📣 FLOSS.social will be defederating with mastodon.cloud on 2026-05-01, joining with many other servers in taking this approach.

☹️ This server has been on a "limit" status for some time due to ongoing spam waves as well as lack of maintenance and moderation. After the 1st, all contact will be suspended.

☑️ FLOSS.social users should review their connections and make contact with them ASAP, and should encourage those contacts to relcoate to a maintained instance.

#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

RE: https://union.place/@tim/116426691453325273

SW-ISAC Alert

The Russian botnet is now using account invites to evade various mitigations in place.

Please review your invite codes, and who's allowed to use them.

#MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #SW_ISAC_ADVISORY

ref: https://about.iftas.org/library/suspected-portal-kombat-accounts/

I've had problems with Mastodon in the past.

At least a few times a week I've had missing profile pictures for people in my feed.

I will make another attempt this weekend, but I'll keep this Akkoma server as my main fediverse driver until I see that I don't have any issues with the Mastodon server I'm going to set up.

#Mastodon #Akkoma #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #Fediverse #SelfHosting

De ingebakken hang naar simpele antwoorden en oplossingen maken gesprekken over decentrale, weerbare en privacuvriendelijke van diensten en interactie een stuk lastiger.

#lastig
- Kies je eigen server of start er een.
- Eigen regels voor servers
- Geen uitgebreide data dashboards
- Geen hier zijn je vrienden/contacten onboarding
- Geen centrale controle die je kan uitsluiten/opheffen

Waar minder weerstand tegen is ->

#fediverse #decentralization #fediadmin

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How come when people answer to a DM or also a CW why answers aren't automatically hidden or private by default.

Very impractical and super bad.
Could this be fixed in coming versions of Mastodon, like in the main code/protocol if there is one?

#fedihelp #mastohelp #fediadmin

Mastodon has release new patches for 4.5, 4.4, and 4.3:

- 4.5.9
- 4.4.16
- 4.3.22

You can follow my bot @mstdn_release_watcher to get information when mastodon has release a new version.

#mastodon #mastoadmin #fediadmin

Fedi admins, you may want to defederate mastodon.cloud

There's a scammer registered on mastodon.cloud who is currently spamming people all over the Fediverse (https://digipres.club/@timixretroplays/116400799417215833).

Mastodon.cloud seems to be an unmoderated instance with open registration. It hasn't responded to multiple previous abuse reports (https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115027459008099476).

The admin of mastodon.cloud hasn't posted since February 2023 and its server software is very out of date.

#FediBlock #FediAdmin #MastodonCloud

Tim 🎮 (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image ⚠️ Heads up - there's a #Mastodon #scam bot doing the rounds. Mastodon does not "temporarily restrict your visibility" - that is simply not a thing here. If you see a DM or post to that effect begging you to click a link to restore anything, do not click it - report it instead.

digipres.club
akusa 👙 (@[email protected])

424 Posts, 2 Following, 1 Follower · Breathe in, breathe out 🥀.

Mastodon Road FM
Hey #mastoadmin of #canada same way there is mastohost and fedihost for managed instances, are there any services that offer managed pixelfed instances, based in Canada or Europe? (no US)
#pixelfed #askFedi #fediadmin

🚨 Warning for Mastodon instance admins

Over the past few days, I’ve been noticing a wave of coordinated bot registrations. These accounts typically have AI-generated avatars, English names, and sign up using suspicious domains (.click, .work, tmail.mx, etc.) and similar IP ranges.

Behavior: they boost random posts to appear legitimate, but have 0 followers and no real activity.

✅ Recommendation: enable manual approval for new registrations if you haven’t already.

#FediAdmin #Mastodon #CzechFedi