Newfoundland and Labrador's Mastodon Server

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nfld.me is Newfoundland and Labrador's Mastodon server. Come join and connect with other Newfoundlanders and Labradorians today!

An account on nfld.me will also allow you to follow and connect with users across the entire Fediverse, a global network of users connected via services that use standardized protocols such as ActivityPub.

[ News & Changes: blog.nfld.me ]
[ Service Status: status.nfld.me ]

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Help

A quick primer on timelines:

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  🏠Home: Posts from accounts you follow, and the posts they 🔁Boost¹. Also includes posts that include the #hashtags you follow.
  
  
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  👥Local: Posts from users on nfld.me that were posted with visibility set to Public.
  
  
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  🌎Federated: Public posts from users across many ActivityPub² servers, all around the world.
  
  
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  #️⃣Explore: Posts, links, and #hashtags that are popular right now.
  
  

A quick primer on post actions:

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  🔁Boost: Puts a post on the Home timeline of your followers, as well as their Federated timelines. ("I want everyone to see this post.")
  
  
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  ⭐Favourite: Tells the person who posted that you liked it. ("I want them to see I liked it.") You can view a list of your Favourites here.
  
  
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  🔖Bookmark: "I want to save this for me, later." You can view a list of your Bookmarks here.
  
  

¹ Like Retweet on the bird site.
² There are other social network softwares that communicate using the ActivityPub protocol. Some common ones, in addition to Mastodon, include Pleroma, Akkoma, Misskey, PixelFed, and PeerTube.

Mastodon Server Covenant

nfld.me abides by the Mastodon Server Covenant, which reads as follows:

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   Active moderation against racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia
   Users must have the confidence that they are joining a safe space, free from white supremacy, anti-semitism and transphobia of other platforms.
   nfld.me employs active moderation against such content.
   
   
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   Daily backups
   It is important for users to have the confidence that a trip over the power cable or a rogue bit flip will not erase all of their data. Having a backup strategy is a basic necessity of providing a public service.
   nfld.me's database is backed up off-site nightly, and media uploads are backed up off-site weekly.
   
   
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   At least one other person with emergency access to the server infrastructure
   Various circumstances can prevent the original owner of the Mastodon server from answering technical emergencies. For this reason, more than one person must have that capability.
   nfld.me's primary admin is @wilson, the emergency admin is @Gudahtt.
   
   
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   Commitment to give users at least 3 months of advance warning in case of shutting down
   Sometimes services shut down, it is the cycle of life. But users must have the confidence that their account will not disappear overnight, so that they have time to export their data and find another server.
   nfld.me will give 3 months advance notice in case of shutting down.
   
   Moderation Policy
   
   

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  The moderators reserve the right to suspend accounts of known offenders.
  
  
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  Major rule violations (such as severe or illegal activity like death threats, hate speech, CSAM) result in an immediate account suspension and content deletion.
  
  
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  Minor rule violations (such as spam, pornography, depictions of violence/nudity without content warning) may result in content removal in addition to following the official moderation escalation procedure as follows:
  
  

Offense 1: Limit (3d)

Your posts reach only your followers for 3 days.

Offense 2: Freeze (7d)

Unable to use account for 7 days.

Offense 3: Suspend (Ban)

Your account is indefinitely suspended. The only reversal option is to successfully appeal the suspension within 30 days using the built-in Appeal feature.

Moderated Server Reason Key

1: Single-user server admin is problematic
A: Abuse or Malicious (ActivityPub protocol abuse, DDoS, scraping, etc.)
B: Bigotry (Hate Speech, Homomisia, Transmisia, Racism, Sexism, Ableism, Classism)
C: CSAM, l--icon, etc.
D: Disinformation (Fake news, intentionally misleading misinformation)
F: Fascism ("Free Speech", White Supremacy, Antisemitism)
G: Gore
H: Harassment or Doxxing of Users
I: Illegal material
L: Language filters ignored
M: Moderation (Lax/No enforcement of rules or community standards)
N: Not secure (no/bad HTTPS certificate)
O: Offline (Unresponsive)
P: Pornography (Explicit sexual material without content warnings)
R: Rules (Few/No rules or community standards)
S: Spam/Scam/Cryptocurrency
T: Twitter mirror
U: Underage Users
W: Wants server blocked

1. No hate speech. We have a zero-tolerance policy on hate speech. This includes slurs or any form of degrading, dehumanizing, or derisive speech based on characteristics such as race, heritage, disability, age, sex, sexual preference, gender, socio-economic status, or religion.
2. No harassment or doxing. Treat any other users' known personally identifying information with respect.
3. No content which is illegal in the countries of Canada or the United States of America. We are hosted on a US server and serve content to users in Canada. Content which violates law in either of these nations will be removed and offending users/instances will be limited or banned.
4. Mastodon servers which break our rules will be banned from federating with nfld.me. It is possible to follow users on servers all around the world. The Federated Timeline also streams posts from other servers. Those which break our rules will be limited or blocked from communicating with us.
5. Don' go postin' tings ya wouldn' want yer mudder ta see. In other words, be considerate of others when posting. Remember that your neighbours, family, and friends are here. Let's maintain a good sense of community.
6. No spam. Excessive advertising or mass-marketing posts will be limited accordingly. Local business endorsement is allowed in moderation. This is not a marketplace, however.
7. No impersonation of other individuals or entities. Those found to be representing themselves as another person or entity will be dealt with accordingly. Clearly indicate whether your account is a parody account.
8. No pornography, gore, or obscenity. This is not the place to share that content. Please provide a content warning (CW button in post box) for material depicting non-pornographic nudity, violence, unsafe actions, and/or potentially disturbing media.
9. Do not attack or abuse the host, and please report any found vulnerabilities or bugs to the instance admin.
10. Please direct requests for site features to the Mastodon open-source project. While we may implement downstream changes specific to our instance as we see fit, we wish to maintain relative parity with the latest stable Mastodon release.
11. Nobody under the age of 13 is permitted to use nfld.me. If you know your child aged 13 to 17 is using this service, please ensure they know how to use online social spaces safely.
12. No intentionally false or misleading information. Please ensure any news you post is factual and from a reputable source. Intentionally reported misinformation (disinformation) will not be tolerated.