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Chris Koester<p>Why can't I see the correct follower/following numbers for accounts on other (Pixelfed) instances on my own Pixelfed instance?<br>On my own Mastodon instance, however, I can see the correct follower/following numbers for other (Pixelfed) instances.<br>Is this a problem with my Pixelfed instance or my configuration?</p><p>:pixelfed: :mastodon: :fediverse: </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.rzgierskopp.de/tags/Pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pixelfed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.rzgierskopp.de/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.rzgierskopp.de/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.rzgierskopp.de/tags/Followers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Followers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.rzgierskopp.de/tags/Following" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Following</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.rzgierskopp.de/tags/Instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instance</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pixelfed</span></a></span></p>
Bryan (he/him) 🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈<p>I need to find a Mastodon instance that explicitly blocks/bans the use of LLM "ai" generated content.</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instance</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
stu<p>Hey <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://merveilles.town/@neauoire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>neauoire</span></a></span> I was always curious why the black &amp; white design for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/merveilles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>merveilles</span></a> instance? </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/bnw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bnw</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/blackandwhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackandwhite</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instance</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Merveilles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Merveilles</span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>: I imagine an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instance</span></a> only for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/typos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>typos</span></a>, where our typos stir up a wild alphabet salad, post recipes for pasta dishes made from i and L, and debate why they finally have to revolt against the stupid X.<br>Imagine when they separate from our silly <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> and finally get their own life! Of course, mods have to fight fake typos and propaganda for letter twisters! But our typos would be freed from that nasty killing edit feature! Or is the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/edit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>edit</span></a> feature sending them to that instance? 😮 😲</p>
Klaus-Gerd Giesen<p>It looks like <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/europesays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europesays</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spamming</span></a> uses now also the flipboard.social <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instance</span></a> on <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> . Just block the entire instance if you don't want to see the constant <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> .</p>
arkhi<p>Cher Mastodon, tu saurais me recommander une instance ?</p><p>C’est pour une association qui lutte pour une nourriture de qualité accessible à tous !</p><p>Merci !</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instance</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/association" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>association</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/solidaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidaire</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/nourriture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nourriture</span></a></p>
Carlos 카를로스 / 🇪🇺🌱<p>Can anyone recommend a Mastodon instance that prohibits or limits the use of AI?</p><p>I've been browsing the server directory and most don't even mention AI.</p><p>Does the fediverse have no will to fight AI slop or what?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
Don Trueten :verified_root:Unfortunately, the server work took longer than planned. As a result, our #instance and various other services on our domain were unavailable for some time. We apologize for this and are now online again.
Don Trueten :verified_root:Our #instance will be offline for some time starting at 3:00 p.m. due to urgent #hardware work.
George E. 🇺🇸♥🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<p>Heads up <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Sharkey" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sharkey</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/admins" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#admins</a> when <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/upgrading" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#upgrading</a><span>... <br>If you have a lot of </span><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/data" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#data</a> in your <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/instance" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#instance</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/database" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#database</a>, running <code>pnpm run migrate</code> might fail because one or more of the <code>ALTER TABLE...</code> statements might actually timeout on your <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/PostgreSQL" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PostgreSQL</a><span> server!<br><br>To fix this, attach yourself to your </span><code>sharkey</code><span> database and enter the following...<br></span></p><pre><code>ALTER DATABASE sharkey SET statement_timeout = '10min'; ALTER ROLE sharkey SET statement_timeout = '10min';</code></pre>...and try the <code>pnpm run migrate</code><span> command again.<br><br></span><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/SharkeyAdmin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SharkeyAdmin</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/InstanceAdmin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InstanceAdmin</a> <a href="https://sharkey.team/@sharkey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@sharkey@sharkey.team</a><p></p>
Wolkensteine<p>Yay! After rescaling my <a href="https://mastodon.wolkenheim.eu/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.wolkenheim.eu/tags/instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instance</span></a> to have more <a href="https://mastodon.wolkenheim.eu/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a>, I can now upload files again! <br>Ah ... And the reason I wanted to upload something: I've created a small <a href="https://mastodon.wolkenheim.eu/tags/pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pride</span></a> flag that I can have at my desk : )</p>
Tom :damnified:<p>Seit einigen Tagen werden Medien meiner Mastodon-Instanz metalhead.club global verteilt über ein eigenes CDN ausgeliefert. :goose_hacker: </p><p>Das verringert die Latenzen für Benutzer aus nicht-EU Ländern und sorgt für weniger Frust bei den Ladezeiten. </p><p>Was ein CDN ist, welche Implementierungsmethoden es gibt und wie ich mein kleines CDN umgesetzt habe, erfahrt ihr in meinem neuen Blogpost: </p><p>"Ein eigenes kleines CDN für meine Mastodon-Instanz metalhead.club" - <a href="https://thomas-leister.de/mastodon-media-storage-cdn/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thomas-leister.de/mastodon-med</span><span class="invisible">ia-storage-cdn/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/metalheadclub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metalheadclub</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/cdn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdn</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instance</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/mastoadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoadmin</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hosting</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/nginx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nginx</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/scaleway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scaleway</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/dns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dns</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/geoip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geoip</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/geodns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geodns</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/hetzner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hetzner</span></a></p>
Edgar Walthert<p>After attending <a href="https://typo.social/tags/PubConf2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PubConf2025</span></a> yesterday, I chatted with a friend that expressed wanting to get of Instagram.<br>They have been intrigued by me saying, that <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> always has been a pretty <a href="https://typo.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> space. <br>Now I’m looking for the right <a href="https://typo.social/tags/instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instance</span></a> to recommend. But the choices are overwhelming.</p><p>Where would a queer, <a href="https://typo.social/tags/feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feminist</span></a>, intellectual, English language <a href="https://typo.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a>, <a href="https://typo.social/tags/educator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>educator</span></a> in arts, secular Jewish, pro Palestinian, gen-X person feel at home?</p>
Don Trueten :verified_root:Due to a necessary update of our #instance to #Mastodon version v4.4.0-beta.1+glitch we were offline for about 30 minutes. All services are working again as expected.
