Mike Fraser, the admin of journa.host, has graciously offered to open registrations for #federatedpress users. If you want to stay on a journalism-focused server, journa.host is the best option.

Email me ([email protected]) for a pre-approved invite link to signup, or see the server announcements. You can also sign up for journa.host directly, and mention you’re coming from federated.press in the reason for joining.

https://journa.host/about

Journa.host

The server for working journalists and news outlets on Mastodon. Home to active & retired journalists, media scholars, and a variety of news and journalism adjacent professionals. #Newstodon

Mastodon hosted on journa.host

Hey #federatedpress folks, I have some bad news and this is an important announcement, so please read. 🧵

In short, federated.press will be shutting down, and you'll need to archive your data and transfer your account/followers to a new server by June 30, 2026.

Read the full announcement here.

https://funny-newsprint-cfa.notion.site/federated-press-shutdown-notice-32e2cefebc078019915bf522b3e4d96c

federated.press shutdown notice | Notion

In the past three weeks, federated.press experienced an ongoing issue with missing media files: images, videos, and profile photos uploaded in the past were unavailable due to a failure at our managed hosting provider. See my earlier thread here for an incident report and more details:

funny-newsprint-cfa on Notion

Given this uncertainty, I'm advising #federatedpress users to transfer their accounts and followers to a new server as soon as possible. You can find instructions on how to do that here: 🧵/

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/
https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/

Moving or leaving accounts - Mastodon documentation

Take your information and do what you want with it.

federated.press has been experiencing an ongoing issue with missing media files: images, videos, and profile photos uploaded in the past are currently unavailable due to a failure at our managed hosting provider.

You can follow the full incident on our status page for more details. After 20 days without a resolution, I don't know if or when this will be fixed, and users deserve to know their options. 🧵/

https://status.federated.press/incidents/xOkSOo

#federatedpress

federated.press - Image uploads are failing and existing images fail to load - Status

federated.press Status

Quick update for #federatedpress users.

Our web hosting provider has been having some ongoing issues with media storage, and is currently working on restoring some data.

If you've noticed that some images are missing/not displaying correctly, this is why.

See our status page for a running incident report. I'm posting updates there as I know more:

https://status.federated.press/incidents/xOkSOo

Sorry for the trouble!

federated.press - Image uploads are failing and existing images fail to load - Status

federated.press Status

Just approved a bunch of new users, suspended some unmoderated servers, and cleaned up trending news and hashtags.

If you enjoy #FederatedPress and want to keep it going, please become a monthly contributor.

(We lost all of our recurring contributors when Open Collective Foundation shut down earlier this year and are starting from $0 — I'm back to funding the server myself.)

Any amount helps!

https://hcb.hackclub.com/donations/start/federatedpress

Donate to federated.press

Donate to federated.press. Your contribution will be tax-deductible.

HCB

Hey y'all, I'm happy to announce that #FederatedPress has a new fiscal host, and we can once again receive tax deductible donations!

If you were previously a monthly or annual contributor to federated.press (or if you have an account and would like to help sustain the service/community), please head over to our new donations page and renew your membership.

https://hcb.hackclub.com/donations/start/federatedpress

Choose "Monthly" and enter the amount that works for you. You can also make a one-time contribution.

Donate to federated.press

Donate to federated.press. Your contribution will be tax-deductible.

HCB

Important announcement regarding federated.press funding

Open Collective Foundation (OCF)—our fiscal host that allows us to receive tax-deductible donations to pay our server expenses—is shutting down.

Payments from current monthly/annual donors will be paused on March 15 (this Friday) until we find a new fiscal host or organizational structure.

Read more here:

https://opencollective.com/federatedpress/updates/important-announcement-regarding-federated-press-funding

#FederatedPress

Important announcement regarding federated.press funding - federated.press

Open Collective Foundation (OCF), our fiscal host that allows us to receive tax-deductible donations to pay our server expenses, is shutting down. While we technically have until the end of 2024 to find a new fiscal host, Open Collective wi...

#FederatedPress announcement:

Open Collective Foundation (the 501(c)(3) fiscal host that we use to collect member contributions to pay our server expenses) has announced that they're shutting down by the end of 2024, and will stop accepting contributions on March 15 (basically in 2 weeks).

This pertains to Open Collective Foundation (OCF); the Open Collective _platform_ will continue to operate. See the official announcement here:

https://opencollective.com/foundation/updates/announcement-we-are-dissolving-open-collective-foundation-at-the-end-of-this-year

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#Mastodon #MastoAdmin

ANNOUNCEMENT: Open Collective Foundation Dissolving Effective 12/31/2024 - Open Collective Foundation

It is with heavy hearts that we inform our community that our Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to dissolve the Open Collective Foundation (OCF), effective December 31, 2024. We are beginning...

It's hard to believe that #FederatedPress is a year old. Read a recap of our first year (and don't forget to donate 😄):

https://opencollective.com/federatedpress/updates/2023-annual-update-federated-press-is-one-year-old

#Mastodon #OpenCollective #Journalism

2023 annual update: federated.press is one year old - federated.press

TL;DR: We had an eventful first year running a journalism-focused Mastodon server. We worked on some fun projects, overcame some challenges, and now we need your financial support to go the distance. ...