In the past few weeks there has been a bot farm hammering small Mastodon instances with requests for what looks like emoji-related assets and the hashtag API.
More specifically, it appears this bot farm has now come for my Mastodon instance, because the number of requests has doubled in the last 24 hours, with a lot of the requests being API requests for a single JSON file.
Even more specifically, looking at data provided by my CDN provider, a lot of the bots appear to be using IP addresses associated with Tencent Singapore.
#MastoAdmin #Mastodon
Hi :) If you see this, on #bluesky or #mastodon, please react, its a #webmention test from my blog !
Thanks @… for #mastodonEl!
RE: #Mastodon has surprising reach. I wrote and published this essay yesterday; I have advertised it …
If you use an Android phone, which Mastodon client do you use? I currently use Moshidon after trying all the ones I could find a while ago but I'm wondering if I should experiment a bit more.
#android #mobile #mastodon
Will man ein Konto bei #Mastodon, muss man einen Server wählen. Dazu geht man auf
- https://fedi.garden/ oder
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First time I see #Mastodon mentioned in my French journal #LeMonde, with a link to a Mastodon post like they normally do for twitter!
In this case they link to this post from @…
can anyone help me find some graphics for social media alternatives that show the big social media logos and then the logo and name of the activitypub equivalent?
I know I have seen a few but suddenly can't find them.
#mastodon #activitypub
It takes ~10 taps all over the place (plus completely losing your current scroll position on the timeline) on the Mastodon mobile webpage to add a simple word filter for things you don't want to see.
I love that this is possible at all here, but I really wish this process was easier.
#Mastodon #UX
Now this is the kind of blogpost that's a joy to read: #mastodon #blog #SocialNetwork
It's really fun how you can easily vibecode apps using Mastodon's APIs to analyse, summarize your timeline, lists etcetera For personal use i made an app to summarize the last 48 hours of posts in a specific Mastodonlist. Really useful/timesaver.
#vibecoding #mastodon
Das #Fediverse, sprich #Mastodon, wird nun wirklich populär. Denn mittlerweile werde ich über #Propaganda massig belehrt was denn wirklich freies
@… followed, thanks!
Just one problem, and it's not you: I can never remember how to get Mastodon to show me who I follow (I imagine that I should prune something …).
Oops.
#Mastodon
Also, ich weiß ja nicht aber die Profilseiten in der Mastodon Version v4.6.0-nightly.2026-04-04 gefallen mir irgendwie überhaupt nicht.
#Mastodon #Profile #Nightly
RE: #Darmstadt plant Umzug zu #Mastodon
> Die Darmstädter Koalition aus #CDU, #Grünen & @… schlägt vor, die #Öffentlichkeitsarbeit der Stadt auf der Plattform #X (ehemals #Twitter) deutlich zu reduzieren. (…)
[Mit Mastodon] wollendie Koalitionäre den Darmstädtern „datenschutzfreundliche und unabhängige Kanäle“ anbieten.
cc @… @… @…
12.2.2026, Echo-Online berichtet:
#Datenschutz #SocialMedia #DutGemacht #DiDay
Picking a Mastodon server.
#mastodon #mastodonmigration
alrighty folks! time to install the new network box!
Will see if I can fully replace the Telus router (white roundish tower thing on the top shelf) with the asus router.
there will definitely be interruptions in internet to this mstdn account, as well as to the alberniweather blog.
It would be nice if it preserves my ip address, and not need a ddns update but I doubt I will be that lucky.
See you on the flip side! I will post updates from @…
#selfhost #footiMac #network #mastodon #homelab
🇵🇱 Dodałem właśnie do #BiLangPost możliwość szybkiego publikowania toota na #Mastodon. To powinno znacznie ułatwić sprawę. Kopiuj-wklej nie jest już jedynym sposobem.
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🇬🇧 I just added to #BiLangPost
Ich wünsche mir, dass Posts mit Zitaten auf #Mastodon erst veröffentlicht werden, wenn das Zitat angezeigt werden kann.
Sonst fehlt der Kontext und bis der dann erkennbar ist, sind die Posts in der Irrelevanz nach unten durchgesackt.
RE: #AffordableHousing problem, he has also presented policy suggestions to government. Not sure they listened but they should have.
Let's increase his follower count so more of us are educated on this important issue. Smash that follow button and boost him to your followers.
#MastodonCanada #EconomicPolicy
By accident, my #lazyblorg is one of the first blogging solutions that include a "Share on #Mastodon" functionality on each article page. 🥳
Learn how to do it yourself:
I recently had a PHP problem I was struggling with. Instead of using AI, I asked #mastodon.
I got a great answer and they kept helping as I continued to struggle.
In the end I learned and the community helped.
That’s the way it should be.
h/t @…
I reworked it, and now it's way prettier! 💎👇🏻
My always up-to-date sheet with almost 1300 official accounts by media organizations that you can follow from #Mastodon and everywhere else in the #Fediverse.
