When I joined Mastodon and mindly.social in November 2022, a US-based server felt right. But political times have changed, and a non-US-based server seems like a better idea. I used https://mastodon.help/instances to search since it allows me to search on server size (I want a medium-sized server) and character limit (I like mindly.social's current 1500 character limit but their original 500 character limit was too restrictive -- this post is way over that). It also lets you see uptime statistics and other things, though it does not let you search on or even see the server country.

I'm considering ieji.de, though I don't currently follow anyone there and their uptime is slightly under 100%. Their privacy and green energy focuses are particularly appealing. kolektiva.social is interesting, but I can't tell where they're located. aus.social runs an alpha version of Mastodon (which isn't ideal) and mastodon.au only has an 98.14% uptime.

Anyone have any input on those particular servers, or changing servers in general?

#MastodonServer #SwitchingMastodonServer #ServerMigration

I need an assist. This instance is hosted by Spacebear. I want to move to a host who actually responds. Is there a way I can get a backup of my instance to move to a new server? Without actual server access...

#mastodonserver #mastodonsupport #spacebear

planetearth.social has been updated to Mastodon 4.5.0.

This release introduces quote posts with a refreshed composer, improved reply updates in the web interface, an updated emoji set with cleaner rendering, and a new Posting Defaults settings page. Lots of polishing and fixes under the hood as well.

Have fun exploring the new features, and let me know if you spot anything unusual.

#mastodon #mastodonserver

Would love to join a #foss Mastodon instance? Any recommendations?

#coding #OpenSource #MastodonServer #community #freesoftware

Wer seinen eigenen #MastodonServer einrichten will, stößt im Internet auf Anleitungen, die den #Linux und #IT Laien vermutlich in den Wahnsinn treiben.

Die erforderlichen #Befehle ohne #SUDO anzugegeben, macht halt keinen Sinn.

Natürlich ist das #selbstverständlich, für #Experten, aber wir brauchen auch dringend Menschen, deren Expertise auf anderen Gebieten liegt und die wir nicht der Meinungs-Willkür der #Administration von #Großinstanzen aussetzen sollten.