lostinlightnew regional server ⛳
https://bath.social - a local social network for #Bath, #UK (#Hometown)
🌌 Periodic #fediworld overview
🔭 Interests and hobbies
• https://screenwriting.space - a place for storytellers
• https://solarpunks.social - network for #solarpunks
• https://rocketscientists.club - community of #3D artists and performers
• https://sunny.garden - for #indie creators who draw, sculpt, write, design, sing, build
• https://craftodon.social - for everyone who plays #Minecraft
• https://introvert.country
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• https://blahaj.social - for people who own at least 1 IKEA BLÅHAJ
🌌 Periodic #fediworld overview
🎨 https://artworld.social - for artists, curators, art critics, gallerists, collectors, journalists, educators, researchers, specializing in contemporary #art
⛺ https://tyrol.social - #Tyrol area
⛺ https://hameln.social - #Hameln #Germany
🎲 https://dungeons.social - #RPG and #tabletop
artworld.social
artworld.social is a federated social media for artists, curators, art critics, scholars, educators, journalists, gallerists, collectors, administrators, any kind of cultural agents involved in the art worlds across the globe, specializing in contemporary art.
🌌 Periodic #fediworld overview
🚄 https://rail.chat - discussions about long-distance, passenger and freight #rail networks, for economic, environmental and equity benefits
⛺ https://krems.social - Krems, #Austria
🎨 https://mensmaaktmooi.nl - community for creative thinkers with unconventional mindset who make beautiful things (#Dutch)
🌌 Periodic #fediworld overview
⛺ Regional
• https://bizkaia.social - #Bizkaia
• https://andalucia.social - #Andalucía
💻 Work
• https://presentadistance.social - discussions about #remote work, telecommuting, team spirit and remote collaborator experience
🌌 Periodic #fediworld overview
Some new #German ⛺ regional servers
• https://nahe.social - #Nahe region
• https://moessingen.social - Mössingen area #Moessingen
• https://odenwald.social - #Odenwald area
Welcome to all #Fediverse newcomers! 👋
Hopefully, we'll see more themed servers and communities too!
🌌 Some recent additions to the network (1/2):
• https://fediverse.co.za - South #Africa
• https://fedisabled.social - for all disabled people
• https://recht.social - focus on #legal topics
• https://sciencemastodon.com - for #science journalists and scientists
• https://dju.social - German #journalists union
🌌 Some recent additions to the network (2/2):
• https://apotheke.social - for anyone from the #pharmacy sector
• https://medic.cafe - for employees in the #medical field
• https://aircrew.rocks - for #pilots, #flight attendants, and flight enthusiasts
• https://genart.social - for #artists working in the generative, AI, and glitch spaces
• https://mastodon.tech - English language #tech and open source
🌌 New themed servers in #Fediverse network (1/3):
• https://astrodon.social - for anyone interested in #astronomy, #astrophysics, #astrophotography, and adjacent sciences
• https://sciences.social - for social #scientists
• https://mstdn.science - for #microbiologists, scientists in general, and #science enthusiasts
• https://earthlings.social - for all precious earthlings
🌌 New themed servers in Fedi network (2/3):
• https://indiepocalypse.social - for independent #creators of all sorts
• https://makerspace.social - space for makers (#CNC, #woodworking, #microcontrollers, etc)
• https://3dp.chat - #3D printing
• https://brettspiel.space - for #boardgame players
• https://podcasts.social - for #podcasters
🌌 New themed servers in #Fedi network (3/3):
• https://techspace.social - for techies and tech-curious people
• https://techhub.social - for passionate technologists
• https://k8s.social - for #Kubernetes, container and #cloud native enthusiasts
• https://urbanists.social - for people who like #bikes, transit, and walkable #cities
• https://bikejam.social - for bike and pedestrian #infrastructure
• https://bahn.social - for #rail enthusiasts
Now new themed communities appear daily. 😃
I don't want to bore you with server posts. 🤔 So I'll occasionally post only about the ones that caught my attention. For anyone interested in all updates, check the source: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/commits/branch/main/source/en/portal/servers/index.md
Also, feel free to filter out the *fediworld* tag in your Filter settings, if you wish to mute such "server posts".
