Stefan BohacekRE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/116007434602576018
Oh nice, one of the updates:
"Shorten caching of quote posts pending approval"
europlus 
EDIT: I’m changing some of my language, but leaving the original in square brackets and placing the new text in curly braces (you can always see these things in edit history, but I think this is fairer). Further editorial notes or comments will be in parentheses and prefaced with “Ed."
{So, I really don’t like how on nodebb federated posts are represented, in my view, as being posted by nodebb users.}
[So, pretty gross scraping going on by nodebb.org.]
They’re [scraping some] {reproducing federated} content [from here], and posting it on their website as if it were posts by users there.
Ick.
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I link here to one of my posts there, which only shows “europlus” as the author. Maybe it feels too unwieldy to them to put the full fedi handle the way masto does. To me, that feels more honest about local vs federated content, especially on a forum.
Clicking the author link takes you to the “user” URL, whether you are logged in to the site or not (also different behaviour to masto).
At least there the full fedi handle is displayed.
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[I link here to “my” user profile on their site, which is just a rehash of my profile here, and it has 8 of my posts. Not many, but I find this highly distasteful.]
(Ed. this is similar to profiles here from other sites and server types, but it’s not clear till you click on a username on a post that you’re seeing an external listing)
[You can try to see if your “user” profile is there, but I’m not sure if it pulls it across upon the URL being requested, or only if it’s already scraped your account here, so beware.]
{Your profile may or may not be shown there, likely based on if there’s any federated posts from your account.}
[Maybe block first then check (and please let me know if you find it has perhaps previously found your account).]
{I’ll leave it to you to decide, of course, if you’re happy with this sort of obfuscation. I’m currently undecided, but certainly not a fan.}
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I can see one of @ApplesauceFluxes' boosts of another account has made it over there, too. [So it’s not just your own posts it might be scraping!]
In fact, I can see whole conversations there!
Looks like most of the scraping in relation to my posts/replies/boosts has happened over the last month, and is certainly *not* comprehensive in that timeframe.
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(Ed. yes, that’s how federation works. My ignorance of nodebb’s federated nature led in part, but only in part, to my distaste.)
[I’m going to block the relevant domain (community.nodebb.org) here, and report them to the admin of my alt account asking they do the same.]
{I’m reconsidering my block, and will reply when I’ve made a final decision.}
Hat tip to @vga256 for bringing this to my attention.
[Spread the word, I’m seeing many instances’ users over there, and likely none (or very, *very* few) have any idea it’s going on.]
{If you also find the way federated material its represented on nodebb not to your taste, I suggest you contact them as I have (and I’ll be letting them know of this edit).}
#MastoAdmins #MastoAdmin [FediScrapers NoScrapers]
(Ed. hashtags amended)
Have there been any statements from fediverse admins on how they'd handle certain people, organizations, or government agencies that have generated controversy on Bluesky in the past, or, say, today?
mc.fly
HeliographRE: https://mastodon.au/@xrobau/115875739573094142
when #mastoadmins are beautiful souls 😭💘
nullagentFinally, there are VERY few Black mastodon users and even fewer instances run and moderated by a team of Black #mastoadmins
Mastodon is sadly NOT a space free of anti-Black racism and from day one on Mastodon, like most parts of the internet, I've frequently faced direct racism simply for existing as an obviously Black person on the internet.
Sadly my experiences here over the years have only further reinforced the need for more Black masto users, admins and running our own servers.
Chewie#MastoAdmins Anyone know what the point of the "SHA-256" hash for each server on the "Moderated Servers" list is for?
KuJoe 💞Question for the #MastoAdmin out there, what are you doing to trim down your database size?
While I know 270GB isn't that big for a database, I was hoping to get the size down a bit to look into an affordable managed PostgreSQL service.
Any guidance/advice is appreciated. 🙂
Now entering a voidMerry Christmas to all the #MastoAdmins who keep the lights on here. And to all the people who contribute funds to pay the bills for infrastructure and coffee.
DocYeet 
Ok we got federated boosts and likes a while ago on here, and even replies if I remember correctly (I think it’s broken on my instances)
But what about follows and followers on someone else’s account ? Am I missing something or is it in the pipeline somewhere ? Just curious