Klaus-Gerd Giesen<p>I'm glad I finally got rid of the constant <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/spamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spamming</span></a> of <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/europesays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europesays</span></a> and its countless sub-sites, by blocking its <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/pubeurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pubeurope</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instance</span></a> on <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> .The website europesays.com is registered with a simple P.O. Box address in Denver, Colorado, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> ,and provides no online information about who's behind it. Clearly, this is a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>-powered <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a> polluting the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> .</p>
Mr. 30㎝ 🍆💦 :over18: 🔞 [nsfw.social]<p>We seriously need the equivalent of the <a href="https://nsfw.social/tags/NANOG" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NANOG</a> for <a href="https://nsfw.social/tags/FediAdmins" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediAdmins</a> and <a href="https://nsfw.social/tags/InstanceOperators" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InstanceOperators</a>. Anybody working on that? We're happy to host and manage (under our BOFH umbrella) if people want. An out-of-bands communication channel for all <a href="https://nsfw.social/tags/instance" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#instance</a> operators is grossly needed. <a href="https://nsfw.social/tags/MastoAdmin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoAdmin</a> <a href="https://nsfw.social/tags/LemmyAdmin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LemmyAdmin</a> <a href="https://nsfw.social/tags/SharkeyAdmin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SharkeyAdmin</a> <a href="https://nsfw.social/tags/mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://nsfw.social/tags/sharkey" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sharkey</a> <a href="https://nsfw.social/tags/pixelfed" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pixelfed</a> <a href="https://nsfw.social/tags/lemmy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lemmy</a></p>
phanjam<p>so what's this i read that <a href="https://peoplemaking.games" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">peoplemaking.games</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> is about to shut down?</p><p><a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/peoplemakinggames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peoplemakinggames</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instance</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/closing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>closing</span></a></p>
Lydia Conwell :mastodon:<p>So ... I got an email alert from not my last instance, but the instance before that, saying I had a new follower.</p><p>I also had a notification that that same account had followed me on this instance. Not sure what that's all about.</p><p>I thought this account was already following me, but perhaps they changed their instance, which is why I got the sudden re-follow idk. Or maybe they weren't following me at all until now.</p><p>Maybe they've only just accepted my follow request from an instance I was on a couple of years ago.</p><p>It's all a bit Twilight Zone.</p><p>I realise also this post has the word 'instance' in it a lot.</p><p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instance</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
France | République française<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/fr/120288/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/fr/120288/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Formations, vie étudiante… À Marseille, une instance lancée pour «&nbsp;concerter&nbsp;» les universités, l’État et la Région #2025 <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/actu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>actu</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Actualit%C3%A9s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Actualités</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/%C3%A9tudiante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>étudiante</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Formations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Formations</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FR</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lanc%C3%A9e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lancée</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Marseille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marseille</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ProvenceAlpesC%C3%B4teD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProvenceAlpesCôteD</span></a>'Azur <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/R%C3%A9gion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Région</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/R%C3%A9publiqueFran%C3%A7aise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RépubliqueFrançaise</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/une" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>une</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/vie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vie</span></a></p>
Don Trueten :verified_root:<p>A warm welcome to you, new bot in our <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instance</span></a>! We are now publishing the latest oots from our feathered friends via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/@birdpi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>birdpi</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Esslingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Esslingen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/BirdNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BirdNet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Ornithology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ornithology</span></a></p>