would be using a light theme 😉.
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@claralistensprechen5th@friendica.rogueproject.org wrote:
...except that the color I used was DARK cyan. As long has you have no red and equal parts blue and green, you have cyan.
I had no idea. I am not a painter or artist of that nature. I will have to remember to consult you when I need advice on such things. 😀
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The option is not in the posting frame. You use BBcode. I have Markdown & Mathjax addons enabled too but you have to enable that in your settings to use it.
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#MorningAll & #TZAG G’day Squirrel Fans, hope I find you bright eyed & bushy tailed!
I started typing this at 8am, & then got distracted!
Happy Thursday all! 😊
Cashew later Peeps, have a fabulously nutty day #Today ! 😊🫶
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@weirdfolks #WeirdFolks #SquirrelsOfMastodon #TheMammutMoves
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