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We currently count 9,855 Mastodon instances, with 9,852,242 users (811,695 active during last month) and 1,050,225,136 published statuses. [Show Threads moderation statistics]

Threads moderation statistics

These statistics on the status of Threads moderation are based on the list of moderated instances, which is accessible only on some instances, and on the list of instances adhering to the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact.

Statistics on the state of Threads moderation
related to instances on which it is known

 Instances suspending Threads: 585 / 1,383 (42.30%)
 Instances limiting Threads: 47 / 1,383 (3.40%)
+ Instances suspending or limiting Threads: 632 / 1,383 (45.70%)
 Instances not suspending or limiting Threads: 751 / 1,383 (54.30%)
 Users on instances suspending Threads: 1,610,864 / 6,150,406 (26.19%)
 Users on instances limiting Threads: 175,825 / 6,150,406 (2.86%)
+ Users on instances suspending or limiting Threads: 1,786,689 / 1,383 (29.05%)
 Users on instances not suspending or limiting Threads: 4,363,717 / 6,150,406 (70.95%)

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Languages English (en)
Users 58
Active users (last month) 13
Active users (last six months) 14
Characters per post (max) 500
Known instances 19,051
First sight Nov 23, 2022 UTC
Last successful check Jan 24, 2026 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Hometown 4.2.17+hometown-1.1.2
Registrations Open (by admin approval)
Meta’s Threads moderation Unknown (this instance is not listed in the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact list), and its list of moderated instances is not accessible.
Most used hashtags (last week) minnesota, startrek, mutualaid, racism, catpetpeeves, generalstrike, authoritarianism, Seattle, fensterfreitag
Short description
Lincolnite.net is a microblogging site for folks in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. If you are elsewhere in Nebraska, please check out carhenge.club! Not associated with the City of Lincoln.
Long description
Lincolnite.net is a microblogging site for folks in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. If you are elsewhere in Nebraska, please check out carhenge.club! Not associated with the City of Lincoln.

PLEASE NOTE

This instance is an experiment. At this time I (Karin) am funding it and hosting it on one of the few managed mastodon hosts, federation.spacebear.ee. I cannot guarantee privacy, if you need to securely talk to someone I recommend Signal. It is quite likely that service may degrade quickly if a bunch of people join, and I'll do what I can but no promises.

To use the site on mobile I recommend the apps Tusky for Android and Metatext for iOS, but the website works well on mobile too.

In order to save resource, please don't upload video at this time, and size down images if you can.

If you are interested in helping either technically or socially (moderation, etc) to this instance, please email me at karindalziel@gmail.com.

Thank you to Brent Wilson for use of the domain lincolnite.net. Stay tuned for news on lincolnite.com!

I am not taking donations for hosting at this time, but if you feel so inclined please donate to the Lincoln Food Bank or another local charity! More later on longer term funding possibilities.

Much of this document is borrowed heavily from hcommons.social.

lincolnite.net Code of Conduct

We want lincolnite.net to be a welcoming place that encourages discussion (especially of local matters). To that end, we reserve the right to delete any posting or ban any account judged to be inappropriate, obscene, defamatory, libelous, or otherwise illegal or offensive. The following guidelines outline our expectations for appropriate online behavior for all users:

  • Be courteous and respectful. Do not post inflammatory, derogatory, or otherwise inappropriate comments about other users. Respect one another’s privacy and intellectual property.
  • Know and respect the law. Do not promote, condone, or encourage illegal activity in your postings.

Moderation policy

  • New accounts must have a verified email address and are subject to moderator approval, especially as we learn the ropes.
  • Any attacks on another person, and especially any based on race, gender, identity, religion, or national origin may result in a time out or ban.
  • Posts inciting violence or promoting violent, white supremacist, incel, Holocaust denial or Nazi ideologies will result immediately in a permanent ban.
  • Other offenses will incur a warning.
  • If a member engages in behavior that violates the code of conduct please report the behavior (with links) to karindalziel@gmail.com.

Plans for the Future

I am committed to running this site for one year (through 2023), and will re-evaluate at that time. My hope is that we can build a community of people willing to maintain the instance or find a local non-profit willing to take it on. I cannot commit to hosting forever, so please keep that in mind when you register.

That said, if I can't find help and need to shut down the server, I will issue a notice beforehand. There is functionality within mastodon to transfer to other instances, and I will help in any way I can.

