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@cheeaunChee Aun 🤔 yeah I love his books and his blog but I had to unfollow him here because of feed invasions with these kind of posts.

I wonder why he doesn’t set up a #GoToSocial account (where he could set the max character limit to anything he desires) 🤔

@codinghorrorJeff Atwood

🏕️ my adventures in self-hosting: day 220 (roller coaster edition) 🎢

A new blog post where I discuss how sanity prevailed and I will NOT install my own Lemmy instance. But! Now I'm tempted to set up something else. Thankfully reality for now is disrupting my fanciful plans.

🔗​: https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-adventures-in-self-hosting-day-220-roller-coaster-edition/

#MySoCalledSudoLife #Sharkey #Friendica #GoToSocial #YunoHost #Docker

Those are my notes about quitting #Pixelfed and migrating my account to #GoToSocial using the wonderful #slurp tool.

https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/gotosocial-adventures-migrate-from-pixelfed/

Those are my notes on how this #GoToSocial instance is setup to runs on #OpenBSD using #httpd as an assets caching service and #relayd as a reverse-proxy.

If interested, enjoy ☺️

https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/gotosocial-adventures-run-on-openbsd/#final-thoughts

For today's #ThankYouTuesday, I'd like to thank everyone who supports the Fediverse. So, that means *you*. Yes, you, the one reading this.
Thank you!

The Fediverse truly is for everyone: if you don't have the skills or means to set up your own instance, you can join one of the public instances that aligns with your aspirations. If you can and want to, you can create your own instance, and thanks to lightweight (and interoperable) software, you can do it with spare hardware or very affordable VPS.
So thank you to all of you, friends of the Fediverse!

#Fediverse #Mastodon #snac #GoToSocial #Wordpress #Mitra #Akkoma #Pleroma #Honk #Peertube #Pixelfed #TooManyToEnumerateHere

@elenaElena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂ @wariatJakub Klawiter have you perhaps posted this as an issue on #gotosocial issue tracker on codeberg?

Ω🪬Ω
Latest version of #FediAlgo, the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed, allows for the use of multiple accounts on multiple Mastodon servers. Also fixes some #GoToSocial interoperability issues.

* Link: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/
* Code: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed
* Video of FediAlgo in action: https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522
* Release notes: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/releases

#activitypub #algorithm #algorithmicFeed #algorithmicTimeline #Fedi #FediTips #FediTools #Fediverse #Feed #FOSS #GoToSocial #hashtag #hashtags #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #MastodonApi #mastohelp #mastojs #nodejs #nod #opensource #socialmedia #SocialWeb #timeline #TL #typescript #webdev

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 198 (summer project edition) 🏖️​

Hello Fedi friends,

I hope you've been having a nice week so far.

I've been in childcare mode, thus the silence. I've been thinking about something and I would love to get your advice.

#AskFedi: is there a way to export one's #GoToSocial archive of posts (but not replies to other users)? Like something with command lines that doesn't require tedious copy and paste operations?

I wanted to gather up all the posts about the first 6 months of my self-hosting journey, to neatly organize them on my website (either in multiple blog posts or pages) so that they could be more easily searchable. It's not really ideal to go on an infinite scroll quest in reverse chronological order to see the evolution of my self-hosting journey.

Like, I'm curious to see what I was up to in January but going back in time loading old posts takes forever. And I cannot really search for keywords.

I'd like to keep things organized and easily searchable. And implement a POSSE system going forward... publishing on my site first and then syndicating elsewhere.

It's my summer of POSSE inspired by @molly0xfffMolly White 🤗
https://www.citationneeded.news/posse/

If you have any ideas about how I can easily export all my #GtS posts, I'm all ears.

If not, I suppose I will start copying and pasting everything and do monthly installments of my self-hosting journey (aka "month 1" etc.). After all I have 1125 posts (sigh).

Anyways, I hope this finds you well and that you're keeping cool in this scorching heat (especially fellow Europeans).

have a lovely morning/afternoon/evening wherever you are ❤️​

#MySoCalledSudoLife

Ω🪬Ω
Latest release of #FediAlgo, the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed, lets you blur / hide images marked as sensitive / #NSFW, which solves the "unwanted dick pics in your feed" issue that can come up when users of one of the more "risque" fediverse servers manage to make one of their favourite hashtags trend.

