Mastodawn

Degas … like Vegas Apr 21, 2025

UPDATE: A massive thanks to everyone who helped out with this ☺️

As a result, my little single-user instance has made contact with 11,274 other instances across the Fedi 😲

So no further boosts needed, really appreciate everyone who helped out 😁

ORIGINAL POST: I've got a quick favour to ask. If you're reading this post on Mastodon (or the Fediverse), please click boost.

How come?

I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.

#Fediverse #FediHelp #gotosocial #mastohelp

T Liddelow Apr 20, 2025

@aj done. Little snac, big snac.

quaewpos Apr 20, 2025

@aj Notification after edit works:)

Stefan Ihringer Apr 20, 2025

@aj I saw your post on our server's trending page. 👍
One oddity: I'm using the phanpy web client for Mastodon which has an option to load all replies and likes from a post's server (even those that didn't travel to our instance using normal ActivityPub means). But that didn't work in your case. Maybe a shortcoming of GoToSocial...

AJ Sadauskas Apr 20, 2025

@compfu That's interesting 🤔

There's a good possibility that there's a setting somewhere I need to tweak to fix that...

Also, thanks for the heads up about the Phanpy setting. I recently installed Phanpy but haven't had a chance to really play around with it.

D. Olifant Apr 20, 2025

@aj @compfu GTS fixed the replies problem, anyway, before Mastodon did.

https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/federation/posts/#conversation-threads

Posts and Post Properties - GoToSocial Documentation

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D. Olifant Apr 20, 2025

@aj @compfu But GTS has authorized fetch enabled by default and cross-checks blocked instances, so that might have something to do with that.

https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/federation/access_control/

Access Control - GoToSocial Documentation

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@compfu @aj moshidon reports "remote info unavailable" too. im sure this isnt "a shortcoming of gotosocial", and moreso that these clients (phanpy, moshidon) are expecting mastodon-specific api endpoints. if so, the shortcoming would be with our clients

JP Apr 20, 2025

@aj actually had no iddea you'd moved! boosted

Lohan Gunaweera Apr 20, 2025

@aj Done! And welcome to the party! \o/

AJ Sadauskas Apr 20, 2025

@lohang Thank you 😊

Angela Scholder Apr 20, 2025

@aj I'm myself thinking of moving to a self hosted server.

TribeofMa Apr 20, 2025

@aj You mean boost/repost? "share" would be share. to what?

AJ Sadauskas Apr 20, 2025

@TribeofMa Yes, boost/repost

TribeofMa Apr 20, 2025

@aj ok 👍

SpielmannSpiel Apr 20, 2025

@aj sharing over here from mastodon.online

BlobhajTinyHeart

PetraPanda Apr 20, 2025

Hearing/reading you clearly.

😊

Bob Harvey Apr 20, 2025

@aj
I have clicked 'boost", and also "share", which returned this link
https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/@aj/statuses/01JS8ZXQ41B1ZH33AZ2R2XGY2Y

Post by AJ Sadauskas, @[email protected]

I've got a quick favour to ask. If you're reading this post on Mastodon (or the Fediverse), please click boost. How come? I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really hel...

gts.sadauskas.id.au

Jude🇵🇸Apr 20, 2025

@aj Is 'share' a euphemism for boost??

AJ Sadauskas Apr 20, 2025

@sister_ratched In this case, yes 😁

Jude🇵🇸Apr 20, 2025

@aj ✅️

📷 ʇsǝǝƃʇsןǝ ɹǝʇnoʍ 🍁🍂Apr 20, 2025

@aj
Happy to help 😎🤘🏻

Belinea Apr 20, 2025

@aj
Sound you like to gibt US Dome Feedback? About visibility and the experience with your server?

@aj 👋🏻 from another Aussie single user (but multi-account) instance!

AJ Sadauskas Apr 20, 2025

@europlus Amazing, followed 😊

And my retro computers of choice are more of the Commodore, Amiga, and Atari variety. But I did use an Apple II and IIgs back in the day (both at school, and Aldo one if our friends had one).

@aj while an absolute retro Apple fanboy, I do boost and like other retro platform posts 🤭

Kyle Memoir 🍉🐧Apr 20, 2025

I'm already following, so automatic boost

Good luck!

AJ Sadauskas Apr 20, 2025

@f800gecko Thank you 💖✨

Till Apr 20, 2025

"Follow" pulls it to your instance. "Boost" pushes it to all the instances of your followers. "Boost" and shortly after "unboost" still pushes it to all those instances, but without actively showing up in your followers streams.