➡️
Dear @… from what I am gathering from your comments elsewhere is that it is possible to block only the Bluesky part of the ATProto network from being bridged with @… and leave BlackSky and other independent AT instances? Could you go into detail on on a procedure for that? This could be a powerful pro-federation response in addition to making a statement on ICE and Bluesky.
#ice #bluesky #fediblock #fediverse #mastodon
ff* tussendoor ...
Wat ben ik toch blij met de optie om achteraf een bericht nog te kunnen bewerken.
#Mastodon #Edit
* FF bleek grote verwarring te geven.
#fedihelp with #mastodon:
i am using mastodon now since 3 years more intensively on browser, app (currently mona) BUT..........
i did not find out how i can start reading where i left yesterday?
is there a cross app / cross plattform solution?
Muy buenos los últimos cambios de #tooterBeta, el cliente de #sailfish para #mastodon
« Renouvellement de ma contribution financière Š la coopérative Mastodon social.coop »
#coop
Uff. Dieses #mastodon wird noch richtig Arbeit.
Merke: poste keine longthreads, keine Predigten und nichts zur Energiepolitik wenn du in Ruhe frühstücken willst.
In dieser Reihenfolge.
Ich hatte mal von #Pixelfed ein paar Bilder mit dem Tag #marokko gepostet. Einige der Bilder kommen hier bei #Mastodon nur zur Hälfte an. Ein Teil des Bildes ist grau.
Interessantes Phänomen.
Ist eurosky.social eine Gefahr für #Mastodon? #eurosky #euroskysocial
Zwar nur ein #Workaround aber immerhin: Man kann hier auf #Mastodon ja schon lange #Hashtags folgen - man konnte sie aber nie in bestehende
RE: #Mastodon solches Zeug über den Stream rutscht.
🍻 Stammtisch München und Oberbayern 🥨
Der kommende #Stammtisch ist am Montag dem 2., wir Treffen uns und machen 🏴☠️Dinge✨🐧🦣😉. Wir sprechen über #Politik, #Mastodon und
Mal wieder auf #mastodon weil piefed.social down ist.
#piefed #lemmy
Auf kleineren Instanzen versuchen sich immer wieder irgendwelche Marketingfuzzis einzunisten, die dann von dort versuchen ihren Müll zu verbreiten. Erst sind sie auf größeren Instanzen unterwegs, werden dort vermutlich gesperrt und probieren es dann weiter. Erlebt ihr das eigentlich auch?
#mastodon #mastoadmin
I'm sympathetic to folks who want better discovery tool on fediverse but I'll never truly understand. I love being in the wild west and hunting for content and collecting follows and content sources. Anything that hands me content I quickly loose interest it.
Tiktok never held my interest even trying to get the algo to give me things I want. It never worked and I gave it several week of trying.
I'm trying to understand why these graphs do not match:
#fediverse #mastodon
Da interessiert es mich, ob im neuesten österreichischen Schulwörterbuch #Mastodon drinnensteht und was finde ich für ein Wort an dessen Stelle?
Na?
O #akkoma interage bem com o #mastodon ?
Как некоторые уже знают, в #Mastodon будут копировать Started Packs из #Bluesky — это такие списки пользователей, которыми можно поделиться с другими и разом подписаться. (См.
@… könnt ihr mal meiner Heimatstadt #Ostfildern erklären wie man einen #Mastodon Account eröffnet? Ich finde eure Social Media Strategie wirklich cool und sogar gleich inte…
RE: #Mastodon-Listen von @…!
👉 #Behörden #NGO #Forschungseinrichtungen sowie #Städten & Gemeinden 🇳🇱
✅ #Volkshochschulen DE
✅ #Bibliotheken DE
Außerdem findet ihr auf der Seite Accounts von:
✅ #Wissenschaft #Museen Landes- & Bundes- #Behörden uvm.
➡️ Folgen, teilen, weitersagen!
#Bildung #Niederlande #Holland #DiDay #SocialMedia
Lese auf #Handball-World, dass die Champions-League Plätze auch nach Qualität der Social Media Präsenz vergeben werden.
Da würde ich den Füchsen Berlin ja empfehlen jetzt schon mal nen #Mastodon Account anzulegen. 😬
https://www.handball-world.news/artikel/keine-garantie-verliert-die-bundesliga-sogar-einen-internationalen-startplatz-1208612
#patreon macht keinen Bankeinzug mehr. Habe jetzt für das monatliche #funding unseres schönen bildung.social #Mastodon Servers auf Dauerauftrag umgestellt.
💰
Da bleiben dann auch keine Gebüh…
RE: #SociaalNetwerk van formaat dat #Europees is en immuun voor #BigTech: #Mastodon, of eigenlijk de #Fediverse.