* Link: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/
* Code: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed
* Video of FediAlgo in action: https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522
* Release notes: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/releases

#activitypub #algorithm #algorithmicFeed #algorithmicTimeline #Fedi #FediTips #FediTools #Fediverse #Feed #FOSS #GoToSocial #hashtag #hashtags #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #MastodonApi #mastohelp #mastojs #nodejs #nod #opensource #socialmedia #SocialWeb #timeline #TL #typescript #webdev

Ok, I think I'm going to have to admit finally that @ryuslash@goto.ryuslash.orgTom is really my main account.

I've been using this account mainly to follow hashtags, but pretty much all of my posting has been happening on my other account.

When I first started I was worried about what it would mean to run my own server, but #GoToSocial has been very good and hasn't been using up a lot of resources on my very small VPS.

I'll still check this account regularly, and I'll reply if you talk to me here.

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 182 (new software edition!) ☁️​

Good morning Fedi friends!

This #GoToSocial account is officially back to posting about... self-hosting from the POV of a newbie / non-dev.

This morning I hit a new little milestone: I FINALLY installed #NextCloud on my VPS (thank you #YunoHost).

I'm getting ready to share short clips of my Fedi promo video (that anybody could use / upload on their own accounts - esp. Big Tech ones, if they're so inclined) and I needed a solution to let people download files. NextCloud is perfect for the task - and something I had looked forward to installing for a looooong time.

I'll share more details soon, but so far I'm excited to finally use it.

Wishing everyone a great day! 🌞​

#FOSS #MySoCalledSudoLife

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 177 (VPS stress test edition) 📈

Dear Fedi friends,

You might have noticed I've been a little quiet on here since launching my Fedi promo video. What happened?

Well well well, the unexpected victim of my viral toot / video was... my beloved #GoToSocial account.

Approximately 12 hours after posting about my video - a toot that got 1200+ boosts - for some reason federation broke on this account. I was still posting messages and replying but getting zero interactions.

So yesterday evening, thanks to the amazing help of people on the GoToSocial Matrix help room, I was told to upgrade to the latest version of GoToSocial. And that fixed the problem, yay.

If you don't mind, I'll copy and paste parts of 2 messages I had tried to publish Tue & Wed:

((( message from Tue evening )))

Thank you for all the amazing feedback you shared today re: my Fediverse promo video. I’m really touched.

Extra thanks to everyone who helped spread the word on Big Tech platforms - to reach a wider audience. I don’t have any accounts there anymore (not even on LinkedIn) so I appreciate your help with fediverse advocacy 🙏

And special special thanks to all the superheroes who intentionally left the browser tab open on my video to take advantage of PeerTube’s P2P feature, helping offload bandwidth strain from my little server. You rock! 🥹

((( beginning of message from Wed Jun 11 )))

The past 24 hours have been incredible! Thank you for all the boosts to the post about my Fedi promo video (over a thousand!)

It looks like my self-hosted Ghost blog did well with the massive wave of traffic and didn't experience the "Mastodon hug of Death." THANK YOU Varnish cache for it! Total game changer. I could not recommend it more! (As someone who experienced the Mastodon hug of death TWICE before installing Varnish cache) 😅​

So: my #Ghost blog survived. Ditto for my self-hosted #PeerTube (which is on a separate VPS - installed/managed via #YunoHost). The video so far has almost 5000 views - which is pretty good for PeerTube.

✨​ The magic of the fediverse for you ✨​

((( end of pasted messages )))

Since yesterday, I changed the visibility of the video, making it public. And my VPS is surviving, thanks to PeerTube's P2P and various instances mirroring the video (thank you fellow admins, I owe you big time!)

I'm just so grateful for all your nice words and support.

Later today I'll travel to Amsterdam, as I will be speaking at #PubConf2025 about the Fediverse YAY. I'm super honored for this opportunity and I look forward to reconnecting with many other Fediverse advocates who have become friends.