If you would like to be in contact about helping out, please email karindalziel@gmail.com.
Instance rules
  1. No racism, sexism / misogyny, ableism, anti-semitism / religious-based hate, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, or casteism.
  2. No incitement of violence or promotion of violent, white supremacist, incel, Holocaust denial or Nazi ideologies.
  3. No harassment, dogpiling, or doxxing of other users. Do not contact people who have requested that you stop contacting them. Do not deliberately intimidate people. No stalking. No threats of violence
  4. No posting sensitive images of others without their explicit permission. No revenge porn, snitching, etc.
  5. Do not use any slur for someone's race, sexual orientation, or similar (even in an ironic way) or corresponding stereotypes. Do not deliberately misgender or use a "dead" or rejected name for someone.
  6. Sexually explicit or violent media must be marked as sensitive.
  7. No intentionally false or misleading information (this includes COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation).
  8. No spam or excessive advertising.
Moderated instances [?]
Not available
Instances certainly moderating this instance [?]
None
Admin account Opted out of search engines indexing
Date of creation Not available
Display name Not available
Bio
Not available
Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 386 statuses, 129 logins, 0 registrations)
S: 27
L: 10
R: 0
S: 39
L: 11
R: 0
S: 24
L: 10
R: 0
S: 46
L: 11
R: 0
S: 33
L: 11
R: 0
S: 31
L: 11
R: 0
S: 36
L: 11
R: 0
S: 28
L: 11
R: 0
S: 33
L: 11
R: 0
S: 31
L: 11
R: 0
S: 47
L: 13
R: 0
S: 11
L: 8
R: 0
Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
1/17/26, 3:32:42 AM UTC1/18/26, 3:47:59 AM UTC1/19/26, 2:31:31 AM UTC1/20/26, 3:12:22 AM UTC1/21/26, 3:08:34 AM UTC1/22/26, 3:26:00 AM UTC1/23/26, 2:26:32 AM UTC1/24/26, 2:24:06 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 1091/1091 (100%)
Languages English (en)
Users 9,147
Active users (last month) 812
Active users (last six months) 1,321
Characters per post (max) 2,000
Known instances 46,970
First sight Before Oct 14, 2020 UTC [?]
Last successful check Jan 24, 2026 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.5.5
Registrations Open (by admin approval)
Meta’s Threads moderation Threads is suspended, according to the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact list, but it’s currently impossible to verify it because this instance’s list of moderated instances is not accessible.
Most used hashtags (last week) FensterFreitag, WindowFriday, catpetpeeves, 1980sbreakingnews, totp, JukeboxFridayNight, RobotsAndComputers, FootpathFriday, FursuitFriday, VendrediLecture
Short description
A Mastodon instance hosted for New Zealand. Made for kiwis and honorary kiwis home and abroad!
Long description
Other Servers (Instances)

Other NZ servers:


Australian servers:


Code of Conduct

The below rules must be read and understood to maintain an account on mastodon.nz. Any account found to be breaking these rules will be suspended.

If you are generous enough to consider Donating to Mastodon.nz, you can find some more information on the xrob.au Donation page, or you can just set up a donation directly at GitHub.
Instance rules
  1. You must read the rules.
  2. You MUST describe your link to NZ as part of your reason for wanting to join on the next page. Applications without this will be declined. You must be a kiwi or honorary kiwi, at home or abroad, to join Mastodon.nz.
  3. You may only have one account on Mastodon.nz and be at least 13 years of age.
  4. Personal accounts only. We do not allow bots, commercial, business, organisation or purely promotional accounts.
  5. Automated cross-posting from other services such as twitter is considered to be a bot and is not allowed. If you have a blog or something and you want feed that through, this is generally fine.
  6. No spamming. The occasional mention of your shop, fundraiser etc. is fine. It's hard to give a defined daily limit of what constitutes spam. Personal or professional (i.e. Mutual Aid/Kickstarters) fundraisers must be clearly tagged as such.
  7. Content Warnings are mandatory on posts containing gore and/or violence. Posts about politics must be tagged one or more of #nzpol, #tōrangapū, #pol, and/or #politics, and optionally may be content warned.
  8. No impersonation of others. We may consider obvious parody accounts, but they must be agreed with @theMods in advance.
  9. No hate speech, racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia or transphobia.
  10. No illegal content, gore or violence for the sake of it, incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies or conspiracy theories.
  11. No NSFW content. A bit of casual swearing is fine, but don't be derogatory or aggressive to other users (see rule 12).
  12. Be kind. No abuse or harassment will be tolerated.
  13. No doxxing other users.
  14. Content hosted on Mastodon.nz or produced by its users may not be reused outside of the fediverse without the express permission of the author(s).
  15. Mastodon.nz complies with copyright laws. We expect you to as well. Your content must be your own or acceptable use.
  16. Image descriptions: It is expected that users will add image descriptions to their uploads for our visually impaired users. Unless there is a reason you can not, you must do so.
  17. Copy of rules with more detailed guidance can be found at https://mastodon.nz/rules.pdf
Moderated instances [?]
Not available
Instances certainly moderating this instance [?]
  1. mytter.jp: suspension
  2. weirder.earth: suspension
Date of creation Feb 17, 2023 UTC
Display name Rob Thomas [Admin m.au]
Bio
I push buttons and break things! I am the guy that runs mastodon.au (and mastodon.nz, and a few other things)

