FYI: We have a few blockers on to opening up DEFCON.social:

1. A different mail server so the main defcon.org doesn't get potentially marked as a spam source

2. A media server that can speak S3 Block Storage to Mastodon. This is critical for scaling.

3. More Moderators. We are building out our moderator plan and will be seeking support soon.

Once we have all three done we will open, until then we will control growth with invite links.

#mastoadmin

@thedarktangent Jeff, this looks to be important information about registering a DMCA agent for anyone running a Mastodon instance based out of the US, so they aren't held personally liable for any users copyright violations. https://twitter.com/rahaeli/status/1593819064161665024
rahaeli on Twitter

“Hey, US folks newly running Mastodon instances: do Future You a *huge* favor, mitigate your potential liability, and register with the copyright office and designate an agent to receive DMCA reports *right now*. https://t.co/HTPtaCYGBh”

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@dragosr @thedarktangent hey @jerry more paperwork.