Exciting times 🥹

Wishing you all a lovely day! ✨🚀

#MySoCalledSudoLife #TheFutureIsFederated

Dear Fedi friends,

By now you might have seen the post announcing the release of my promotional video for the Fediverse. But in case you have boosts turned off, here we go: https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

I posted about it this morning from my #GoToSocial account because I have a 5000 character limit there. And I had so many people to thank for their help. It really takes a village.

Thank you for all the wonderful feedback so far ❤️

👋🏻 I thought I'd post this #introduction

I’m a #productivity enthusiast. I’m interested in #tech

I started this #GoToSocial instance as a mini-project; especially as my coding skills are very, very, limited, so a little bit of education for me. So far, so good.

In my spare time (not that there is much of it) I’m a #CubScout Leader #ScoutingUk

I have an amazing wife and between us we have 5 children - well, I say 'children' but they're all grown up now!

I follow #Formula1 My favourite team is #McLarenF1
I also support #AFCBournemouth 🍒

I find #lego to be extremely cathartic and enjoy building when I can.
I #read a lot; usually crime, mystery, thriller
I have also started listening to #audiobooks

I have a #pixelfed account too, where I post a lot of my photos - check it out here: @doonytime

As part of my foray into #selfhosting I also started a Friendica instance... but I'm not sure what I'm going to do with that.

#Nextcloud is where I now hold my documents etc - again self-hosted via a VPS.

It would be great if you would boost and follow so that I can start to build this instance out... 😉

#LoveSelfHostLife ❤️

#ScoutingUK #movies #F1 #reading #Fediverse

@kedara_euRuben ~ Kedara.eu Welcome to #GoToSocial , I just created this account on GoToSocial too.


@kedara_nlRuben ~ Kedara.nl

#introduction

Hi fediverse my name is Stu and I'm running my own fediverse instance on #gotosocial .

I love playing golf ⛳ and love everything about technology and listening to music 🎶.

I also love decentralized platforms like #gotosocial #mastodon

Hallo allemaal, ik heb net mijn eigen #GoToSocial server opgezet, dus het is tijd voor een bijgewerkte #introductie

Ik doe aan #yoga en #meditatie en alles wat daarmee te maken heeft. Ik probeer #Sanskriet te leren, omdat het een prachtige taal is en ook om teksten zoals de #BhagavadGita #Upanishads #YogaSutras te kunnen lezen, die mij erg inspireren.

Ik kom uit #Nederland en werk in de #wetenschap op het gebied van (buiten) #luchtkwaliteit. Het kan zijn dat ik daar af en toe iets over deel, maar dit is geen werkaccount (en toots zijn op persoonlijke titel).

Ik hou van #fotografie, meestal gerelateerd aan #natuur #weer #wolken #bomen
En speciaal ook van het #bos, ik ben dankbaar dat ik aan de rand van het prachtige natuurgebied de #Veluwe woon.

Verder hou ik van het verbouwen van voedsel in mijn #tuin met behulp van op #biologisch #permacultuur en #RegeneratieveLandbouw geïnspireerde methoden, ik droom ervan om ooit mijn eigen #voedselbos te onderhouden.

Helaas werk ik op halve kracht dankzij #LongCovid sinds februari '22, dus de meeste van mijn hobby's staan in de "onderhoudsmodus".

Ik post in het Nederlands, mijn Engelse account is @kedara_euRuben ~ Kedara.eu
Ik heb ook een persoonlijke website @ https://kedara.nl waar ik #blog, een #DigitaleTuin / #wiki onderhoud en probeer bij te dragen aan de #Indieweb #smallweb kringen.

Ik ben redelijk vaak van server gewisseld en had gehoopt dat op te lossen door mijn eigen Akkoma instance te starten, maar vond GoToSocial uiteindelijk meer geschikt. Ik hoop hier nu voor onbepaalde tijd te blijven.

Laat het me weten als je dezelfde interesses hebt, dan houden we contact!

Hi all, I've just setup my own #GoToSocial instance, so it's time for an updated #introduction

I'm very much into #yoga and #meditation and everything related to that. I'm trying to learn #Sanskrit because its a beautiful language and also in order to be able to read text like the #BhagavadGita #Upanishads #YogaSutras which greatly inspire me.

I'm from the #Netherlands and work in #science in the field of outdoor #AirQuality I may occasionally share something about that, but this is not a work account (and any opinions are my own).

