Ryan Wild

We're adding mastodon.cloud to our #Fediblock list due to the instance seemingly being abandoned with open signups and zero moderation. The burden of us suspending accounts locally is not practical when the instance is out of date and not being maintained.

It's been flagged since August last year - https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115027342813989021 so I don't see it likely that anything is suddenly going to change.

#MastodonAppUK #Universeodon #FediMedi #MastoAdmin

Fedi.Tips (@[email protected])

⚠️ Important headsup if you are on the server mastodon.cloud: Mastodon.cloud no longer seems to be moderated. Its admin account hasn't posted since Feb 2023, its code of conduct is blank and there are vile racists posting from there. The racists have been reported many times but their accounts are still active. Because of this, other server admins are starting to block mastodon.cloud completely. If you're on mastodon.cloud you might want to move to another server ASAP: https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server

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Show threadRyan Wild6h ago
And apologies to the folks here on #MastodonAppUK and #Universeodon - This has broken a lot of follower / following relationships which I know is never ideal. This is a lot of the reason I've been reluctant up until now to suspend the instance but the amount of reports we keep getting for it and the fact it's running a very old version of Mastodon with no active admin account since Feb 2023 means I don't see a sensible way to stay federated now.
Show threadJF  6h ago
@wild1145 The mystery is who pays the bills to keep those abandoned instances running?
Show threadGrow Your Own Services 🌱5h ago

@jfparis @wild1145

The original owners sold mastodon.cloud and it seems to be nowadays owned by a cryptocurrency and AI company called Sujitech with lots of money to throw around. They also run the mstdn.jp instance which a lot of people have defederated too.

Show threadJF  2h ago
@homegrown @wild1145 Interesting. Thank you
Show threadDavid JONES2h ago
@wild1145 i don't know if @admin (see uptoot) has defederated mastodon.cloud or considered it yet, but i blocked the instance this morning also.