🌌 New themed servers in #Fediverse:
• https://archaeo.social - for #archaeologists, historians and lovers of all things ancient
• https://astronomy.city - for #astronomy and astronomy-adjacent users
• https://astronomy.social - astronomy, #space travel
• https://cartoonist.social - community for #cartoonists
• https://graphics.social - computer graphics community #3D #2D
• https://veterinary.education - #veterinary medicine
Nemo_bis 🌈Sometimes we also have to remove many instances from the #FediParty list. :(
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/commit/8c0538bf0cc55e693e5818f04e12d1ca3c9889d7
Instances behind #CloudFlare aren't listed, because there are already hundreds, and this centralises a lot of #fediverse network traffic in #AS13335.
nicdex 🇨🇦 🇺🇦@nemobis @adrian @ben @berkay @Demiurgo @gja @lee @lile @miket @sayah @seano @tudi @vxst
Can you explain the reasoning behind not wanting a lot of traffic behind one network? It make sense in the case of Tor (I run a Tor node), but for Mastodon I'm not sure I understand why?
My reasoning for keeping it: Cloudflare is way more than just CDN. It's a reverse proxy, DDOS and threats protection (WAF), and geo-cache (CDN) all in one. I will never find all these services for that price elsewhere.
琴春🏳️⚧️随意转出毛象@nicdex @nemobis @adrian @ben @berkay @Demiurgo @gja @lee @lile @miket @sayah @seano @tudi
I really don't think I understand. Of course, there could be a danger of being moderated by a single point of power, but we site administrators are human beings, not scripts. If something like this happens, we can always migrate from cloudflare to another CDN, or no CDN at all. It's not something that can't be reversed.
@nicdex See lostinlight's answer at
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/issues/129#issuecomment-713552 .
@vxst You can do something if you know about it, but being behind CloudFlare means that you're delegating to them the day-to-day decision whether your content deserves to be served to users. Sometimes users will hit walls without you knowing anything about it. (I'm sure there are workarounds but we cannot reverse engineer how people are using CloudFlare.)
@adrian @ben @berkay @Demiurgo @gja @lee @lile @miket @sayah @seano @tudi
Allow instances behind CloudFlare IP space
Re: https://mamot.fr/@nemobis/109451228071367333 Instances behind CloudFlare are removed due to the following: >Instances behind #CloudFlare aren't listed, because there are already hundreds, and this centralises a lot of #fediverse network traffic in #AS13335. ### TL;DR: I'd like to pro...
@nemobis @nicdex @adrian @ben @berkay @Demiurgo @gja @lee @lile @miket @sayah @seano @tudi
The problem is that CF is the only usable route provider for us. By using page rules to turn off security, we believe it's accessible anywhere, even Tor exits. Most of our users live in China, and to maintain stable access, they have to use a VPN to bypass the GFW. Other services, like AWS GA, will route data from Tokyo to Oregon before it goes to Hong Kong, one of the most popular VPN locations.
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@nemobis @nicdex @adrian @ben @berkay @Demiurgo @gja @lee @lile @miket @sayah @seano @tudi
We are building this site to fight against the CHINESE GOVERNMENT's ban on free speech; we have to use the most effective way so that the people in China can actually access it. The forbidden of free speech is a fact in China. We do not have the luxury to consider "possible" tech dominance as long as we can turn off the security feature by hand.
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@vxst Thanks. What this tells me is that probably the maintainers of the #FediParty list are not the best people to recommend instances to people behid the GFW. It would be great to see an alternative list focused on that (extremely difficult) task.
Is there any way to help test other providers to see whether they can be an alternative to CloudFlare for your needs?
@nemobis
Most VPNs are hosted in “CN2” network, which is designed for U.S. websites targeting Chinese customers. So it has excellent links to China, and, the U.S. internet.
The problem is that most routing providers treat those IPs as if they are in U.S., which they are not. CF’s Argo can get the right route(from Hong Kong to Japan), but others go around the global. We will need accelerators with CN2 IP optimization, which to my knowledge only CF has.
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Most VPNs are hosted in “CN2” network, which is designed for U.S. websites targeting Chinese customers. So it has excellent links to China, and, the U.S. internet.
The problem is that most routing providers treat those IPs as if they are in U.S., which they are not. CF’s Argo can get the right route(from Hong Kong to Japan), but others go around the global. We will need accelerators with CN2 IP optimization, which to my knowledge only CF has.
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Chinese government is banning medical support for transgender people last week. There is already more than one people I know suicided due to conversion therapy enforced by law enforcement. I have the duty to provide most accessible services and information to us, there are real lives behind it.
I'm escaping honor killing due to my MtF identity myself, and I know firsthand sometimes accessibility issues means life and death to us. It’s the most important thing for our site.(2/2)