I live in Central QLD, and do FOSS stuff.

If you feel like donating, feel free to sponsor my open source work on GitHub

https://github.com/sponsors/xrobau
Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 55105 statuses, 6847 logins, 8 registrations)
S: 5335
L: 618
R: 0
S: 5084
L: 610
R: 0
S: 5123
L: 582
R: 0
S: 4863
L: 595
R: 3
S: 4350
L: 606
R: 0
S: 4962
L: 592
R: 0
S: 4743
L: 580
R: 0
S: 4236
L: 589
R: 1
S: 5065
L: 607
R: 2
S: 5354
L: 605
R: 1
S: 5283
L: 610
R: 0
S: 707
L: 253
R: 1
Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
1/17/26, 2:19:42 AM UTC1/18/26, 2:43:54 AM UTC1/19/26, 3:16:21 AM UTC1/20/26, 2:40:29 AM UTC1/21/26, 2:08:45 AM UTC1/22/26, 3:03:35 AM UTC1/23/26, 2:02:54 AM UTC1/24/26, 3:52:26 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 1245/1249 (99.68%)
Languages English (en)
Users 290
Active users (last month) 52
Active users (last six months) 175
Characters per post (max) 500
Known instances 8,522
First sight Mar 13, 2025 UTC
Last successful check Jan 24, 2026 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.5.2
Registrations Open (by admin approval)
Meta’s Threads moderation Unknown (this instance is not listed in the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact list), and its list of moderated instances is not accessible.
Most used hashtags (last week) minnesota, ICEout, generalstrike, Fensterfreitag, tiktok, TOTP, JukeboxFridayNight, robotsandcomputers, Bitlocker, 1980sbreakingnews
Short description
AniSaga!! 社群下的短博客平台!!
Long description
欢迎来到 AniSaga!! 工作组所运营的 Mastodon 平台!!

这里是一个类似 微博 / X (Formal Twitter) 的短博客平台,大家可以在这里分享自己的生活!!

有关发言守则请参考下方的规则部分!!

关于本平台的一些注册和使用方法请看 https://wiki.anisaga.tv/guide/guideDocs/2-mastodon.html !!

