1. nothing.tacowolf.net: suspension

A server for art, gaming, and musings about the world, with the occasional meme and lighthearted joke. Running for 2.5+ years, dedicated to providing you a place to be social without being the product

What is this?

Toot.Garden is an server that is meant for art, gaming, and musings about the world, with the occasional meme and lighthearted joke. Running for 1.5+ years, this server is dedicated to providing you a place to be social without being the product. Whoever you are, you should feel at home here. This should be your place to grow, connect, and share! That's the goal anyway!

The beauty of Mastodon is it allows for server owners, and their communities to moderate and curate content as they wish. This server is not a place for racism, antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia, or alt-right thinking/discourse. Should activities, posting, or otherwise be infringing upon this, a swift ban will be placed upon the infringing account.

What is Mastodon?

Chances are you are coming from Twitter, Tumblr, or Reddit, which is cool! Welcome to the Fediverse. If you have never interacted in this "realm" of the internet, I will direct you to these awesome pages that will help you get acquainted.

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/ https://axbom.com/fediverse/

Host Transparency

In an effort to be fully transparent about the server, I've listed some general stats/info on it below.

• Host - Hetzner, Dedicated Server Line
• Raid - Raid 1 - NVMe SSDs
• RAM - 64GB DDR4
• Bandwidth - 1 Gbps up & down, unmetered
• Cloudflare - DNS - No proxy
• Backblaze B2 - Media storage/CDN

Network

• Hetzner - Mastodon frontend + backend, and mail server.
• Site-to-Site VPN Host - Redacted for security, 1gb/s up/down, connects the network together.
• Protectli Firewall Box - Handles secure network access, and real-time security alerting.
• Gen 9 HP Proliant - Raid 6 SSDs, Hyper-V containers, handles backups, alerting, network monitoring, and internal management tools.
• Gen 8 HP Proliant - Raid 6 SSDs, Bare-Metal, handles grafana logging, stats aggregation. Also used as a development server to test Mastodon upgrades.

Instance Language

This instance is primarily English speaking, and the default locale is EN.

Instance Translation Service

As of Nov 1st, 2023, we now support post translation to your default language. If you believe we are missing a lanuage, please contact the instance admin to see if he can find a language pack.

If you are a smaller instance (under 1000 active users), who would like to utilize our translation API, send me an email at alienknight@toot.garden, I'd be more than happy to send you an API key.

Instance Status

Toot.Garden uses Grafana to monitor network status, a public dashboard is coming soon.

Service cost

The current monthly cost to run toot.garden optimally, and securely, comes out to ~70$ USD a month.

Donations/Tips

Currently, and for the foreseeable future, toot.garden is run by AJ Nicoloff, and all server hosting and backup costs are paid for out of pocket- there is no company sponsor. Any donations to the Ko-fi will help keep things going!

Mastodon Covenant

I abide by the covenant set forth by the community, and open-source contributors, as listed at https://joinmastodon.org/covenant

Scraping

Please note that scraping tools that do not make use of the mastodon API, will be blocked. If you use a tool such as Fedifetcher you are fine, but directly scraping web content will result in your IP being ratelimited, or blocked entirely.

Fedifetcher

As of Nov 10th, 2023, every hour the instance runs Fedifetcher with settings that pull in missed replies, boosts, and favorites to posts engaged with by members of toot.garden. This does not scrape data, rather it utilizes the mastodon API to re-check for data on the posts home instance.

Source Code. Thank you to @michael@mstdn.thms.uk for this awesome tool!

Contact the Admin

Should you need to contact me via email, you can reach me at alienknight@toot.garden. For DMCA requests, and other legal requests, please also send them to this email.

