Mastodawn

May Likes Toronto 2d ago

Time to back up, export, and leave if you're on mstdn.ca
https://ottawa.place/@stephanie/116267088513251309

If you can't see the above post, here's the CBC article about the person who owns and runs the server.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/inglewood-league-lawsuit-missing-funds-9.7136933

Migration tips:
https://zeroes.ca/@StaceyCornelius/115967726861839689

Edit: These are allegations and there's a state of the instance coming up. I'd err on the side of caution and migrate early, or at least back everything up, because losing an account here kind of sucks.

Stéphanie (@[email protected])

If you're on mstdn.ca, I would save my list of follows/followers immediately and think about moving. The owner is getting sued for over 300K by his community league. I wouldn't bet on the instance surviving this latest thing 😞 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/inglewood-league-lawsuit-missing-funds-9.7136933

ottawa.place

Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️

Going to be an interesting State of The Instance today for mstdn.ca members

May Likes Toronto 2d ago

@the5thColumnist He hosts the servers at home, so... probably best to just leave.

Renata 🇨🇦🐈2d ago

@mayintoronto @the5thColumnist He is sooo proud of hosting everything at home

Ms. Que Banh 2d ago

@renata @mayintoronto @the5thColumnist He is a narcissistic, pathological liar. He conned a lot of people.

🇨🇦 Little-k 2d ago

@mayintoronto
Yep, when he did the 'full hosting at home', I switched to another instance and deleted my account. That move felt 'wrong' to me. As they say, 'Trust your gut'.

I AM BANKSY ☕ / 🗑‍🔥2d ago

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@chad/116267491272883283

@mayintoronto I was surprised Chad replied to my separate post on this, saying something about the servers being 'safe and protected' from this story. Here's hoping that's the case.

https://mastodon.coffee/@[email protected]/116267491358692972

@the5thColumnist

I AM BANKSY ☕ / 🗑‍🔥2d ago

@mayintoronto
Though I suppose I shouldn't be surprises that he subsequently deleted his post, apparently after talking to his lawyer.

His reply had said something like "since this dropped late on Friday, I haven't had a chance to talk to my lawyer. However, this silly little thing is no problem and the servers are all safe and secure"

Maybe he asked his lawyers and found out they're neither safe nor secure?

@the5thColumnist

May Likes Toronto 2d ago

@xinit @the5thColumnist It's legally the right thing to do.

Fedi-wise, the right thing to do is trigger the 90 day instance shut down process to protect the community. Unless someone is ready to take on the biggest Canadian instance right away. (Unlikely)

I AM BANKSY ☕ / 🗑‍🔥2d ago

@mayintoronto
I hope something substantive will find from their state of the instance today.
@the5thColumnist

Stéphanie 1d ago

@xinit The event has been cancelled, just fyi @mayintoronto @[email protected]

Chris Mackay 🇨🇦1d ago

@stephanie @xinit @mayintoronto Oh! It’s gone from postponed to fully scrubbed!?!

Stéphanie 1d ago

@tantramar @xinit @mayintoronto oops postponed yes, as far as I know

angela_underscore 2d ago

@the5thColumnist @mayintoronto

My email said Sunday.

Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️2d ago

@angela_underscore @mayintoronto

OOPS , so it did

angela_underscore 2d ago

@the5thColumnist @mayintoronto

I was wondering if there were two meetings.

Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️2d ago

@angela_underscore @mayintoronto

no I was just daft

Ms. Que Banh 2d ago

@the5thColumnist @angela_underscore @mayintoronto I tried warning y'all about this shady guy in 2023. Y'all did not believe me. Y'all were seemingly OK with this white guy using police violence on me at the time!

angela_underscore 1d ago

@PhoenixSerenity @the5thColumnist @mayintoronto

I am sorry for what happened to you in 2023. If I had known that or had heard of that guy when I joined Mastodon in 2025, I wouldn’t have joimed this instance.

I am planning on leaving this instance for another one. I have some things to do today, so I wasn’t going to be online, which is why I am not doing it immediately.

Ms. Que Banh 2d ago

@the5thColumnist @angela_underscore @mayintoronto Does it require a white guy to be on national news for fraud when more of you white guys actually start even trying to believe me? Chad traumatized my Mom on a BS cop violence on our home call. The cops came here because of a fucking lying white strangers guy. Many of you defended him & were nasty to me. I never lied. Chad lied a lot though.

angela_underscore 1d ago

@PhoenixSerenity

I am not very computer savvy. I joined Mastodon without doing a background check on all the instances and their connections. None of the guidance said to do that, the things that I read said to pick an instance that matches your interests. I was interested in a Canadian-themed instance and I randomly picked one and joined it.

Replies to you will be my last posts on this instance.

@the5thColumnist @mayintoronto

angela_underscore 1d ago

@the5thColumnist @mayintoronto

Email dated at 0006h Eastern time, yesterday’s 2206h in Edmonton announced:

Mastodon Canada:
State of the Instance Spring 2026
Postponement

We are postponing our Spring 2026 State of the Instance scheduled for tomorrow.

A new date and time will be provided soon.