欢迎大家!!爱来自馒头卡!!
Instance rules
  1. AniSaga!! 是一个倾向于 ACGN 和日常生活分享的社群标识。
  2. AniSaga!! 愿意看到大家在 Life 分享自己的生活
  3. AniSaga!! 对 R18 贴文采取克制的态度,不鼓励发表 NSFW 的图文内容。
  4. AniSaga!! 拒绝商业广告!!
  5. AniSaga!! 拒绝政治类/引战类/攻击性话题!!
  6. 最后……请对馒头卡多一点爱!!
  7. 不要忘了查看公告!
  8. 8. 还有我们的 Wiki !
Moderated instances [?]
Not available
Instances certainly moderating this instance [?]
None
Date of creation Mar 11, 2025 UTC
Display name Madoka Kaname 🪄
Bio
这就是我的祈愿,我的愿望!来!实现它吧!Incubator!!
Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 502 statuses, 306 logins, 5 registrations)
S: 141
L: 32
R: 0
S: 89
L: 33
R: 0
S: 71
L: 31
R: 0
S: 39
L: 29
R: 0
S: 33
L: 23
R: 0
S: 30
L: 27
R: 0
S: 18
L: 25
R: 0
S: 24
L: 21
R: 0
S: 7
L: 24
R: 0
S: 6
L: 20
R: 0
S: 40
L: 33
R: 5
S: 4
L: 8
R: 0
Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
1/17/26, 2:19:11 AM UTC1/18/26, 2:27:52 AM UTC1/19/26, 2:46:24 AM UTC1/20/26, 2:06:22 AM UTC1/21/26, 2:17:39 AM UTC1/22/26, 3:15:07 AM UTC1/23/26, 2:12:17 AM UTC1/24/26, 2:23:22 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 316/318 (99.37%)
Languages English (en)
Users 64
Active users (last month) 9
Active users (last six months) 20
Characters per post (max) 500
Known instances 18,371
First sight Jun 2, 2023 UTC
Last successful check Jan 24, 2026 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.5.0
Registrations Open (by admin approval)
Meta’s Threads moderation Threads is suspended, according to the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact list, but it’s currently impossible to verify it because this instance’s list of moderated instances is not accessible.
Most used hashtags (last week) Gaza, caturday, palestine, AI, privacy, uspolitics, fursuitfriday, humanrights, Israel, warcrimes
Short description
Just a silly mstdn server setup for monster and fae types, and their friends~
Long description
Just a silly mstdn server setup for monster and fae types, and their friends~
Instance rules
  1. Be good to eachother
  2. No Nazis/fascists!
  3. NSFW content allowed
  4. Tags/CW required for NSFW content
  5. Tags/CW recommended for politics
Moderated instances [?]
Not available
Instances certainly moderating this instance [?]
None
Admin account Opted out of search engines indexing
Date of creation Not available
Display name Not available
Bio
Not available
Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 683 statuses, 73 logins, 2 registrations)
S: 55
L: 7
R: 0
S: 71
L: 7
R: 1
S: 59
L: 6
R: 1
S: 48
L: 5
R: 0
S: 59
L: 7
R: 0
S: 69
L: 9
R: 0
S: 44
L: 7
R: 0
S: 57
L: 8
R: 0
S: 85
L: 6
R: 0
S: 95
L: 6
R: 0
S: 40
L: 5
R: 0
S: 1
L: 0
R: 0
Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
1/17/26, 2:03:34 AM UTC1/18/26, 2:55:17 AM UTC1/19/26, 2:17:00 AM UTC1/20/26, 3:23:41 AM UTC1/21/26, 2:57:29 AM UTC1/22/26, 3:43:07 AM UTC1/23/26, 2:32:10 AM UTC1/24/26, 2:38:32 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 907/907 (100%)
Languages English (en)
Users 3,772
Active users (last month) 406
Active users (last six months) 712
Characters per post (max) 9,214
Known instances 32,686
First sight Nov 9, 2022 UTC
Last successful check Jan 24, 2026 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.5.5
Registrations Open (by admin approval)
Meta’s Threads moderation Threads is suspended, according to the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact list, but it’s currently impossible to verify it because this instance’s list of moderated instances is not accessible.
Most used hashtags (last week) minnesota, Fensterfreitag, generalstrike, windowfriday, iceout, FootpathFriday, bikenite, robotsandcomputers, 1980sbreakingnews
Short description
Discussion of computer systems research & practice -- OSes, distributed systems, networks, databases, architecture, etc -- for researchers, academics, & professionals.
Long description
This instance is open to researchers and practitioners in computer systems, including students, faculty, and industry professionals. Systems is broadly defined here -- it includes operating systems, distributed systems, networking, databases, architecture, and more. People in adjacent fields are welcome as well.

Code of Conduct

  • Diversity and inclusion make our community strong. We encourage participation from the most varied and diverse backgrounds possible and want to be very clear about where we stand.
  • Our goal is to maintain a safe, helpful and friendly community for everyone, regardless of experience, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, nationality, or other defining characteristic.
  • Rules are detailed above. If you are the subject of, or witness to any violations of this Code of Conduct, please contact the administrators. If violations occur, administrators will take any action they deem appropriate for the infraction, up to and including expulsion.

This server is administered by Dan Ports.
Instance rules
  1. Be welcoming. Be kind. Look out for each other.
  2. Conduct or speech which might be considered sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist or otherwise discriminatory or offensive in nature is not permitted.
  3. No intimidation or harassment (online or in-person). Please read the Citizen Code of Conduct for how we interpret harassment.
  4. No violence, threats of violence, or violent language.
  5. Sustained disruption of online discussion is unacceptable.
  6. Illegal content is not allowed. This server is located in (and subject to the laws of) the United States.
  7. The administrators reserve the right to remove users or defederate with instances.
  8. You must be over the age of 13 to use this service.
Moderated instances [?]
Not available
Instances certainly moderating this instance [?]
  1. mytter.jp: suspension
Admin account dan@discuss.systems
Date of creation Nov 8, 2022 UTC
Display name Dan Ports
Bio
Distributed systems, operating systems, networking research.

Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research; affiliate faculty, University of Washington.

But realistically: mainly cat photos, food and wine, and bad jokes.

I also administer https://discuss.systems/
Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 19382 statuses, 3074 logins, 94 registrations)
S: 1925
L: 307
R: 32
S: 2157
L: 286
R: 7
S: 2007
L: 262
R: 4
S: 1933
L: 266
R: 3
S: 2168
L: 276
R: 5
S: 1692
L: 272
R: 5
S: 1232
L: 262
R: 5
S: 1001
L: 264
R: 13
S: 1743
L: 267
R: 3
S: 1977
L: 275
R: 6
S: 1472
L: 285
R: 11
S: 75
L: 52
R: 0
Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
1/17/26, 2:48:31 AM UTC1/18/26, 3:58:21 AM UTC1/19/26, 2:42:38 AM UTC1/20/26, 2:15:46 AM UTC1/21/26, 3:12:51 AM UTC1/22/26, 2:01:56 AM UTC1/23/26, 3:12:26 AM UTC1/24/26, 2:22:07 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 1105/1105 (100%)
Languages English (en)
Users 1,816
Active users (last month) 205
Active users (last six months) 336
Characters per post (max) 1,000
Known instances 31,477
First sight Nov 23, 2022 UTC
Last successful check Jan 24, 2026 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.5.5+glitch
Registrations Open (by admin approval)
Meta’s Threads moderation Unknown (this instance is not listed in the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact list), and its list of moderated instances is not accessible.
Most used hashtags (last week) generalstrike, iceout, fensterfreitag, catpetpeeves, WindowFriday, 1980sbreakingnews, footpathfriday, JukeboxFridayNight, robotsandcomputers, totp
Short description
A community for live music fans with roots in the jam scene. Shakedown Social is run by a team of volunteers (led by @clifff and @sethadam1) and funded by donations.
Long description
About

Shakedown Social is a community for live music fans with roots in the jam scene. Fans of bands like Phish, Goose, the Grateful Dead, Billy Strings, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Umphrey's McGee, the Disco Biscuits and more all gather here.

Shakedown is run by a team of volunteers (led by @clifff and @sethadam1) and funded by donations. You can help cover the cost of hosting by donating here. All donations go directly to hosting costs.

Mastodon Server Covenant

We are committed to the Mastodon Server Covenant, which includes:

  • Active moderation against racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia.
  • Our user data is backed up daily.
  • Multiple people have emergency access to the server infrastructure.
  • Users will be provided with at least 3 months of advance warning in case of shutting down.
Instance rules
  1. Sexually explicit or violent media must be marked as sensitive
  2. No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia will be tolerated
  3. No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies
  4. No harassment or doxxing of other users
  5. Do not share intentionally false or misleading information
  6. No holocaust denialism, Nazi symbolism, promotion of National Socialism, or anything that is illegal in the European Union.
  7. No fake accounts or celebrity joke accounts. Note that this rule only applies to accounts on shakedown.social.
  8. No impersonation of a band, a brand, band members, crew, or management.
Moderated instances [?]
Not available
Instances certainly moderating this instance [?]
  1. h-i.social: suspension
  2. monsterfuckers.online: suspension
  3. mytter.jp: suspension
  4. toot.lgbt: suspension
Admin account Opted out of search engines indexing
Date of creation Not available
Display name Not available
Bio
Not available
Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 5422 statuses, 1505 logins, 4 registrations)
S: 432
L: 141
R: 0
S: 411
L: 137
R: 1
S: 336
L: 136
R: 0
S: 408
L: 132
R: 0
S: 305
L: 134
R: 0
S: 330
L: 137
R: 0
S: 277
L: 127
R: 0
S: 893
L: 151
R: 1
S: 750
L: 133
R: 1
S: 710
L: 149
R: 1
S: 565
L: 126
R: 0
S: 5
L: 2
R: 0
Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
1/17/26, 3:14:44 AM UTC1/18/26, 3:57:17 AM UTC1/19/26, 3:15:48 AM UTC1/20/26, 2:21:56 AM UTC1/21/26, 3:41:46 AM UTC1/22/26, 2:40:10 AM UTC1/23/26, 2:15:55 AM UTC1/24/26, 2:18:41 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 1091/1091 (100%)
Languages English (en)
Users 2,554
Active users (last month) 368
Active users (last six months) 614
Characters per post (max) 1,000
Known instances 37,398
First sight Nov 9, 2022 UTC
Last successful check Jan 24, 2026 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Hometown 4.2.17+hometown-1.1.2
Registrations Open (by admin approval)
Meta’s Threads moderation Unknown (this instance is not listed in the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact list), and its list of moderated instances is not accessible.
Most used hashtags (last week) Not available
Short description
hcommons.social is a microblogging network supporting scholars and practitioners across the humanities and around the world.
Long description
hcommons.social Code of Conduct

