Notices by Eugen 💀 (gargron@mastodon.social), page 5

A number of folks have reached out to us over the past few months asking how they could help Mastodon out. Unfortunately, we haven't had the capacity to accept those kind offers at the time.

If you're interested in getting involved as a volunteer, please fill out this form (and share it around!) so we know who could help with what. (There is plenty that needs doing!)

https://joinmastodon.typeform.com/to/PdqUZCAg

There are over 700 applications for the open positions at Mastodon. Thankfully we're now joined by @inganomads to help us with the hiring process. And Claire is now full-time!

The only reason we're able to hire more folks is because of your support. Mastodon is a non-profit supported entirely by crowdfunding. If you like what we're doing or the servers we provide, consider supporting us on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/mastodon

I started working on Mastodon when I was 23, and now I'm 30

It's my birthday :catjam:

New picture for the website! Photographed by Peter Petzka.

To other Mastodon sysadmins: Check what pg_repack can do for you, especially if your server has been around for a really long time. PostgreSQL indexes get bloated over time and VACUUM does nothing about it. pg_repack can re-build indexes without downtime.

I shaved off 40 GB from the mastodon.social database just by using pg_repack on indexes tonight.

#HappyNewYear! 🎉✨

I feel bad for all the pets today 😔

John Mastodon

Never have to check Twitter mentions again, hell yeah 😎

What a thing to wake up to

New #Android update out now with new login screen, editing, upload progress, verified links in profiles and more. More to follow…

New #iOS app update with various fixes and improvements out now, including being able to follow and unfollow hashtags in the app. More in the pipeline…

The moderation team is bigger than ever and so is the amount of reports we have to process. We're dealing with unprecedented growth despite having closed registrations on these servers weeks ago. Some false positives are unavoidable, but we understand these mistakes are upsetting and unacceptable, and we are trying to do better. Luckily all moderator actions can be appealed and reversed.

There were two notable moderation incidents on mastodon.social and mastodon.online in the past 24 hours that I would like to address. In the first, a post was wrongfully removed due to a report claiming it contained a dogwhistle, and in the second, a person was wrongfully suspended due to a report claiming it's an impersonator. Both were undone and apologies issued.

I don't want to just be posting about numbers like a clock, but the 2 million mark of monthly active users across the network is a pretty big deal. This is going big numbers! Shout out to all the server operators who are absorbing this wave.

I put a CDN in front of the images, so they should load faster now. I've also upgraded the server again. A new iOS app release is waiting for review.

New Mastodon for iOS build on #TestFlight. Improved login screen, media upload progress and retry on failure, verified links on profiles, bookmarks, a more obvious account switcher, and other fixes.