As you might have read: Mastodon v4.4.0 has been released !

This is a new major release with a big changelog and hefty upgrade process, so we'll wait a bit before upgrading, contrary to previous v4.3.x upgrade patches.

When we upgrade to v4.4.0 we'll also upgrade the backend servers and that will cause a longer downtime.

Our test server is already running the new v4.4.0 code so we'll see how that one runs.
#MastodonBelgium
#MastodonVlaanderen
#JoinMastodon

For those who are still following (and might have noticed a brief hickup in service): Mastodon Belgium and Mastodon Vlaanderen are now running the latest v4.3.9 code !

Mastodon v4.4 is around the corner, very excited for that final release !

#MastodonBelgium
#MastodonVlaanderen
#JoinMastodon

1. Is anyone else getting routed to chinese language when they visit this URL? because i am: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/apps/ (i end up at the URL https://docs.joinmastodon.org/zh-cn/methods/apps/ - note the "zh-cn" in the path.
i doublechecked my browser locale, VPN, etc. etc. and there's nothing configured for mainland chinese locale, but this happened even after clearing cache data for joinmastodon.org

2. who maintains the #JoinMastodon site?

cc: @mastodonmigration @FediTips @fediversereport @LaurensHof

#Mastodon #MastoAdmin #FediTips

Fediverse.Games is Waiting for You!

Are you looking for a friendly, inclusive fediverse community? Fediverse.Games has a variety of services, and we're taking on new members on all of them!

The Services

Mastodon

Our OG service is Mastodon! We run glitch-soc, which gives you longer posts, markdown formating, and plenty of other fun stuff!

PeerTube

The second (and fastest growing!) service we offer is PeerTube. Our PeerTube allows import from your YouTube channel and 50GB of free video hosting!

WriteFreely

We've recently added WriteFreely to our services! It isn't a perfect service, but it's the best option of those available and we think it's a great addition, and we hope the long-form games writing community will grow with our contribution to it.

The Rules

We wish to run a friendly, kind and inclusive server, and do not have any tolerance for discrimination or bigotry of any kind, including but not limited to racism, ableism, homophobia and transphobia. It can be hard enough for people to be their true selves offline, let's not make it harder online too.

We also have no tolerance for the promotion or nazi, alt-right and ultra-conservative ideologies.

In the pursuit of accessibility, we ask users to add alt-text to their images where they're apply to for the advantage of those using screen readers to interact with us. However, we also do not tolerate abuse toward users who might forget to do so or aren't used to doing it yet.

Legal Status

All of our infrastructure and user data is held in Australia.

Further Reading

We also have a wiki, where you can read our server charter and what we can expect of each other in more detail:

Photo by Rebeca Alvidrez on Unsplash

#Mastodon #PeerTube #WriteFreely #JoinMastodon #PeerTubeInstance

Before you sign up to #Bluesky, you should know:

How We Use Personal Information?
- for marketing purposes
- for other permissible purposes...as allowed under applicable law

How We Disclose Your Personal Information?
- We may share personal information with third parties...in connection with corporate transactions

International Transfers?
- We may transfer personal information internationally

How Long We Keep Personal Information?
- We may keep your personal information as necessary...

Security?
- We make 'reasonable' efforts to protect your information

#mastodon #joinmastodon #privacy #security
https://bsky.social/about/support/privacy-policy