I love #photography , mostly related to #nature #weather #clouds #trees
I love the #forest, I'm grateful to live at the edge of the beautiful #Veluwe nature area.

I love growing food in my #garden using #organic #permaculture and #RegenerativeAgriculture inspired methods, I'm dreaming of tending my own #FoodForest some day.

Unfortunately I'm operating at half power thanks to #LongCovid since Feb. '22, so most of my hobbies are in "maintenance mode".

I'll post in English, my Dutch account is @kedara_nlRuben ~ Kedara.nl
I also have a personal website @ https://kedara.eu where I #blog, tend a #DigitalGarden / #wiki and try to contribute to the #Indieweb #smallweb communities.

I've done my fair share of instance hopping and had hoped to solve that by starting my own Akkoma instance, but found GoToSocial more suitable to my needs in the end. I hope to stay here now indefinitely.

Let me know if you have similar interests and I'll be happy to chat!

GoToSocial is a lightweight safety-focused Fediverse server type popular among people who run their own servers.

It's now much easier to run your own GoToSocial server as it's available through managed hosting, where the hosting company does all the techy stuff for you:

➡️ https://fedihost.co/hosting/gotosocial

You can also transfer your Mastodon account to GoToSocial:

➡️ https://video.fedihost.co/w/i2AGvZc69gnscfNnDPdVrN

(NOTE: Despite the similar name, FediHost is nothing to do with FediTips! 🙂 )

#FediTips #GoToSocial

@liaizonwakest ⁂
I am about to open an account on #gotosocial. It will be operational in a few hours. The Mastodon server on which I am hosted now, will be closing soon. So, I guess this new account will remain my main one.
I haven't tried #bonefire yet but I am eager to do it. Maybe in a month or two.

The cat is out of the bag, and we've officially talked about it. This year, health allow it, I'll be working on Anti-harassment and anti-absue related research for GoToSocial, the goal of this is to inform our development!

We mentioned it briefly in our recent newsletter.
https://opencollective.com/gotosocial/updates/gotosocial-newsletter-jan-apr-2023

As mentioned there, I'm hoping to organize a workgroup, so that anyone who's interested in this, and able to contribute time, can drop by to help. If you want to help out or have resources that might be interesting please don't hesistate to contact me here.

First step is to review existing work on the subject, to see if we need to adjust any of our other reserach questions.

#GoToSocial #AntiHarassment

Hello Fedi friends!

Today marks a really special occasion: I’ll be speaking at #JDLL in Lyon as part of the #YunoHost presentation… discussing how I use their amazing #selfhosting tools for #DigitalSovereignty.

It’s hard to believe I had only installed it 158 days ago (according to my Mastodon archive) https://mastodon.social/@_elena/113667636910565210

Thanks to @yunohostYunoHost I have been able to self-host my own #GoToSocial #Pixelfed #Friendica & #PeerTube instances. I’m incredibly grateful to them ❤️

#MySoCalledSudoLife

Thank you to folks that answered my #GTS poll. Seems like a LOT of folks don't know what GTS is! GTS or #GoToSocial is a #GO written #activityPub #server for small groups of folks that's super lightweight, fast and easy to install. You can find them on #Fediverse at @gotosocial .

I'm still considering setting up a single user instance. I'm trying to go with a low-power Raspberry Pi 2B, which is up to date with Debian.

One option is snac, I know nothing about C - it seems like a good option for that hardware, but am I in for a load of issues going in blind?

My other option is gotosocial, but I would need to do more work to get a database set up and deal with media storage.

#askfedi #snac2 #gotosocial

After reviewing FEP-5624: Per-object reply control policies and GoToSocial's interaction policy spec, I find myself leaning toward the latter for long-term considerations, though both have merit.

FEP-5624 is admirably focused and simpler to implement, which I appreciate. However, #GoToSocial's approach seems to offer some architectural advantages:

1. The three-tier permission model (allow/require approval/deny) feels more flexible than binary allow/deny
2. Separating approval objects from interactions appears more secure against forgery
3. The explicit handling of edge cases (mentioned users, post authors) provides clearer semantics
4. The extensible framework allows for handling diverse interaction types, not just replies

I wonder if creating an #FEP that extracts GoToSocial's interaction policy design into a standalone standard might be worthwhile. It could potentially serve as a more comprehensive foundation for access control in #ActivityPub.

