Dumb question that I was always too afraid to ask:

I know how the #Fediverse and its federation works. It's intuitive and familiar to me; I mean, I even host my own instance.

But I never understood how interaction cross-software is supposed to work. In theory, I can use whatever #ActivityPub software I want and still interact with everyone else. But in practice that just... isn't the case, right?

I mean, for text it's quite simple: I write a short post on #Mastodon and people on #GoToSocial or #Misskey or whatever can see and read that same post and interact with it. They can see my profile and it appears on their instance in their style and with their features.

Even outside of microblogging I still get it. A super-long post on #Friendica or #Diaspora appears on my timeline, too. Their profiles might have more fields than I can see here, but that's fine.

But what's up beyond that?

I can see #Pixelfed posts here, converted into image galleries. But what about the other way 'round? If someone on Pixelfed follows my Mastodon account, they can't see any of my non-image posts, right?

What about #PeerTube and such niche software? I guess I could follow a PeerTube account as a microblogger and see their videos and descriptions in my timeline. Video comments are replies.

But the other way 'round? How are they supposed to interact with Friendica or Pixelfed users? PeerTube doesn't even have a "timeline".

Doesn't that feature disparity undermine the whole idea of the #Fediverse or am I missing something?

Nun... alles sehr unerfreulich, aber diese Instanz wird aufgrund der Entwicklungen der letzten Tage nun zum Ende des Monats geschlossen.

Ich kann damit einfach nicht umgehen, wenn mir der Rechtsstaat auf die Füße tritt und Dinge verlangt - ich kann nicht auf einen Anwalt zurück greifen, der mir dann solche Anfragen etc. überprüft und dann mit den Behörden kommuniziert.

Danke übrigens an dieser Stelle an die Person, die sich bemüssigt gefühlt hat, gegen User*innen meiner Instanz, die ich privat betreibe und in die ich viel Herzblut gesteckt habe, vorzugehen.

Dir gebührt ein besonderer Platz in meinem Herzen und in meine schlaflosen Nächte. ​​ /s

Alle User*innen sind informiert und ich hoffe, dass sie sich einen sicheren Hafen suchen können und werden.

Es tut mir definitiv in der Seele weh, dass es so weit kommen musste - aber so kann man eben auch eine Instanz deföderieren - besser als jeder FediBlock.

Danke an alle für Euer Vertrauen, für Eure Unterstützung und für die schöne Zeit hier.

Ich weiß nicht, was ich noch sagen kann.

Macht's gut und Danke für den Fisch.

#mastoAdmin #FediAdmin #SharkAdmin #defederation #exitFedi #fediverse #

PSA for Misskey/fork admins: Misskey relies on Redis for long-term data storage. It is not just a caching solution, and wiping redis will result in permanent data loss.

This is contrary to most guides and documentation regarding redis, because Misskey is actually using it wrong. But unfortunately, lots of data is only stored in Redis with no way to re-create it from Postgres:
- All notifications
- Most timelines, if Fanout Timelines is enabled
- Charts and graphs
- Federation jobs, including delayed / scheduled jobs
- Antennas
- User lists
- Trending hashtags / notes
- Reversi games
- WebAuthn

If you ever lose or rollback your Redis cluster, then all of the above will be impacted. So please take regular backups!

#FediAdmin #Misskey #MisskeyAdmins #Sharkey #SharkeyAdmins #PSA

Colto Cloud has been DDoS'd twice this week by OpenAI running from both Meta Platforms Incorporated and Microsoft Corporation.

They have in particular been targeting FloofTube by trying to download all of the videos. I blocked them at the time of noticing but since this heavily impacts availability to my online services I have run an IP log search against all OpenAI attempts that scrape my websites.

The following IP networks are now permanently banned from my infrastructure:
4.151.241.240/28, 4.227.36.0/25, 13.83.167.128/28, 20.14.99.96/28, 20.25.151.224/28, 20.42.10.176/28, 20.57.67.40/30, 20.97.189.96/28, 20.168.18.32/28, 20.169.6.224/28, 20.169.7.48/28, 20.171.53.224/28, 20.171.123.64/29, 20.171.206.0/23, 20.215.214.16/28, 23.98.186.160/27, 23.98.186.192/31, 24.199.118.115/32, 31.145.16.12/32, 38.32.110.58/32, 40.83.2.64/28, 40.84.221.216/32, 40.84.221.224/28, 40.116.73.209/32, 51.8.102.0/24, 51.8.155.48/28, 52.156.77.154/32, 52.159.227.32/28, 52.190.190.16/32, 52.230.152.0/24, 52.230.163.42/32, 52.230.164.182/32, 52.255.111.0/24, 57.141.0.0/21, 64.23.143.131/32, 66.220.149.19/32, 68.221.67.160/27, 68.221.67.199/32, 68.221.75.16/28, 74.7.35.0/24, 74.7.36.0/24, 103.252.201.0/24, 104.131.50.213/32, 104.210.140.128/28, 134.209.176.183/32, 135.234.64.0/24, 135.237.131.192/27, 138.68.129.105/32, 138.197.150.3/32, 143.110.213.48/32, 143.110.213.51/32, 172.178.140.144/28, 172.182.192.0/22, 172.182.204.0/24, 172.182.208.0/21, 172.182.224.0/24, 172.203.30.218/32, 172.203.190.128/28, 172.213.11.144/28, 172.213.12.112/28, 172.213.21.112/28, 172.213.21.158/31, 185.50.71.199/32, 188.166.156.163/32, 2a03:2880::/40