Knowledge Commons exists to ensure open discussion and a welcoming environment for all users. As on hcommons.org, we reserve the right to delete any posting or ban any account judged to be inappropriate, obscene, defamatory, libelous, or otherwise illegal or offensive. The following guidelines outline our expectations for appropriate online behavior for all users:

  • Be courteous and respectful. Do not post inflammatory, derogatory, or otherwise inappropriate comments about other users. Respect one another’s privacy and intellectual property. (See “Behavior that can get you banned” below.)
  • Know and respect the law. Do not promote, condone, or encourage illegal activity in your postings.

Encouraged uses of hcommons.social

  • Share links to your work and to the work of others -- especially deposits to the Commons repository!
  • Share resources and ideas, and build connections with other members.
  • Discuss in-process work, hold reading groups, and involve others in your projects.
  • Be creative, and bring your whole selves. Non-academic stuff is welcome, as are satire and activism -- but please do bear the server rules in mind.
  • Please use content warnings when posting things that other users might find triggering. Kindness is key.

Behavior that can get you banned

  • Sexually explicit or violent media must be marked as sensitive when posting (pornographic material may not be posted)
  • No racism, sexism / misogyny, ableism, anti-semitism / religious-based hate, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, or casteism
  • No incitement of violence or promotion of violent, white supremecist, incel, Holocaust denial, or Nazi ideologies
  • No harassment, dogpiling, or doxxing of other users
  • No sharing of intentionally false or misleading information (this includes COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation)

Moderation policy

  • New accounts must have a verified email address and are subject to moderator approval. (Your reason for wanting to join this particular instance is key!)
  • Attacks and harassment against other members based on race, gender, identity, religion, or national origin will result in a 48 hour timeout. The second offense will result in a permanent ban.
  • Posts inciting violence or promoting violent, white supremecist, incel, Holocaust denial or Nazi ideologies will result immediately in a permanent ban.
  • Minor initial violations of the code of conduct (discourteous behavior or spamming affiliate links) will result in a warning. A second violation of the same rule will get the user placed in time out for a period of 48 hours. A third violation will result in a permanent ban.
  • Repeated minor violations will result in a ban on the third warning.
  • If you feel that someone was unjustly banned, please contact the Knowledge Commons team directly at hello@hcommons.org. Complaints should be made privately, not publicly.
  • We may choose to unban an individual if they express remorse and it was a first offense.
  • Ban evasion accounts will result in further bans when identified.
  • If a member engages in behavior that violates the code of conduct please report the behavior (with links) to hello@hcommons.org.
Instance rules
  1. No racism, sexism / misogyny, ableism, anti-semitism / islamophobia / religious-based hate, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, or casteism.
  2. No incitement of violence or promotion of violent, white supremecist, incel, Holocaust denial or Nazi ideologies.
  3. No harassment, dogpiling, or doxxing of other users.
  4. Sexually explicit or violent media must be marked as sensitive. Pornographic material may not be posted.
  5. No intentionally false or misleading information (this includes COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation).
  6. No spam.
Moderated instances [?]
Not available
Instances certainly moderating this instance [?]
  1. mytter.jp: suspension
Admin account Opted out of search engines indexing
Date of creation Not available
Display name Not available
Bio
Not available
Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 21548 statuses, 3084 logins, 36 registrations)
S: 1553
L: 289
R: 7
S: 1932
L: 281
R: 2
S: 1970
L: 269
R: 3
S: 1662
L: 286
R: 5
S: 1686
L: 293
R: 7
S: 1966
L: 290
R: 0
S: 1617
L: 272
R: 4
S: 1404
L: 255
R: 2
S: 3022
L: 263
R: 2
S: 3282
L: 289
R: 4
S: 1438
L: 278
R: 0
S: 16
L: 19
R: 0
Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
1/17/26, 3:09:50 AM UTC1/18/26, 3:47:06 AM UTC1/19/26, 4:15:10 AM UTC1/20/26, 2:04:14 AM UTC1/21/26, 3:47:17 AM UTC1/22/26, 3:20:28 AM UTC1/23/26, 2:47:20 AM UTC1/24/26, 2:43:04 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 1101/1104 (99.73%)
Languages English (en)
Users 786
Active users (last month) 15
Active users (last six months) 47
Characters per post (max) 500
Known instances 12,070
First sight Nov 9, 2022 UTC
Last successful check Jan 24, 2026 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.5.5
Registrations Open (by admin approval)
Meta’s Threads moderation Unknown (this instance is not listed in the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact list), and its list of moderated instances is not accessible.
Most used hashtags (last week) mutualaid, fediart, naturephotography, fediverse, mastodon, Cum, booty, cock
Short description
Livester is a free community for content creators and fans. After sign up make an introduction post!
Long description
Welcome to livester, the community for webcam models, adult site workers and fans of erotic content. Registration is free of charge but there are some basic rules you should understand and follow.
Sexual content is allowed, as long it is legal and you have the right to publish it (your own content).
Be kind and open.