1. We do not permit NSFW or NSFL content to be posted on this server whatsoever, this ranges from excessively NSFW messages and imagery to NSFL content such as extreme gore. There are other servers where that can be posted.
2. Never share any personally identifiable information about yourself or others, such as addresses, school, etc. this is for the safety of you and others.
3. The incitement or promotion of violence and or violent ideologies is not permitted here.
4. It should go without saying, but- racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and antisemitism is not permitted, and is not tolerated. We are all people, let's treat each other as such.
5. Listen to others, if you’re accused of causing harm, or making someone uncomfortable, take a step back, recognize that the other person may see things differently, and take responsibility for your actions. If you need an intermediary, please contact the moderation team.
6. Use the report feature before getting into arguments, or causing conflict. Our moderation team is here to assist and take care of these things.
7. Automated account reposting from sites such as Twitter (X), Facebook, Reddit, etc. is not allowed unless you have first contacted alienknight@toot.garden, this is to prevent spam, and potential abuse. Upon approval, your account will have a badge applied to it that will help prevent reports.
8. Civil political discussion is fine, but mark it with a CW for those who may wish to avoid it. Please be mindful of global conflicts, and make educated choices on posts that may make light of situations that are very real for others. Reports about such content may lead to said posts being removed.

podcasts.social - Mastodon für Podcasts

Bitte sowohl dieses ganze Dokument als auch die Nutzungs- und Datenschutzhinweise lesen, bevor ihr euch einen Account anlegt. / Please read the whole document and the Terms of Service & Data Regulations befor you register for an account. There is also an English version. An wen richtet sich diese Instanz?

• Diese Instanz bietet Podcaster*innen einen Platz für ihre Sendungen im Mastodon-Netzwerk. Die Instanz ist ausdrücklich nicht für persönliche Accounts gedacht, sondern nur für solche, die eine einzelne Sendung repräsentieren. Momentan ist die Registrierung geschlossen.
• Im größten Fall entwickelt sich hier ein Verzeichnis, das einen Überblick über die Podcastwelt im Fediverse bietet. Im kleinsten ist das einfach eine weitere Instanz, auf der die Podcaster*innen, die das möchten, ihre Sendungsaccounts pflegen können.
• Zumindest vorerst bitte wirklich nur für Podcasts Accounts erstellen, die auch euch gehören!
• Und: Die Seite ist - im Sinne des Föderalismus - vor allem für die Podcaster*innen gedacht, die aktuell den Betrieb einer eigenen Instanz NICHT leisten können. Große Institutionen und Verlage möchten wir freundlich darauf hinweisen, dass eine eigene Instanz der grundlegenden Idee des Fediverse zuträglicher wäre, als hier einen Account zu eröffnen.
• Falls ihr ganz neu bei Mastodon seid und euch die Konzepte des Fediverse nicht geläufig sind, gibt es am Ende dieser Seite eine kleine Hilfestellung.

FAQ & Hinweise

Ich möchte hier auch einen Account, geht das?
Man kann die Registrierung ausfüllen und sich damit um einen Account bewerben. Das Moderations-Team schaut sich zeitnah an, ob euer Account alle Bedingungen erfüllt und ob die Instanz gerade ausreichend Ressourcen hat und entscheidet dann darüber.

Falls ihr nicht zugelassen werdet, kann das eine Vielzahl von (technischen, organisatorischen oder inhaltlichen) Gründen haben, bitte seht uns nach, dass wir keine ausführlichen Absagen schreiben. Wir verweisen vorsichtshalber auf Punkt 1 der Nutzungsbedingungen. Hinterlegt in der Bewerbung unbedingt einen Link zu eurem Podcast!

Ihr könnt eurer Sache weiter helfen, in dem ihr in eurer Bewerbung kurz beschreibt, wer ihr seid und was ihr für einen Podcast macht. Falls ihr jemanden kennt, der schon einen Account auf dieser Instanz hat, kann dieser Account gerne eine DM an @cvd schicken und für euch bürgen. Podcasts, die nicht ausschließlich von weißen, alten Männern betrieben werden, werden bevorzugt zugelassen.

Was genau wird von einem Account erwartet?
Vorschrift ist nur, dass euer Account wie euer Podcast heisst. Das heisst bei der Registrierung ist der "Benutzername" der Name eures Podcasts. Als sinnvoll hat sich erwiesen, wenn ihr in eurer Bio nicht nur den Link zu eurer Podcast-Webseite, sondern auch den Link zu dem RSS-Feed eures Podcasts explizit hinterlegt. Für die Bio empfiehlt sich eine Kurzbeschreibung des Podcasts. Juristisch gesehen sollte euer Podcast wahrscheinlich auch ein Link zu einem Impressum enthalten.

