How do I raise the file-upload size limit in my Mastodon instance? Seems like every time I upload a screenshot I have to manually resize it several times to get it down below whatever limit it uses — seems like 1MB?

I want to be able to upload the image no matter how big it is. The server can deal with it.

#MastoAdmin

Content filters are not working properly on Akkoma. Please help!

#akkoma #mastoadmin #fedimin #pleroma #admin #sysadmin

We have now successfully upgraded to v4.3.0-alpha.4+mementomods-2024-06-30+pr30850. The server has Mastodon Bird UI 2.0.0rc38 installed.

The branch is now synced and up-to-date and 238 commits ahead from the last version 2024-06-01.

This version contains some fixes to both Mastodon and Mastodon Bird UI. Most notably the new experimental hover cards feature is available for our instance.

As usual, please tell me about any strange things you may encounter with this Mastodon version. We're running bleeding edge after all.

I hope you enjoy your time here. Feel free to send me a message if you have anything in mind.

#MementoMoriSocial #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI

Need to setup Automated backup (to s3) for this Akkoma Instance. How do you do it?

#akkoma #pleroma #sysadmin #mastodon #fediverse #fediadmin #mastoadmin

I had a dream about Sidekiq queues last night. I've really lost it.

#MastoAdmin

Nice quality of life improvement added to the latest #Mastodon code: account cards on hover!

A perfect companion to the upcoming grouped notifications 😃

We need to tune the behaviour a bit, but I am already missing them when using another instance.

All of this will be in 4.3, which we plan to release soon!

#mastodev #mastoadmin

I wrote a little Python script that downloads domain blocks from a specified Mastodon server and saves them as a CSV file that can be imported to your own server. In case this is something you need.

https://github.com/stefanbohacek/mastodon-domain-block-exporter-script

#mastodon #MastoAdmin #MastoAdmins #DomainBlocks #fediblock

I love when Fediverse scrapers get Fediblocked MULTIPLE times then start making new instances under obscure domain names to hide their data stealing...🤬

Awakari created a new instance on Indy.rest on June 24. 4 days after I called for Fediblock on their other attempt at ban evasion (awakari.app)

Indy.rest seems to be down at the moment. However, given their track record, this is a required block if you value your data not being sold.

#Fedi #Fediverse #Fediblock #FediScraper #ActivityPub #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin

Has this been fixed since the article came out in December?

Former Truth Social developer behind Soapbox and Rebased has come up with a sneaky workaround to how Authorized Fetch functions: if your domain is blocked for a fetch, just sign it with a different domain name instead, using an A record that points back to the receiving instance. #MastoAdmin

https://wedistribute.org/2023/12/authorized-fetch-circumvented/

Authorized Fetch Circumvented by Alt-Right Developers

We've criticized the security and privacy mechanisms of Mastodon in the past, but this new development should be eye-opening. Alex Gleason, the former Truth Social developer behind Soapbox and Rebased

^{Sean Tilley (We Distribute)}

@jan I think, funnily enough, that this is Facebook following ActivityPub more closely than Mastodon - specifically the parts around Inbox Forwarding, which Mastodon doesn't do.

It's the reason people invent things like #FediFetcher

#MastoAdmin #Fediverse #ActivityPub

2a03:2880:3ff::face:b00c - - [25/Jun/2024:11:45:09 +0000] "POST /inbox HTTP/1.1" 202 5 "-" "facebookexternalua"

My logs are actually rammed with entries like the above. It's not a helpful UA, so what is it doing? Being a POST I'm pretty certain it's not crawling but I'm also not following all that many (if any in fact) Threads users?

#MastoAdmin #Fediverse #SelfHost