We have zero tolerance for the following topics. Do not post, share publish content with:



  • Gore and extremely graphic violence (including artistic depictions)
  • National Socialism
  • Nazism
  • Holocaust denial
  • Racism
  • Alt right, including under the disguise of freedom of speech
  • Gender-critical
  • Sex and gender discrimination
  • Transphobia
  • Misogyny
  • Pro-ana / Pro-mia
  • Trolling, insulting and derogatory comments towards others
Instance rules
  1. Be nice and respectful to other users -
  2. We do NOT tolerate hate speech, racism, bullying, etc.
  3. Sharing / uploading illegal content means instant suspension of the account
  4. Do NOT spam the community with advertisements. If you have a product or service to promote, contact us
Moderated instances [?]
Not available
Instances certainly moderating this instance [?]
  1. horrorhub.club: suspension
  2. social.horrorhub.club: suspension
Admin account Aron@livester.net
Date of creation May 4, 2020 UTC
Display name LivesterGuy
Bio
Smart and kind. Geek. Love everything that runs on batteries or requires electricity. Vintage and retro fan. Come make an account now!
Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 4507 statuses, 103 logins, 7 registrations)
S: 331
L: 11
R: 2
S: 397
L: 9
R: 1
S: 395
L: 9
R: 1
S: 465
L: 9
R: 0
S: 401
L: 9
R: 0
S: 364
L: 8
R: 0
S: 399
L: 9
R: 0
S: 406
L: 8
R: 0
S: 382
L: 11
R: 3
S: 459
L: 11
R: 0
S: 476
L: 9
R: 0
S: 32
L: 0
R: 0
Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
1/17/26, 3:34:50 AM UTC1/18/26, 2:35:33 AM UTC1/19/26, 3:53:36 AM UTC1/20/26, 2:13:34 AM UTC1/21/26, 3:55:33 AM UTC1/22/26, 2:54:32 AM UTC1/23/26, 2:13:02 AM UTC1/24/26, 4:00:24 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 1098/1103 (99.55%)
Languages English (en)
Users 538
Active users (last month) 25
Active users (last six months) 79
Characters per post (max) 500
Known instances 5,538
First sight Nov 16, 2022 UTC
Last successful check Jan 24, 2026 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.5.4
Registrations Open (by admin approval)
Meta’s Threads moderation Unknown (this instance is not listed in the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact list), and its list of moderated instances is not accessible.
Most used hashtags (last week) Not available
Short description
A kink-friendly, 🏳️‍🌈-welcoming community.
Long description
This is a kink-friendly, 🏳️‍🌈-welcoming community. As long as everyone abides by common decency, you get to be whoever and whatever you want to be here.

