Notices by Admin 🤓 Todon.nl (mod) (admin@todon.nl)

ℹ️ 🔕 Reminder for all people who care about a safe social media environment.

Since Mastodon version 4.3.0 there are new notifications defaults we are not able to configure server wide. 'Unsolicited private mentions' and 'Moderated accounts' are both set to 'Filter'. We advice you to set both of these to 'Ignore'.

The reasons are that 'Unsolicited private mentions' (aka 'Unsolicited direct messages') are very spam and harass sensitive. We believe that users should explicitly allow this, so we find this a bad default. A filter means that you are still forced to review this notification, with the spammer or harasser still getting their way.

'Moderated accounts' are accounts that are limited for a good reason (probably someone reported them) or accounts that belong to a Mastodon/fediverse server that is limited/silenced (also for a good reason). Those accounts and servers are not that problematic that we had to suspend them, but still problematic enough that we had to hide them or give you a warning when you visit their profile. Although you can still follow them if you like fierce discussions. So for the most of us there is no reason to see those accounts on our timelines and we also don't want to be notified about their existence via filters.

#feditips #mastodon #OnlineSafety

Although a lot of people in the eXodus are moving to the (similarly) American capitalist #Bluesky, we on Todon.eu and Todon.nl are also growing. People being here (new or coming back) made the right choice. The #fediverse is currently the only federated non-commercial/non-capitalist social network, powered by the #ActivityPub protocol, a W3C open standard.

In short: don't believe the hype!

ℹ️ This is just a reminder to let you know that todon.nl and todon.eu are not and will not communicate with :threads: #Threads. As overwhelmingly decided by our community (https://todon.nl/@admin/110696985478933637).

See https://fedipact.online for other servers/instances who also declared not to federate with Threads.

FAQ:

Q: Now I can't reach my friends on Threads. 😢

A: In short: Tell them to join Mastodon (or another ActivityPub non-big-tech compatible social media website). TLDR; #Meta (formerly #Facebook) and also the owner of Threads, #Instagram and #WhatsApp, is a big tech multinational that steals their data and fuck with their privacy. Therefore the community of your Mastodon server decided that they don't want Meta to steal their data and fuck with their privacy as well. If it are anti-capitalist friends, you can also tell them that capitalists shouldn't own your online (just as your offline) social life. They probably say that they already know this, but that the network effect keeps them over there. Better not push it from there any further. Some people are more sensitive for neoliberalism than others. 🤷🏻 Or you can move to mastodon.social. 🤔

Bonus FAQ in the next toot in this thread 🧵>>>>

Today it's 50 years ago that the Chilean democratic socialist Salvador #Allende died during a #coup led by the fascist #Pinochet, orchestrated by the #CIA.

To remember 50 years #September11 Todon.* created a Allende emoji. Enjoy and free to use for other servers of course.

:allende:

#Chile #socialism #democraticSocialism #11septembre

🎉 The results about the question if todon.eu and todon.nl should federate with #Meta's #Threads (if that will ever be the case) are in!

➡️ Total votes: 264

✅ Yes: 32 (12.1%)

🚫 No: 232 (87.9%)

Congratulations for the people who don't want to federate. Sorry for those 32 people who wanted to federate. It's your choice of course if you want to move to another server or not.

@FediPact Can you please add todon.eu and todon.nl to your list?

:facebook: :instagram: I pre-blocked Meta's (read #Facebook's) new project named #Threads (aka Barcelona aka #Project92). Namely threads.net and threads.instagram.com (that's a redirect to threads.net). If other URL's become available I will block those too.

This doesn't mean we will not vote about this issue anymore. This is just to make sure Meta (read Facebook) will not catch us by surprise. When all details about Threads become available, even if that means they first need to go live, I will start the poll.

ℹ️ As you probably have heard, Meta (#Facebook, #Instagram, #WhatsApp) wants to join the :fediverse: #fediverse with a new project code named #Project92 and possibly named #Threads (https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub).

There are a lot of worries that it will overtake and pollute the fediverse (incl. Mastodon). There is even a lobby started that wants to coordinate to block Meta en masse. Others say that it's a great opportunity for Mastodon and the fediverse to have more users, content and publicity.

What about todon.eu and todon.nl I hear you ask. I like to poll the todon.* community about what to do with Meta when we have more facts, so when we can make an informed decision.

To be continued.

🤦🏻 I totally forgot our 6th birthday last Friday. So congratulations everyone with six years and two days Todon.nl! 🥳

:todon: :todon: :todon: :todon: :todon: :todon:

💡 Tip 💡

There is a great browser extension I would like to advise. It makes it possible to boost, favorite and follow from another Mastodon server.

No need to copy the url to the clipboard and paste it in the search field on todon.nl anymore! Never be lost in the fediverse* again!

:firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fediact

:chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fediact/lmpcajpkjcclkjbliapfjfolocffednm

ℹ️ https://github.com/lartsch/FediAct

* Works for now only with Mastodon websites.

It's now 7h20 here. Waiting for our hosting provider to open their office and to take action. Let's hope they had some coffee. 🙄

The hosting provider has replied, they think it's fixed, but it's not. 🙄 So hold on.

They are going to forward it to their 'technicians'. 😭 After more than 14 hours. 🤦🏻

Update: I was on the phone with a nice 1st line support engineer. He is going to escalate it further.

Todon.eu is back online! This thread continues at the other @admin@todon.eu >>>

I tried to contact them in multiple ways. It's Sunday night, and we all know what that means. Be prepared for a night without todon.eu. 😭 After todon.eu is up again, I'm going to find how to avoid this in the future. To be continued.

Still no reply from our hosting provider. If you are on Todon.EU, I'm really sorry, but at the moment I can't do anything. This is beyond my control. Ik will keep you updated via this account.

ℹ️ 💔 There is an issue with todon.EU. Investigating at the moment.

ℹ️ ✍️ There is some controversy about journalists quoting people from the fediverse, what they also do on the almost extinct bird. This is not illegal and common practice on social media, and falls under citation right (EU) / fair use (US) and the freedom of press. Something that I and others on Todon.* find important. Still it's not done that they do this without permission. So to avoid this you can do the following:

#1. Write in your bio and a pinned post that you don't want be quoted. You even can select a license from https://creativecommons.org/.

#2. If you really want to be safe, make sure you always post to followers only (https://todon.nl/settings/preferences/other) and require follow requests (https://todon.nl/settings/profile).

If they still quote you, especially after #2 I advise you to contact the journalist or news organisation.

🚧 There is an issue with people's profile's not loading when accessed directly (not via the web-app). I'm working on it.

🎉 Problem is fixed. Was an issue with merging.

Another (less important) thing: the color of the boost icons when a post is published, is not bright enough compared with the grey icons. So difficult to distinguish. I'm going to fix that as well (easy), but first a 🚿, 🍞 and ☕ .