This is merely my initial impression though. I'd be curious to hear other developers' perspectives on these approaches.

#FEP5624 #fedidev #fediverse #replycontrol #interactionpolicy

I'm having fun with #GoToSocial's instance CSS

New blog post!

This time I talk about the two recent migrations I did with my data:

I migrated my main VPS from a US based VPS provider to @hetzner because I want to have my stuff in Europe.

The second one was the migration of this exact account from which I send this toot, I moved it from Fosstodon to my own GoToSocial instance which I am self-hosting on that Hetzner server.

I hope you will find it useful!

https://stfn.pl/blog/69-migrating-servers-migrating-instances/

#gotosocial #fosstodon #fediadmin #hetzner

@thelinuxcast Oh, Fosstodon is under new management? I'll have to read more about this 🤔

Honestly, I wish I was nerdy enough to start my own #GoToSocial, #PeerTube and #Owncast servers, but I'm dumb af 😅 I couldn't even connect a domain to my own static website, so I'll have to wait until there is an "easy" way to host these things or something.

My relay instance for the #Fediverse evolved in a great way - more than 120 instances are already connected to boost your posts across the Fediverse.

If you're running #snac / #snac2, #Mastodon, #Pleroma or any other software on the #ActivityPub protocol that supports relay instances - feel free to join the relay! Hopefully #GoToSocial also supports relay services soon! Of course #IPv6 is supported (for IPV6 only instances).

https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com

#opensource #relay #ipv6 #community #homelab

People of the #fediverse, I need some #help.

I'm looking to either self-host (ideally) or rent some #ActivityPub related services. Namely #GoToSocial, #PeerTube and possible #Owncast. As more or less of a noob on these things, where do I go to get started and to gather the basics of what I need?

Если видите, что я на вас не подписался - без паники.

Я тут подписался на небольшую группу человек и тестирую свой личный инстанс. В теории может получиться так, что я найду тут какие-то недостатки и либо создам инстанс на другом поддомене или поеду на какой-то другой публичный.

Но если всё пройдёт удачно - я сделаю "миграцию" сюда, вас сюда автоматически подпишет (если вы были подписаны на @skobkinAlexey Skobkin), да и свои подписки оттуда я тоже перевезу.

#warning #announcement #log #GoToSocial #test

@ele @paige @fedihost P.S.: if you are curious / tempted to self-host and don't know what to expect, especially when it comes to backup sizes, here is the current breakdown* for my #YunoHost-powered instances:

*aka my weekly backup:

#Friendica: 990 MB
#GoToSocial: 3.34 GB
#PeerTube: 2.42 GB
#Pixelfed: 1 GB
have a great day everyone!

I thought it would be appropriate for my first post here to be about running #gotosocial on my home server. In this blog post I describe the #ansible playbooks I used to deploy it to a #podman container along with a #caddy reverse proxy: https://1729.org.uk/posts/running-gotosocial-on-coreos/

Now that #GoToSocial v0.19.0 is out, we're going to start the process of transferring our coding workflow from Github over to #Codeberg (@CodebergCodeberg.org), to get away from Microsoft's endless parade of crapola.

This means that some time in the next week or so, we will "lock" the Github repository so that only superseriousbusiness.org members can create new PRs and issues etc (similar to what we do when we're on holiday).

Then, we will migrate the repository over to Codeberg, using Codeberg's migration functionality to keep issues, pull requests, comments, etc intact.

Once we've validated that everything is in order, we will mark the Github repository as a read-only mirror of the Codeberg repo, and start using Codeberg for issues, pull requests, CI/CD etc.

To avoid breaking people's automated builds that rely on that Github repo, we are planning to keep it as a read-only mirror for a while (eg., 6 months or so, not sure yet) . At some point though we will fully remove it, to avoid contributing our code to Microsoft's "ai" garbage. But we will warn in advance about this so that people can update their scripts and stuff in time.

There will probably be some turbulence in our CI/CD pipelines and workflow and whatnot during this transition period, but nothing that should affect end users of the software: releases up to v0.19.0 will remain available on Github and Docker as normal, and snapshots should remain up to date on our Minio S3 bucket and Docker.