Tips and Tricks

  • Follow some accounts, whether on this server, or accounts on other Mastodon sites, so that you get content into your timeline.
  • Images are limited to 10 MB, and videos are limited to 40 MB. GIFs are normally converted to a looping video to save bandwidth (the same way it's done on Tumblr and Twitter).
  • Opt-in to let others find your account by checking "Suggest account to others" in your profile.
  • Content warnings are strongly encouraged for any explicit content that Rule 2 allows (e.g., genitals). Some of the content on this site gets federated to other Mastodon servers that have more restrictive rules requiring content warnings. Content warnings are not strictly enforced on this server; but if you post without one, followers here or on other servers will likely flag them for moderation. We're trying to maintain a balance between allowing free expression and federating with other servers that may be more vanilla or have varied norms.

Finding People

When you have an account on this server or any Mastodon server that federates, you can follow and interact with users on other Mastodon servers, without needing to create an account on each one. Here are some places to start discovering content and people:


Moderation

We may moderate proactively or in response to reports to enforce server rules. If you are interested in helping with this effort, message @deeplyasleep.

Use of this platform is governed by the server rules and the Privacy Policy.
Instance rules
  1. Every user must be at least 18 years old.
  2. Explicit media is allowed if it is original, 18+, and does not violate the rights of any other person.
  3. Pseudonyms are encouraged, and doxxing is prohibited.
  4. Stay safe. Content that has the purpose or predominant effect of harming others is prohibited.
  5. Be nice. Common decency is a must. (There is no list of officially banned content or isms and phobias.)
  6. Don't spam.
Moderated instances [?]
Not available
Instances certainly moderating this instance [?]
  1. fenetre.dev: suspension
Admin account Opted out of search engines indexing
Date of creation Not available
Display name Not available
Bio
Not available
Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 284 statuses, 180 logins, 8 registrations)
S: 24
L: 21
R: 6
S: 21
L: 14
R: 0
S: 40
L: 18
R: 1
S: 32
L: 10
R: 0
S: 43
L: 23
R: 1
S: 28
L: 21
R: 0
S: 16
L: 14
R: 0
S: 18
L: 13
R: 0
S: 13
L: 13
R: 0
S: 20
L: 16
R: 0
S: 24
L: 13
R: 0
S: 5
L: 4
R: 0
Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
1/17/26, 2:50:27 AM UTC1/18/26, 3:12:52 AM UTC1/19/26, 3:38:53 AM UTC1/20/26, 2:59:48 AM UTC1/21/26, 2:39:47 AM UTC1/22/26, 3:27:03 AM UTC1/23/26, 3:08:04 AM UTC1/24/26, 3:52:24 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 1092/1099 (99.36%)
Languages English (en)
Users 11
Active users (last month) 7
Active users (last six months) 7
Characters per post (max) 500
Known instances 17,015
First sight Nov 3, 2023 UTC
Last successful check Jan 24, 2026 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.5.5
Registrations Open (by admin approval)
Meta’s Threads moderation Unknown (this instance is not listed in the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact list), and its list of moderated instances is not accessible.
Most used hashtags (last week) Not available
Short description
The Tools for Thought Rocks! server is for anyone interested in the field of building and using emerging tools for thought. From personal knowledge management to global cozyweb.
Long description
Not available
Instance rules
Not available
Moderated instances [?]
Not available
Instances certainly moderating this instance [?]
  1. nothing.tacowolf.net: suspension
Date of creation Oct 16, 2023 UTC
Display name Boris Mann
Bio
Web tinkerer. Building my on the web for 20+ years, from blogging to wikis to TFTs and beyond.

Believer in Commons Networks

for my FoodWiki https://foodwiki.bmann.ca

for editing my main site running
https://bmannconsulting.com

Bridged Bluesky account @bmann.ca
Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 1445 statuses, 54 logins, 0 registrations)
S: 181
L: 4
R: 0
S: 170
L: 4
R: 0
S: 156
L: 4
R: 0
S: 209
L: 5
R: 0
S: 118
L: 5
R: 0
S: 122
L: 5
R: 0
S: 76
L: 5
R: 0
S: 88
L: 5
R: 0
S: 132
L: 5
R: 0
S: 109
L: 5
R: 0
S: 76
L: 5
R: 0
S: 8
L: 2
R: 0
Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
1/17/26, 2:31:59 AM UTC1/18/26, 2:13:26 AM UTC1/19/26, 3:54:19 AM UTC1/20/26, 3:46:55 AM UTC1/21/26, 2:38:24 AM UTC1/22/26, 3:15:14 AM UTC1/23/26, 2:20:19 AM UTC1/24/26, 3:17:20 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 809/814 (99.39%)