#MastoMeta

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Cassian [main]Oh hey instance admins, if you have rules against misinformation and/or spam - would you consider adding AI slop to your definitions thereof?Edit: I am not using "AI slop" to refer to anything generated by AI. I'm using the definition that's described by its Wikipedia page: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop</a>Low quality, often nonsense, used as clickbait or to sell dross or to make money from advertising, etc. You know, spam or misinformation but made by an LLM or image diffusion thing to make money for lazy humans with no morals.<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoMeta</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/MastoAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoAdmin</a>

CassianYou know that thing where there's a pile of hashtags at the bottom of a Mastodon post, and sometimes they get collapsed into a semi-hidden list, but sometimes they stay visible and look awful and spammy?The trick is, it must be the last paragraph and it must be all hashtags and only hashtags. If you put anything after it, tag another account in the hashtag paragraph, include any punctuation, or split the list with new lines, the hashtags won't get condensed.<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meta</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoMeta</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/MastodonMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastodonMeta</a>

Cassian [main]Which style of filter appearance do you prefer from the screenshots in the previous post?<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poll</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastoMeta</a>

Rusty CorgiI complained about BlueSky a little so I'm gonna balance it out by saying that Mastodon's federation options suck and we need a way to boot remote servers off of our federated timeline and hashtag lookup without outright silencing every single person on that server. :neodog__w_:<a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/MastodonMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastodonMeta</a> <a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoMeta</a>

Rusty CorgiFediverse is a bad name. I officially propose we call ourselves something cool like the Federation :crow_salute:Make your own suggestions though. :blobcorgi_excited: I wanna see what the brilliant minds of the Federation propose.<a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/FediMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediMeta</a> <a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/MastodonMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastodonMeta</a> <a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoMeta</a>

Jonathan KamensWhat the fuck is this, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Mastodon</a>? It looks a whole lot like an ad. And wow, if I scroll through the recommendations I see that <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Gargron</a> is listed as one of them, with no explanation of why. The optics here are terrible. Reconsider this "feature", please. I don't want this in my feed, and I'm sure many other people don't either. <a href="https://federate.social/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoMeta</a>

Jason 🍩Closing in on 2 years on Mastodon!Thanks for the connections, the conversations, and being a decent person.Hope to meet more of you soon!<a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoMeta</a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/anniversary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anniversary</a>

Eliot Lash<a href="https://social.coop/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TIL</a> about <a href="https://fediverse.info/explore/people" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fediverse.info/explore/people</a>, a directory of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Fedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fedi</a> users. It's super quick and easy to add yourself, just add <a href="https://social.coop/tags/fedi22" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fedi22</a> hashtag and any other topic hashtags you want to your bio and then click the "Add Account" button to opt in to the directory. No login required.<a href="https://social.coop/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoMeta</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FediMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediMeta</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediTips</a>

Rusty CorgiI like responding to people's Fedi posts so they feel like others are engaging since Fedi is definitely a lot smaller than, like, Twitter. I don't want them to think it's a ghost town here. Sometimes I wonder if I'm annoying though. :corgi_wtf1:(Not to say I only do it because I want people to feel engaged with, I way prefer to use social media to talk to people instead of only thumbing up their posts. :blobfoxcute: )<a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/MastodonMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastodonMeta</a> <a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoMeta</a> <a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/FediMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediMeta</a>

Nemo_bis 🌈There's a lot to say about the new <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> version but the most impactful change for me so far is the new boost icon. It now visibly changes when pressed, while previously it would barely change colour/thickness, a difference often too subtle to notice on screens with low constrast/brightness.<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/FediMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FediMeta</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoMeta</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoDev</a>

Nemo_bis 🌈<a href="https://kolektiva.social/@HeavenlyPossum" class="u-url mention">@HeavenlyPossum</a> Maybe they come from the Mastodon explore page/suggestions to follow popular accounts? Interesting to see how that changes with the new release (if you saw it happen more often with mastodon.social and mastodon.online accounts until yesterday, it might be because they were on 4.3 months earlier). <a href="https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/10/mastodon-4.3/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/10/mastodon-4.3/</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoMeta</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/FediMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FediMeta</a>