Welche Arten von Inhalten erwartet ihr?
Einerseits wollen wir euch das nicht vorschreiben. Andererseits aber ein guter Zeitpunkt in Erinnerung zu rufen, für wen diese Instanz gedacht ist: Für Accounts, die dafür gemacht sind, dass sie von den Hörer*innen eures Podcasts abonniert werden.

Was sind eure offiziellen Kommunikationskanäle?
Wir empfehlen euch den beiden Accounts @cvd (Inhaltliches, Organisatorisches, Moderation) und @engineroom (Infrastruktur, Bugs, Downtimes) zu folgen. Wir empfehlen auch diesen Accounts mit einem Account zu folgen, den ihr regelmäßig lest - das muss nicht unbedingt euer Podcast-Account auf dieser Plattform sein.

Und wie genau bekomme ich jetzt meine Folgen hier in den Account?
Leider gibt es keine uns bekannte gute und komfortable Möglichkeit, das automatisch aus einem RSS-Feed zu befüllen. (Falls ihr eine kennt, sagt uns Bescheid!) Ein erster hilfreicher Schritt ist aber das semiautomatische Tool mastorss von eazy.

Ich habe Folgen-Toots gesehen, die direkt einen Player enthalten, kann ich das auch haben?
Im Prinzip ja, aber wir können da nicht weiterhelfen. Ob der Toot einen Player anzeigt oder nicht, liegt daran auf welcher Plattform ihr euren Podcast hostet. Soweit wir das erkennen können, sind die Toots, die einen Player enthalten alle mit Podlove gehostete Podcasts und haben noch ein extra Social Plugin.

Kann ich einen bestehenden Podcast-Account von einer anderen Instanz hierher umziehen?
Im Prinzip ja, aber das geht nicht komplett. Mastodon erlaubt es einen alten Account auf eine neue Instanz umzuleiten, die Follower*innen dahin zu verschieben und die Folgschaften mitzunehmen. Sämtliche Inhalte gehen aber verloren bzw. verbleiben auf dem alten Account. Wenn das für euch interessant ist, findet ihr hier eine Anleitung. In der Anleitung fehlt, wie man seine Folgschaften per .csv exportiert oder importiert. Falls ihre eine bessere Anleitung kennt, sagt uns gerne Bescheid!

Ich bin Podcast-Hörer*in. Was ist mit mir?
Diese Instanz ist tatsächlich nicht für Hörer*innen-Accounts gedacht, sie ist für Podcast-Accounts gedacht, denen ihr folgen könnt. Die grundlegende Idee ist, dass die Podcaster*innen euch (in ihren Podcasts?) sagen, wo ihr sie findet. Falls ihr nach neuen Podcasts stöbern wollt, könnt ihr hier Accounts entdecken oder hier in aktuellen Posts stöbern.

Warum nehmt ihr denn nicht Castropod oder Funkwhale?
Diese Instanz ist nicht zum förderierten Podcast-Hosting gedacht. Diese Instanz ist für alle gedacht, die ihren Podcast begleitend im Fediverse repräsentieren wollen, ohne ihr bestehendes "normales" Podcast-Setup ändern zu müssen.

Wer pflegt diese Community?

• Die Software, auf der diese Instanz aufbaut, ist open source und wird auf Servern in Fankreich betrieben. Diese Instanz wird von Marcus Richter über masto.host betrieben.

Regeln / Code of Conduct

"Seid vorzüglich zueinander" ist einfacher gesagt als getan und bedeutet für verschiedene Menschen unterschiedliche Dinge. Die folgenden Regeln sind eine (nicht erschöpfende) Liste von Verhaltensweisen, die nach Ermessen der Instanzadministratoren zum Löschen von Toots oder zum Aussetzen von Konten auf dieser Instanz führen können.

Bitte meldet Verhalten, das Euch stört. Wir werden den Bericht vertraulich behandeln.