Rule 5 of red.fox.yt is: "The use of data from this instance is prohibited for use in any machine learning (or AI) technologies."

The same rule is present on all my platforms and will not be tolerated.

Here are excerpts (ran out of post characters) of the offending user agents:
- OpenAI/1.0
- GPTBot/1.0; +https://openai.com/gptbot
- ChatGPT-User/1.0; +https://openai.com/chatgpt
- meta-externalagent/1.1 (+https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters/crawler)
- OAI-SearchBot/1.0; +https://openai.com/searchbot
- GPTBot/1.2; +https://openai.com/gptbot

fucking annoying as fuck when an instance won't let you view a post on it directly unless you're logged in

you know fedi doesn't always show all the replies unless you view a post on the original instance right??? so doing that is fucking OBNOXIOUS AS FUCK

The 2025 Fediverse Needs Assessment is open! If you run or moderate an online community, your feedback will guide the tools, training, and resources we focus on next year. See https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/ for details

#Fedimods #Moderators #FediAdmin #Moderation
http://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment

OVH a lancé de nouvelles offres de VPS vraiment intéressantes :

https://next.ink/195191/ovhcloud-lance-de-nouveaux-vps-aux-tarifs-agressifs-dans-les-local-zones-en-septembre/

Mais bon, c'est OVH

Pouet.space est actuellement chez Pulseheberg, sur un STD-8 à 11€, donc je pourrais économiser pas mal à passer chez OVH.

Vous en pensez quoi les Mastonautes ?

Just re-followed a bunch of mutuals that were stuck in “pending” limbo while my personal #fediverse server was being “protected” by @cloudflare’s “Bot Fight” service. Turns out it’s anathema to #Mastodon and many other servers’ API exchanges.

So now my inbox is finally starting to fill up again with those people’s posts. Hello again and welcome!

I run a fediverse relay that is open to queer and furry friendly instances. It is in approval mode, so feel free to add the relay and I'll get to your instance's follow request when I get a chance. If you DM me, I'll probably get to it faster.

#FediAdmin

Fedi admins: what are you planning to do about the Online Safety Act from the UK government?

If your instance is hosted elsewhere but with users, visitors or federating servers in the UK, what are you intending to do about it?

Geoblock the UK?

If you're a #FediAdmin I'd really recommend checking out this guide on the Online Safety Act by @iftas

https://about.iftas.org/2025/07/30/navigating-the-uk-online-safety-act/

Hey Mastodon Admins! Want to supercharge your server’s timeline?

I’m Chris, and I run relay.uggs.io — a personally-managed, fast, and curated Mastodon relay, built with love for the Fediverse.

Free & open to join — anyone’s welcome!
No corporate backing — just one nerd with solid hardware and a passion for federation.
High-quality stream — inactive or broken instances are pruned regularly.
Solid stack — PostgreSQL, Redis, SSDs, HTTP/3 via Caddy, and more under the hood.

You’ll get more diverse content, more interactions, and a more vibrant feed.
Got questions or need help setting it up? Ping me at @chris — always happy to help!

Join here: https://relay.uggs.io/

Let’s grow the Fediverse — together!
#Mastodon #FediAdmin #MastodonAdmin #MastodonRelay #Fediverse #SelfHosted #SysAdmin #Federation

IANAL so I've blocked all traffic for all UK users trying to access this instance. I'll need clearer guidance on age verification for Mastodon/ActivityPub, and I don't have the time/resources to deal with whatever's going on with the law in the UK. If you're visiting from the UK, you'll unfortunately see this page. #fediadmin #ageverification

PSA

been seein lotsa fake verification spam out on the timeline today!!!

don't just ignore these! be sure to report them to your instance admins so we can ban them and keep them from pestering anybody else. be sure to forward the reports, too, so remote admins can ban them at the source!!!

Running my own single user GoToSocial instance now; follow me here, if you want: https://gts.pebcak.me/@christian_freiherr_von_wolff

Federation test 2. Anyone see this (again)?

#FederationTest #SelfHosted #FediAdmin #SingleUserInstance