We're looking forward to the move, and to putting the sloth in its new home and seeing it wander around sniffing the furniture and exploring Thanks for reading!

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 126 (good luck charm edition) 🍀​

Good morning Fedi friends!

Yesterday I flew back to Paris and I’m spending the week at my in-laws' with my extended family… my little one still has one more week of school holidays. Working is a little difficult with so many people around (especially children) but I have a lofty goal for today: upgrading my VPS and installing #PeerTube.

The 22nd of the month has been my good luck charm in my self-hosting adventures. I installed #GoToSocial (this account) via #YunoHost on December 22nd, 2024. I successfully installed #Ghost on my Ubuntu VPS with command lines on February 22, 2025. Because of that, I will be saving 30€/month…

So in the spirit of #FOSS exploration, I find it fitting to upgrade my VPS today on April 22… and - my oh my! - install PeerTube via YunoHost… so that I can self-host my upcoming videos about the Fediverse.

The children are playing in the garden and I have about 30 minutes to do all that. Wish me luck!

#MySoCalledSudoLife

@ajAJ Sadauskas How are you liking #GoToSocial vs. #Mastodon?

I've got a quick favour to ask. If you're reading this post on Mastodon (or the Fediverse), please click boost.

How come?

I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.

#Fediverse #FediHelp #gotosocial #mastohelp

If you run a single user #GoToSocial instance, maybe you would like to get more toots about a specific subject in your timeline.
#FediBuzz relay could help you. You can subscribe to a specific hashtag fake-account and then receive toots it re-toots.

more info here https://relay.fedi.buzz/

For example, you can follow @tag-gotosocial#gotosocial

Updated to the latest version of #GoToSocial that has an optional gallery view on profiles - perfect for my photo-centric account, @snaps

Tons of themes to try, too. 🦥

https://gts.scoobysnack.net/@snaps

#GoToSocial のいいところは、以前の投稿がインポートできるところなんだよね。これはかなり大きいと思う

Importing posts from previous instances - GoToSocial Documentation: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/user_guide/importing_posts/

A bit of an unusual tutorial on #GoToSocial today. It’s an interesting project so there is a lot of explainer mixed in while I waited for the accounts to migrate.
GTS gives you this preview of a future when move command is in the AP spec and you can migrate any account into any other account.

From: @fedihostFediHost Video
https://video.fedihost.co/w/i2AGvZc69gnscfNnDPdVrN

This #GoToSocial account has become a step-by-step tutorial in how to self-host the publishing platform #Ghost (and troubleshoot issues) 😆

If you're not interested in my messages on the subject, I will be using a new hashtag #EleSelfHostsGhost so you can just mute it.

I'm a little late to the party because everything is now set-up and running smoothly:
✅ I manually installed Ghost on my Ubuntu VPS
✅ I imported all the old posts and media: https://news.elenarossini.com
✅ I installed #Apache to use #Varnish cache and changed the cache's maxAge so that a bit of traffic wouldn't overwhelm my VPS
✅ I published and shared on Mastodon a new blog post: https://news.elenarossini.com/what-im-up-to-march-april-2025-edition/ Thanks to Varnish and the maxAge cache tweak, the VPS withstood the "Mastodon stampede" (the post had made it to Explore!)

So far so good.

👹 but when I tried to send that blog post as a newsletter to just 210 people, #Mailgun immediately flagged me as a spammer and froze my account 😱

It took about 48 hours of back-and-forth emails with the Mailgun team to convince them I'm not a spammer and to get my account reinstated.

Now, why am I sharing all this?

In case you are also tempted to self-host Ghost, I found that the official Ghost - Mailgun documentation has little information available. But I discovered this super helpful post in the Ghost Forums and I will be trying this tweak to see if it makes a difference:

https://forum.ghost.org/t/unable-to-send-newsletter-with-correct-mailgun-api-keys/34186/6

And yes, I'm aware that if you sign up for my newsletter you will get an email with a warning "this message failed the domain authentication" (or something along these lines). Problem is, when I implemented a tweak, changing config settings, the alert went away but I saw a spike in activity in my Dashboard, as if I had sent 600 emails (I did not). For now I can live with the warning.

