As the admin of a 5 person hosted server, it often feels like we are left out of wider conversations. We don't see all comments from all users on posts of people we follow. Is there anything I can do as an admin to make sure we see as much content as possible? #Mastodon #Mastoadmin #Fediadmin #Admin

PeerTube admins and self-hosters,

There is an official PeerTube forum where you can post technical questions, problems and discussions about running your own PeerTube at:

https://framacolibri.org/c/peertube/38

It can also be used by ordinary users asking questions, but it tends to be more at the technical self-hosting end of things.

It's on Framacolibri which is the PeerTube developers' own Discourse instance.

Would be great to be able (without modifying the source code and rebuilding) to get hardware decode/encode working on Peertube Remote Runners.

Well aware of the fact hardware encoding quality isn't as good as software encoding, but being able to utilise the GPU would really increase the scale and capability of the remote runners.

Yes, I should probably just make the changes myself and do a pull request, but JS/TS is absolutely not a strong language for me

If you run a public server with special features such as extended post lengths, additional poll options, rich text etc, you might want to mention these in your server's description.

A lot of new people join big stock Mastodon servers and aren't sure about the differences between servers. Something very concrete like longer posts is a really good way of getting them thinking about moving.

It's not the only reason to move, but it's a good way to get their attention!

Hey Fediverse admins, need to ask some help!

Do you know any forums or groups specifically for Fediverse admins to ask each other technical questions?

To follow on from yesterday's post, servers naturally see more of the Fediverse as their members follow accounts on other servers. If this is happening too slowly for you, there are also ways to more quickly increase the amount of accounts and posts your server can see:

https://fedi.tips/using-relays-to-quickly-expand-a-servers-view-of-the-fediverse

You can also see a complete list of scenarios which make servers notice accounts and posts here:

https://fedi.tips/which-posts-and-accounts-can-i-see-from-my-server

Still seeing posts from server admins that say "boost this post to help my server federate". It's unclear where this idea comes from, as boosting posts does not do anything to help a server federate.

Servers do not connect to entire other servers, they only connect to specific accounts on other servers.

If you want your server to federate more, encourage your server's members to follow more people on other servers, and encourage people on other servers to follow your members.

Are you a club, co-operative, institution, business or other organisation that wants to run a Mastodon server?

If so, you might want to get to know the "roles" system in Mastodon's administrative tools. This is an extremely useful and flexible way of assigning titles and powers to staff on your server. It also includes an (optional) hierarchy which makes cases of disagreement easier to resolve.

You can find out more info about it at:

https://fedi.tips/how-can-organisations-or-groups-run-a-mastodon-server

are there any mastodon forks that don't cache media

(and i really mean mastodon. i am already very familiar with *oma, misskey, etc)

#fediadmin #mastoadmin #mastoadmins #fediadmins #fedimins #mastodon ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Hey folks,

Similar to the recent mastodon.social limiting, we've seen an uptick in spam bots from mastodon.world. As a result, we've limited the instance.

This again means that you'll only be able to see posts from those accounts that you already follow.

Thanks

Someone or some program must have decided that this account is operated by a male human. Today I already got two followers with female erotic avatars and links to websites in their bio. Oh, well. Reported as spam and blocked.

A big thank you to all the #FediAdmin s who do such a good job to remove all the spam I didn't see!

If you're running a Fediverse server, you don't have to keep growing forever!

Some of the most thoughtfully-run and well-moderated servers on the Fediverse close themselves to new members when they reach a sustainable size.

The Fediverse is also much safer in the long run if its members are spread out on many servers.

The Fediverse isn't a startup and there are no investors to worry about. The aim isn't to cash out or gain clout, but to build something humane and sustainable.

I received a "Nicole" spam from (at)nicole31(at)unipar.online

I've reported the spam. However, unipar.online is on v3.4.0 of Mastodon. As best I can tell, it has no active users.

I'm not necessarily calling for a #Fediblock because it's an old enough version of the software that I really can't be sure there are definitely no active users who are real. This is a heads up for #Fediadmin , though.

The "fedi chick" spams continue because spammers are signing up on Mastodon instances with instant signups available. If you're running a Mastodon instance, please switch signups to approval mode instead.

You can do this at Preferences > Administration > Server Settings > Registrations > Who can sign up, set it to "Approval required for signup" and "require a reason to join", then save changes.

If people keep getting spams from your instance, it may end up defederated.

Hat hier schon jemand #Yunohost mit installiertem Mastodon auf Yunohost / Debian 12 gebracht? Wenn ja, gab es Probleme bei der Migration?

When you set up authoritative DNS servers for domains, do you try to have NSes in the same TLD zone to take advantage of Glue recors in the zone (e.g.: .net domain would use name servers under .net too), or intentionally use NSes in separate TLD zones (like major cloud vendors do) ignoring Glue records, but using separate TLDs (.com, .info, ccTLD, etc.) for supposed redundancy in case one TLD registry goes offline?

Or you do not care at all?

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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