Ik begrijp dat het leeuwendeel van jullie lezers daar niet zit, maar neem de voorbeeldfunctie door er vaker naar te verwijzen en het een prominente plek te geven tussen jullie links. "In je eentje op een alternatief sociaal platform zitten" is het namelijk ook weer niet, er zitten hier al best veel mensen. #Correspondent
#twitter would be 20 now
If still existed #rip
Hope #Mastodon will survive longer
Den "Veröffentlichen" Button zum "Tröööt" Button geändert.
#Mastodon #CSS
I hope we get some kind of community notes on #mastodon. If others will not marks posts with important information I would like to.
Ohne nebenher auf #Mastodon herumzudatteln hält man das #BWTriell echt nicht aus ...
A message especially for my Canadian male followers out there today, but it applies to all.
If you see a story from a woman calling out the behaviour of a man, believe them. Yes, believe them over the 'bro’, especially when there are multiple corroborating stories.
Don’t feign impartiality.
Don't ignore.
Just believe them, it's not that hard.
It's long past time we do this as the default.
It will make us all better in the long run.
That is all.
#BelieveWomen #Tech #Mastodon
Spannend zu sehen, wie sich ein frischer #Mastodon Server mit Leben füllt:
https://stuttgart.social/explore
Vielleicht habt ihr es noch gar nicht mitbekommen:
We are delighted to welcome two new accounts to the #2MR Community #StarterPack:
👉 #MustRead)
and
🔹@…, building open-source, content discovery for decentralized social media
#2MR is a festival for #SocialMedia that strengthens #democracy taking place on 4 May in #Hamburg
👉 #MayTheForth
#Media #Eurosky #Bluesky #Mastodon #Fediverse #Meta #SciComm #DanmarkSkifter
Mastodon Admin self hosters who are installed on standard Debian!
Have you moved to Debian 13/Trixie?
#SelfHost #Debian #MastoAdmin #Mastodon
The EFF quits X
“X is no longer where the fight is happening. The platform Musk took over was imperfect but impactful. What exists today is something else: diminished, and increasingly de minimis.
EFF takes on big fights, and we win. We do that by putting our time, skills, and our members’ support where they will effect the most change. Right now, that means Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and eff.org. We hope you follow us there and keep supporting the work we do. Our work protecting digital rights is needed more than ever before, and we’re here to help you take back control."
#DumpMusk #X #Mastodon #Fediverse #Activism #HumanRIghts
Teilen ist besser als Zitieren?
Pro Tipp: in den Einstellungen kann man schnelles Teilen aktivieren dann verschwindet die Funktion Zitieren in das Drei-Punkte-Menü eines Beitrags.
Habe das eben so eingestellt. Hat mich immer genervt, dass es umständlicher geworden ist zu teilen.
#ServiceToot #Mastodon
success! Upgraded #footiMac to Debian 13/Trixie and brought Mastodon along for the ride.
Had a few hiccups...
1) I upgraded elasticsearch and ended up having to clear out its cache files as it didn't want to 'upgrade' them itself.
2) postgresql 15 and 16 are still running in the background and needed new timezones in their configs.
3) Charlock_holmes ruby gem was unhappy (as noted in recent Mastodon release notes) and needed: bundle install --force to actually get it to install again.
4) libvibs is not happy either, so I turned it off in the config file. This seems to be an ongoing issue.
Once those things were found and fixed, it all came back up.
Phew! Wonder what else broke lol
#Mastodon #Debian #Trixie #MastoAdmin #selfhost
Since @… and @… are the first Canadian federal and provincial party leaders respectively to be on the #Fediverse, I wonder if they will have an outsized influence on this place until other parties inevitably join. 🤔
#mastodon #canada #cdbpoli #canpoli #ndp #LPC #GPC #CPC #BCGreens #politics
I might offend some folks with this poll… but I think it's kind of the elephant in the room, my friends.
Q: Is the biggest problem with #Mastodon in general actually the moderation of its biggest instance: mastodon.social?
This is not directed at anyone personally, rather, it's directed at a toxic culture that I see innocent people/victims posting about over and over again.
(mastodon.social is 300K MAU, next one is 12K)
#Fediverse #Moderation #OpenServers #Bullying #Welcome
Yes
No
Not sure - Everyone is welcome to boost and reply. Join the discussion.
@jae@mastodon.me.uk
@danyork@mastodon.social
@cdamian@rls.social
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.social
@vosje62@mastodon.nl
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
@stefan@gardenstate.social
@ebinger@bildung.social
@john@fediverse-rocks.de
@cyrevolt@mastodon.social
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
@cybertailor@craba.cab
@cdonat@hostsharing.coop
@bammerlaan@mastodon.nl
@johnm@social.tchncs.de
@rasterweb@mastodon.social
@sherold@mastodon.online
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
@publicvoit@graz.social
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
@maxheadroom@hub.uckermark.social