I appreciate Ghost's new implementation of a spam filter because around the same time I got really suspicious signups originating from the same domain.

Anyway after I change all this I will try to send once again my blog post as a newsletter.

Special thanks to my parents for looking after my little one so I can do all this while she's on a school vacation ❤️

@limebar yes. mastodon does not show the description. #GoToSocial does not show the player, but shows description. #MissKey shows everything.

adding the #GotoSocial account switch between feed and gallery web views

New instance, new #introduction

My name is Mike (a.k.a. "shellsharks”) - I am a security researcher, #IndieWeb advocate, all-things #Fediverse convert and all around #tech enthusiast.

I write about #infosec, #technology and #life over at https://shellsharks.com

Here's some other stuff I like... #apple #sports #travel #battlestations #food #starwars #lotr #pokemon #gaming #space #fitness #nba #basketball #hiking #camping #music #coding #programming #cybersecurity

So what's going on with this instance? Is this my "main" presence or am I still on shellsharks.social? Fair question. The answer is, yes! This is a #GoToSocial instance, on a new fun, shiny, vanity domain. If it works out, I might end up moving all my activity over here and shutting down the Mastodon instance I have at shellsharks.social. Until then, I'm operating out of both spaces. This also means that for now, I haven't migrated my followers (or followed accounts) over here, so don't be offended if I haven't followed you back yet! I don't want to knock this fairly low-spec'ed instance over so I'm taking it slow with how I am using it.

Why am I doing this? Well for one main reason really, I wanted an instance where I could post more than 500 characters at a time. GtS gives me that, and much more. Bonus points for A. being less resource intensive than Mastodon (so cheaper to run), B. more customizable and C. I could get an even more ridiculous vanity domain.

So don't be surprised to see a lot more from this account than my usual @shellsharks account. If you'd like, you can follow me here for now. No worries either way.

See y'all around Fedi!

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 104 (pride edition) 👷‍♀️

Good morning Fedi friends!

Aw pride is a powerful thing.

I'd like to think that I'm pretty zen and detached and successfully suppressing my ego... but when it comes to things I'm passionate about (read: tech, self-hosting) I cannot let things go.

I had a very very sweet shout-out on a Fediverse podcast last week... but said shout-out mentioned my self-hosting issues and that maybe self-hosting isn't for everyone. I felt that I had to correct the record (even if the mention came with the nicest intention)... because I have ZERO issues self-hosting #GoToSocial, #Friendica and #Pixelfed (thanks to the magic of #YunoHost). All my troubles had to do with #Ghost. (And Ghost is wonderful, it's not related to it, just external circumstances).

So, determined to defend my honor (ha!) on Friday I achieved the impossible: all by myself, following guides I found online, I managed to install #Apache and #Varnish on my VPS and connected Varnish to Ghost. My site was already fast, now it's BLAZING fast.

So I'm giving it another go, moving from Ghost (Pro) to my self-hosted Ghost installation. I turned off subscriptions on https://blog.elenarossini.com... next step is disconnecting the subdomain DNS (a CNAME record) from Ghost... and redirecting traffic to my new blog (https://news.elenarossini.com).

I know how to code things in NGINX for the redirect to work (I think, via guides I found online).

My big question is: how do I tweak my old DNS records for https://blog.elenarossini.com so that NGINX on my self-hosted site https://news.elenarossini.com will correctly pick up the traffic requests? Do I need to set up A and AAAA records for the subdomain blog to point to my VPS with the self-hosted Ghost blog? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! 🙏​

Oh and I learned my lesson and - unlike last time - I am making big changes on a Monday morning, when I have the whole workweek ahead of me (instead of a Friday afternoon 1 hour before picking up my child from nursery school). You live and learn! 😅​

#MySoCalledSudoLife

Galera linda e novinha (ou até mais antiga) do #mastodon! Seguem algumas dicas para melhorar sua vida por aqui

Se achar longo, leia as 3 primeiras dicas e salve. Mas LEIA o resto! É bem importante

Cuidem da sua bio Coloquem uma foto, escrevam um textinho, mesmo que simples. Botem boas informações como gostos e hobbies no perfil E uns toots (postagens) não fazem mal a ninguém, assim sai confundido com um 🤖

Faça a sua #introdução em um toot Essa #apresentação é uma boa maneira de conhecer novas pessoas e interagir no #fediverso! O pessoal tem costume de dar , então aproveite!

