Little FYI, I will NOT sell mstdn.social, masto.ai or mastodon.coffee NO MATTER WHAT.

I don't give a sh*t about money. Paying the bills is okay but that's it.

This place is much more important and no money in the world can buy that away from me

A promise I made over and over and again this time ❤️

@stux Thank you so very much! :-) …
@stux Thank you. 🎄🎅🏼
@stux Am now sad I didn’t know about mastodon.coffee when picking an instance… ☕️
@profanemystic  it's closed signups for now haha 😇 handling 2 big instances is enough work for me for now 
@stux I'm interested in the social side of hosting instances: is there some mutual support in learning about moderation challenges, legal concerns, and the like? (And also wondering about sysadmin/SRE-ey things, but I guess that's "business as usual" for the kinds of people running instances?)

@hugovdm people are running a class about one important aspect of the moderation challenges! This round is over but it looks like they'll do it again. https://rage.love/@maloki/109512220238720831

[Edit: they're postponing the mod course to January! https://rage.love/@maloki/109553239774361229 ]

Also there is a very long but good thread which is like a class in itself. https://mastodon.social/@ifixcoinops/105828770808733825

[Edit: by now you've probably also seen the EFF's legal guide for us. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/user-generated-content-and-fediverse-legal-primer ]

maloki 🍍:ghostbat: (@[email protected])

Content warning: Anti-racist course for Admins and Moderators, info inside!

Rage.love
@hugovdm came across some legal stuff, may be relevant to you? https://friend.camp/@darius/109552266752779268
Darius Kazemi (@[email protected])

Really useful legal guide from the folks at the EFF for people running fediverse servers: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/user-generated-content-and-fediverse-legal-primer (disclosure: I advised them on this work a bit)

Friend Camp

@yingtai looks like a good start on DMCA related concerns! (From: skimming, searching for the acronyms, and from respect for the EFF's work.)

Now how do I get fediverse links to open in a way that I can favourite and bookmark and reblog from my account on a different instance? 🤔

@hugovdm I am told the pinafore.social interface can handle multiple instances?

And this extension is not what you are describing but I wonder if it can be wrangled into doing it. https://mstdn.social/@feditips/109507990803168318

Fedi.Tips (@[email protected])

Have you ever interacted with the website of another Mastodon server and found yourself having to re-enter your username and password, again and again? There's a new browser extension called FediAct which lets you directly interact with other servers' websites without having to log in again or copy/paste addresses. ➡️ Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fediact/lmpcajpkjcclkjbliapfjfolocffednm ➡️ Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fediact/ More info about it at: ➡️ https://github.com/Lartsch/FediAct The developer of FediAct is @[email protected]

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@hugovdm I have just noticed that the Tusky app on Android gives me the option to open a post in an account on a different instance. It's in the "open as" option in the little three-dot menu on the post.

I finally tried that FediAct browser extension I mentioned to you, and it didn't do a thing for me.
Ah well!

@hugovdm OMG the FediAct extension just started working. I have no idea why, but hurray! Just wanted to correct the record since I maligned it. :)

@yingtai holy moly is that long thread awesome. I read from where you linked to its end. Looks like it started here: https://mastodon.social/@ifixcoinops/105778289798706182 - I need to come back and read the first part. I ran a community for around 4 years, online/real-world hybrid, before it became necessary for me to retire. Learned several of those harder moderation lessons, didn't have good answers. Didn't have good support.

Did you do the online course you linked? I wonder if it gets to the really tricky stuff...

@hugovdm There is a Part 2 on his new account at
https://mstdn.social/@ifixcoinops/109354147264054179

And no, I did not do the course, only heard about it via that post.

Dan Moved to Retro.social (@[email protected])

I've learned a lot of Hideous Nonsense during the two decades I've run online communities, and I started posting that nonsense over on this thread on my old account: https://mastodon.social/@ifixcoinops/105778289798706182 This thread continues right here, as soon as either I think of something else to add, or some new server admin does something foolish that I can point and cackle at.

