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First sight Before Oct 14, 2020 UTC [?]
Last successful check Dec 14, 2024 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.3.1
Registrations Open
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) Fensterfreitag, WindowFriday, unknownholidays, JukeboxFridayNight, onthewater, fridaythe13th, polio, fridaythe13thchristmassongs, totp, bayrou
Short description
A Mastodon instance for the San Francisco Bay Area. Come on in and join us!
Long description
Welcome to SFBA.social!

We are the regional Mastodon instance for the San Francisco Bay Area. Everyone is welcome - Current/past Bay Area citizens, Bay Area admirers, and people who want to move here one day :-)

Yay-Area Resident?

Signs you are from the SF Bay Area:
http://www.daveyd.com/sanfranpol.html
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/18-signs-grew-san-francisco

Contributions

Our Admin/Mod team members are all volunteers. However, the costs for hosting this instance are now exceeding $1000/month.

Please consider contributing to our Instance: https://ko-fi.com/sfba_fedi

More Information

More information is available on the SFBA Community Hub

To submit a copyright claim, visit the DMCA Requests page on our community hub.
Instance rules
  1. Do not use slurs or racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist or otherwise discriminatory or hateful jokes or language; or promote white supremacy, anti-Semitism, transphobia, casteist, or other hateful ideologies.
  2. Do not post content that is illegal in the USA or California.
  3. Do not harass anyone, participate in group harassment of anyone, or otherwise engage in name calling or personal attacks.
  4. Do not post or threaten to post other people’s personally identifying information (“doxxing”).
  5. Do not tone police.
  6. Do not “shitpost” hateful content
  7. Do not sell or promote cryptocurrencies or NFTs.
  8. Do not litigate moderation decisions on the timeline.
  9. Mark content that contains nudity, gore, violence, etc. as sensitive and clearly label it with a content warning and/or hashtag.
  10. Do not post spam.
Moderated instances [?]
Not available
Instances certainly moderating this instance [?]
  1. eldritch.cafe: limitation
  2. mastodon.openjw.com: suspension
  3. monsterfuckers.online: suspension
  4. mytter.jp: suspension
  5. sunbeam.city: suspension
  6. supebase.com: suspension
Admin account seb@sfba.social
Date of creation Dec 6, 2019 UTC
Display name Not available
Bio
Living the Dream...

Architecting secure systems and traveling the world is what I like.

Unfair, harsh, inconsiderate behavior is what I don't like.
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Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
12/7/24, 2:47:08 AM UTC12/8/24, 4:09:09 AM UTC12/9/24, 3:10:23 AM UTC12/10/24, 3:20:12 AM UTC12/11/24, 4:05:26 AM UTC12/12/24, 2:22:06 AM UTC12/13/24, 4:10:47 AM UTC12/14/24, 3:14:10 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 841/842 (99.88%)