Rusty CorgiIf any Mastodon admins are dealing with spam account sign-ups, it's worth noting that these accounts seem to universally use disposable email providers and burner email address. There's a GitHub repo that tracks these providers. All moderation inquiries are sent to a user's email on Mastodon, so there's no legitimate reason any Mastodon user should be using a disposable email address. As such, there's a git repository that tracks these disposable email providers. There are also bash scripts that will import the repository into tootctl for you.The disposable email git repo can be found here:<ul><li><a href="https://github.com/disposable-email-domains/disposable-email-domains" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Disposable Email Domains</a></li></ul>And the bash scripts can be found here:<ul><li><a href="https://www.dzombak.com/blog/2024/02/Blocking-disposable-email-domains-in-Mastodon.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Docker</a></li><li><a href="https://codeberg.org/stvo/mastodon-ansible-nodocker/src/branch/main/playbooks/templates/home/mastodon/addmaildomains.sh.j2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Regular/Not Docker</a></li></ul>Simply clone the repo and copy the bash script onto your server, then edit the script to point at your Mastodon installation and the directory you cloned the repository to, and it should handle the rest.Side note: I checked our logs and we had a huge spike in attempted sign-ups from a bunch of different disposable email addresses this week, so I can confirm that blocking them definitely works. :blobyeengrin:<a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoMeta</a> <a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/MastodonAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastodonAdmin</a> <a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/MastoAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoAdmin</a> <a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spam</a> <a href="https://cubhub.social/tags/Spamwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spamwave</a>

Nemo_bis 🌈<a href="https://finkasaur.us/@noah" class="u-url mention">@noah</a> Redirecting is expected for non logged-in users. <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/22620#issuecomment-1363670888" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/22620#issuecomment-1363670888</a>Currently search by URL doesn't seem to be supported on the <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/InstagramThreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#InstagramThreads</a> side, so to load <a href="https://werd.social/@evanprodromou@threads.net/112056448518067233" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://werd.social/@evanprodromou@threads.net/112056448518067233</a> you need to load the <a href="https://werd.social/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://werd.social/</a> frontpage, search Evan's account, browse until you find that post and then click it.<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoMeta</a>

Nemo_bis 🌈At <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FOSDEM</a> I took a bad photo of <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron" class="u-url mention">@Gargron</a> and now of course it's on <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/WikimediaCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WikimediaCommons</a>: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2024-02-03_FOSDEM_026.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2024-02-03_FOSDEM_026.jpg</a>Don't be cruel, upload the better ones you took before this gets added to all Wikipedia articles. ;)<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoMeta</a>

Nemo_bis 🌈<a href="https://infosec.town/@blake" class="u-url mention">@blake</a> I wonder who benefits from this change. Presumably the users who get automatically onboarded on <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastodonSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastodonSocial</a> and don't have to worry their little minds with the existence of users outside the central instance? For everyone else this looks more confusing as the complexity is hidden under the carpet and you now need to learn two username presentation styles instead of one.<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoMeta</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoDev</a>

Nemo_bis 🌈<a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@egallager" class="u-url mention">@egallager</a> This might be the consequence of draconian retention policies. <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/19260" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/19260</a> <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/25115#issuecomment-1560985815" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/25115#issuecomment-1560985815</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoDev</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoMeta</a>

Nemo_bis 🌈<a href="https://puntarella.party/@ex_06" class="u-url mention">@ex_06</a> <a href="https://puntarella.party/@enverdemichelis" class="u-url mention">@enverdemichelis</a> Non sono convintissimo che questo sia un problema, ma comunque ho segnalato. <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/28129" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/28129</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoDev</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoMeta</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#InfoSec</a>

Nemo_bis 🌈<a href="https://digipres.club/@andrewjbtw" class="u-url mention">@andrewjbtw</a> Even more annoying for me is that the self-search for tagged posts, e.g. <a href="https://mamot.fr/@nemobis/tagged/copyright" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://mamot.fr/@nemobis/tagged/copyright</a> unconditionally excludes public replies, in addition to any unlisted posts. I need to grep my account export to find my own posts, or use something like <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastodonArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastodonArchive</a>. <a href="https://alexschroeder.ch/cgit/mastodon-archive/about/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://alexschroeder.ch/cgit/mastodon-archive/about/</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoMeta</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/FediMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FediMeta</a>

Nemo_bis 🌈What happened when I emailed 3000 <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> admins about a critical vulnerability <a href="https://federicoleva.eu/en/posts/2023/mastodon-vulnerability-emails/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://federicoleva.eu/en/posts/2023/mastodon-vulnerability-emails/</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoDev</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoMeta</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/FediAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FediAdmin</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/FediMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FediMeta</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#infosec</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#email</a>

Nemo_bis 🌈<a href="https://mastodon.social/@mastodonusercount" class="u-url mention">@mastodonusercount</a> This is the new local peak in weekly <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> registrations, 423k in the week leading to 2023-07-08.I'm not sure whether it includes the "fake" instance daystorm.netz.org, which currently has 396k accounts with 20 posts.<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/FediMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FediMeta</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastoMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoMeta</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MastodonMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastodonMigration</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fediverse</a>

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