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@stux Thank you for being transparent and for your work on your instances. keep it up👍

@stux

Ever thought about becoming a non-profit or something similar? I'm trying to figure out exactly what the organizational structure for #tilvids will eventually look like.

@tilvids I have! At the time i wanted to register it together with Stuxhost but they won't let me do that lol..

I'm gonna figure out what the req is here in the Netherlands  i like the idea

@stux

Would love to figure out a good model for this space. Most of my aspirations for #tilvids are to grow it large enough that it might have some full-time employees to help keep things running and bring on new creators, and then help them get started on their own instances once they grow large enough.

@stux Fun fact: I own pleroma.coffee but haven't ever done anything with the domain.
@tk ooooh!  that's an oppertunity ☕

@stux Thank you! It's much appreciated.

I'll continue to donate something every year I am using mstdn.social.

At least as much as Space Karen currently wants for a blue tick on the bird site.

@stux I just want to say thank you. It was difficult to choose a server but I'm glad I chose mstdn.social.
@stux you run THREE instances? 😳

@IPEdmonton I do  

.coffee is not 'public' though  so actually more like 2! It's a bit sm0ller one

You also run pixey.org, right?
Pixey

Pixey is an image sharing platform, an ethical alternative to centralized platforms build with ActivityPub!

Pixey
@IPEdmonton @realcaseyrollins and misskey.ai and so much more    I think it’s all here https://stux.info/links
Stuxnet

A personal information website about @stux.

Stuxnet
I don’t use #Pixey often, but it’s very nice. I could see myself making a new account or using #PixelFed more frequently when I have more time on my hands.
TECI Social

@stux Is someone offering increasingly obscene amounts of money for them? I find that incredibly rude when people do that. It seems like "not for sale" to them just means "offer more money", as opposed to "don't bother offering any more money".

@skquinn I just reply with: "I offer you 65 million to leave me alone, how about that"  

But as joke ofc  It's not worth the replies  

Same with "sponsored post".. sooo much freaking mail about that

@stux @skquinn what if you did sell 49%, and use the money for philanthropy. With the promise and controlling factor you remain sole proprietorship. Then chase revenue streams from on boarding / hosting of corporate accounts. Which can be unblocked by any of your end choosers at their will. There are certainly some media outlets I miss on here. But not everyone would for example TalkSport. Yes I know they are owned by ComCast, but I like the presenters.
@stux @skquinn also You could do the opposite for Burgeoning Artists of many guises. New Music Band. Supporting them by On-boarding for a smaller fee and allowing their stuff to be seen by all, until they are muted by end choosers.
@stux I wonder what people want to do with a popular Mastodon instance so bad that they offer money ... Any ideas?
@stux hmmm Mastodon Coffee sounds like one of those custom brands YouTubers are now selling
@laser314 Haha if they leave the domain alone im good 
@laser314 @stux do the mastodons eat the beans first?
@taci7
No sure, but it promotes the toot 😅
@stux
@taci7
"The best coffee in 11,000 years!
@stux
@stux to be fair selling a mastodon instance for billions just to watch it get defederated in a blink would be the funniest shit
@jonossaseuraava yeahh but shitty to it's users 
@stux All of the users on my instance are aresholes. I'd sell clar.ke for $44 billion
Whoever thought you would sell it? I obviously assumed you would never do that.

@stux Do you have a plan of succession in place, for the contingency if you become either disabled, or die?

Unfortunately, all the personal character in the world doesn't do much good, if someone else 'inherits' the names/sites and doesn't share your convictions.

Maybe setup a non-profit org with a board of people that you can trust to carry on and not sell out?

@stux You are thinking right. Although Jack from Twitter might be very rich from selling twitter, we all know there is a part of him that’s got to be real sad of what has become of his creation.
@stux Thanks for everything you do! You’ve made a great community here and I appreciate it.
@stux You’re the best, Stux !

@stux

Oh That IS a wonderful Promise!

☺️

@stux thank you, Stux! Glad we have such a great admin.