Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Jan 17, 2023

#introduction Hi! You may already know me from @chrisale. I’ve just created my own Mastodon server at home and I’m trying it out.

It would be really cool if you boosted this so much that my old 2009 iMac melted… but even if all you do is Favourite this little intro and move on I’d be forever grateful.

I am a computer nerd, but also a socialist. A Mac geek, but also an anti-racist. A social media addict, but…. Only on Mastodon of course!

Love you all. ❤️ ❤️
#selfhosting

Show threadAndrew DunhamJan 17, 2023

@chris @chrisale If you're interested... I'm testing out a new ActivityPub relay server that's designed for smaller instances like yours; it lets you subscribe to only a filtered subset of posts from other instances on the relay (e.g. by hashtag). If you're interested, let me know and I'm happy to allowlist your instance!

https://relay-new.activitypub.ca/

More info about what relays do:
https://relay-new.activitypub.ca/docs

ActivityPub Relay at relay-new.activitypub.ca

Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Jan 17, 2023
@andrew @chrisale oh wow that’s a cool service. I would love to be able to use that. Thanks!
Show threadAndrew DunhamJan 17, 2023
@chris @chrisale Sounds good! I just added you to the allowlist; you can add the relay to Mastodon at https://YOURDOMAIN/admin/relays - and make sure to use the correct relay address or you'll silently never receive posts without any error message 😬
Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸
@chrisale @andrew sweet! Will do later today probably. :) This has all turned out far better than I would have initially thought.
Jan 17, 2023 at 4:55pmWeb
Show threadAndrew DunhamJan 17, 2023
@chris @chrisale Feel free to reach out if you run into any issues! I'm a huge fan of people running smaller instances, so I'm doing my part for the ecosystem to try and make that a bit easier and more ergonomic 😃
Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Jan 17, 2023
@andrew @chrisale right on!