O #fediverso é construído com interações, então se quiser ser seguido é bom interagir 🦜 Mais em (por @pancho) https://bolha.one/@pancho/113135497401808790

Deixe sua linha do tempo bem viva! Além de seguir pessoas, é bom seguir e usar #hashtags por aqui Conheça as várias @TagsBR que acontecem semanalmente

Também que podemos seguir e interagir com timelines de outras instâncias também. Muito bão isso

Abaixo (links) tem ótimas listagens de instâncias brasileiras (e até latino-americanas). Lembrem que SEMPRE pode mudar de servidor. Seu servidor, sua instância faz MUITA DIFERENÇA na sua experiência aqui no #fediverso. Se está achando sem graça ou só não está gostando tanto, pense em mudar

Ainda mais importante para quem está na mastodon.social que é a mais genérica possível. Quando mudei, tudo mudou

https://social.harpia.red/notice/AfFmRYvjOIPbOXJPxQ (por @kariboka) e https://brasil.rednet.social/ (por @santiago)

Use e teste diferentes aplicativos para ver o que mais gosta. Já usei vários e recomendo o @moshidon para #android (feito pelo @lucas_na_ursal). O #moshidon, por exemplo, permite interagir com a timeline de várias instâncias. Depois coloco uma recomendação aqui de um app para iOS.

Postou uma imagem, um gif ou um vídeo, coloque o texto alternativo. Isso é bem importante e valorizado por aqui. Eu mesmo só dou boost se tiver texto alternativo. Outra dica importante é descrever sua foto e capa do perfil

O #mastodon na web também pode ser acessado com interfaces alternativas como: elk.zone e https://phanpy.social. Experimente, o #fediverso é cheio experiências diferentes e proveitosas! Um mundo novo

Além da #hashtags você também podem seguir interagir com comunidades do Lemmy (Forum ou Reddit daqui) ou de grups. Basta seguir que vai aparecer na sua timelime e marcar em um toot para aparecer por lá ou para quem segue. Exemplo @ fediverso@a.gup.pe ou @ internet@lemmy.eco.br. Pode achar outras comunidades aqui:

Lemmy Brasil: https://lemmy.eco.br/communities
Forum da Ayom.Media:https://forum.ayom.media/communities
Forum da Bolha.us: https://bolha.forum/communities

O #fediverso tem muitas alternativas descentralizadas, então explore 🚀 Só alguns exemplos abaixo, existem muito mais🤘

Microblog: #pleroma, #misskey, #friendica, #gotosocial, #akkoma.
Foto: @pixelfed.
Blog: #Plume, @writefreely
Video: @peertube
Forum/Reddit: Lemmy

Outras dicas importantes:

Pelo @diegopds https://bolha.us/@diegopds/113058227322541448

Pelo @augustocc https://social.br-linux.org/@augustocc/110152359834473002

O que acharam? Bão? Aberto a sugestões e melhorias

Amplificações sempre ajudam

Just got 2FA working nicely on the back end, API, and login flow :) Time to add it to the settings panel now.

#GoToSocial

Good morning Fedi friends!

It's been 99 days since I started self-hosting my own Fediverse instances. Crazy how time flies!

I've been a bit absent from here this week because I started exploring the world of #PeerTube from the POV of a creator.

I just set up my own account on #MakerTube - so that I can write a guide that is accessible to many (as opposed to skipping this step and going straight to self-hosting).

Anyway, here is my PeerTube account: https://makertube.net/a/elena/video-channels

I have been able to follow it from #Mastodon and #Friendica without a problem, but I keep getting an error message when I try to subscribe with my #GoToSocial username. The exact message: "Cannot fetch information from this remote account." Does anybody have the same issue? (as in: people on GoToSocial, can you subscribe to PeerTube channels?)

Wishing you all a lovely day 🌞​

P.S.: about to go offline for the rest of the day because... there's no pre-school in France on Wednesdays and the garderie keeps my little one up until 12:30. So apologies in advance if I'm slow to reply to messages.

#MySoCalledSudoLife