Victor Nava Apr 20, 2025

@aj @markmason I did the other way around 🤣 moved to my own self hosted instance

@aj it feels great to self host and be in charge of your data.

AJ Sadauskas Apr 20, 2025

@iamemmajoy It's part of a bigger project for me if moving off big tech, embracing FOSS, and self-hosting where I can...

@aj I've been moving that way also. The only thing I'm not self hosting is email because that was excruciatingly frustrating last time I tried.

AJ Sadauskas Apr 20, 2025

@iamemmajoy I've moved email hosting to my domain registrar, rather than attempt to set up my own email server.

It's just a matter of slowly migrating them.off Gmail.

The big things I've done are set up a home media server running OSMC, install KDE Neon on my main desktop, replace most of my mobile apps with alternatives from FDroid, and set up Nextcloud...

The Great Llama

@aj @iamemmajoy
The email is continuing to by stumbling block. I'm procrastinating by telling myself I'm "comparing options."

shom Apr 20, 2025

@iamemmajoy @aj yay so many selfhosters, love to see it!
I'm also wary of self-hosting email but recently did so for a non-profit that my friend is starting and between cPanel mailbox setup, RoundCube webmail, and properly configuring DNS (DMARC and DKIM) it's a lot easier than it used to be. Not sure if I'm brave enough to host it on a bare server without cPanel... yet!

@shom @aj mailcow is a great setup with docker containers.

The biggest issue I had was filtering out incoming spam. I could never get the filters right to mitigate the number of false positives and false negatives. I missed too many important emails from being too aggressive with filters.

shom Apr 20, 2025

@iamemmajoy Ugh yeah, spam! It's just email is so important that it's hard to want to take that risk. Might try learning more with a secondary domain. For now I use my own domain with protonmail.
@aj

Viral Obscurity Apr 20, 2025

@aj showing up fine here on mstdn.social

隻眼の王 Apr 20, 2025

@aj
🚀

Minka ミンカ Apr 20, 2025

@aj Hello from the wider fediverse

Brooks Apr 20, 2025

@aj I could use a Boost here as well. I'm also #selfhosted on #gotosocial.

MidniteMikeWrites Apr 20, 2025

@aj I would do this (was originally self hosting my blog) but between the services on my own network and everything else I have going on it’d be a lot of work for me to manage my own Mastodon instance. It might be a long term goal for me though, as I want to build a community around my project Misaligned Markets.

Gertoot Apr 20, 2025

@aj kee

Taylor Apr 20, 2025

@aj If you haven't submitted a token to fedibuzz, you might want to consider doing so (if gotosocial supports it). It can help a lot with visibility and reach. It's very useful for single user instances.

#FediBuzz: Donate a token

Mastodon Migration Apr 20, 2025

Very cool! Congrats!

Aaron Buckner Apr 21, 2025

@mastodonmigration @aj I used Mastodon.host which is managed and simple, but super happy to see this!

AJ Sadauskas Apr 21, 2025

@mastodonmigration Thankk you 💖

mirabilos Apr 21, 2025

@aj still an urban legend

Gytis Repečka Apr 21, 2025

@aj It really takes time to federate small servers, but soon as one interaction - it gets better

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Cats Who Code (cursed)Apr 21, 2025

@aj shared! this is a small server but I'm connected with a lot of folks

AJ Sadauskas Apr 22, 2025

@CatsWhoCode Thankk youuu 💖

Cats Who Code (cursed)Apr 22, 2025

@aj my pleasure!! My main is @catswhocode if you want to follow me there 😺

ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Jun 23, 2025

@aj Looks like I boosted this 60 days ago and it's still doing the rounds.

AJ Sadauskas Jun 23, 2025

@anne_twain Thanks for sharing it 😊

And as a result, this instance has managed to reach 10,354 other instances 😳

So a really significant chunk of the Fediverse, which isn't bad for a single-user instance.

mirabilos Jul 30, 2025

@aj @anne_twain other than database size, this gains you precisely nothing though :/

FKA ZOG Jun 24, 2025

@aj boosted by @cpm so showed up in my feed 🙂

Jack Yan (甄爵恩)Jul 30, 2025

@aj Just boosted you from two accounts at different domains that I have access to!

mirabilos Jul 30, 2025

@aj there’s precisely one thing boosting your post would do: make your account visible to people who might want to follow you.

Anything else is cargo-culting vibe-writing. Urban legends, hard to get rid of.

And for boosting, an intro post serves much better than that. Or a pic of your cats, at least… *looks at profile* which you indeed seem to be owned by, so there.

jeSuisatire neindochohh ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ Aug 9, 2025

still in need for a boost?