• Wir tolerieren keine Belästigung, Stalking und Doxxing.
• Wir tolerieren keinen Rassismus, Sexismus, verbalen Missbrauch, Diskriminierung von Geschlecht und sexuellen Minderheiten oder die Unterstützung eines solchen Verhaltens.
• Wir tolerieren keine gewalttätige nationalistische Propaganda, keine Nazi-Symbolik oder die Förderung der Ideologie des Nationalsozialismus.
• Wendet Euch nicht an Accounts, die deutlich gemacht haben, dass sie keinen Kontakt wollen. Dazu gehören auch (Anstiftung und Verabredung zur) massenhaften Interaktion oder Hetze gegen solche Accounts. (Dogpiling/Brigading).
• Beiträge mit nicht jugendfreiem Inhalt müssen markiert werden
• Werbeanzeigen müssen mit dem Hashtag #werbung gekennzeichnet werden und dürfen nicht übermäßig oder automatisiert sein.
• Bots dürfen nur dann mit einem Account interagieren, wenn sie von diesem Benutzer dazu aufgefordert werden.
• Wenn Ihr hier mit hoher Frequenz posten müsst, stellt bitte Eure Beiträge auf nicht gelistet ein, damit die lokale Timeline lesbar bleibt.
• In Diskussionen bitte höflich bleiben, beleidigt keine Leute, mit denen Ihr schreibt. Setzt Ironie, Sarkasmus oder ähnliche Sprachweisen mit Bedacht ein - sie übersetzen oft nicht gut in die geschriebene Sprache und neigen dazu, Diskussionen oder Missverständnisse zu eskalieren.

Erste Schritte

• Mastodon lässt sich im Web-Browser sowohl auf dem Desktop als auch mobil gut nutzen. Es gibt aber auch eine Reihe guter Apps, mit denen man beispielsweise Notifications gesendet bekommt. Die bekanntesten sind hier zu finden: https://joinmastodon.org/apps
• Die grundlegenden Konzepte sind sehr ähnlich zu Twitter. Es gibt aber ein paar markante Unterschiede, die einen zivilisierten Gemeinschaftsdialog fördern sollten. Die Besonderheiten sind hier gut dargestellt: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/07/cage-the-mastodon
• Eine weitere sehr gute Einführung darüber, was Mastodon ist und wie man am besten einstiegen kann, bietet der Artikel "Mastodon statt Twitter? Was Musk-Flüchtige in dem alternativen Sozialen Medium erwartet".
• Es ist zugegebenermaßen wahrscheinlich auch so, dass sich diese Instanz nicht als ersten Schritt ins Fediverse anbietet. Die Empfehlung wäre Erfahrungen mit einem (vielleicht temporären?) persönlichen Account zu sammeln und wenn man ein Gefühl für das Fediverse hat, hier einen Account für den eigenen Podcast zu erstellen. Einen guten Leitfaden für einen Einstieg bietet der Artikel "So klappt der Umzug auf Mastodon".

About podcasts.social

Please read the whole document and the Terms of Service & Data Regulations befor you register for an account. / Bitte sowohl dieses ganze Dokument als auch die Nutzungs- und Datenschutzhinweise lesen, bevor ihr euch einen Account anlegt. Es gibt davon auch eine deutsche Version.

Who is this instance for?

• This instance provides podcasters with a space for their shows on the Mastodon network. The instance is explicitly not intended for personal accounts, only for those representing a single show. Registration is currently closed.
• If grown to its largest, this will become a directory that provides an overview of the podcast world in the Fediverse. At its smallest, this is simply another instance where podcasters who wish to do so can maintain their show accounts.
• At least for now, please only create accounts for podcasts that are yours.
• In the spirit of federalism, this site is primarily intended for podcasters who CANNOT afford to run their own instance. We would like to point out to large institutions and publishers that having their own instance would be more conducive to the idea of the Fediverse.
• If you are new to Mastodon and not familiar with the concepts of the Fediverse, please refer to the tips at the bottom of this page.

FAQ & Advice

How do I open an account on here?
You can fill in the registration form to apply for an account. The moderation team will check if you meet all requirements and if our instance has enough available resources before making a decision.

A refusal can be due to a variety of reasons, technical, organizational or content-related. Unfortunately, we cannot provide a detailed reasoning. Please also refer to section 1 of the Terms of Use. Be sure to include a link to your podcast in your application!

You can help our decision by briefly describing in your application who you are and what type of podcast you make. In case you know someone who already has an account on this instance, that person can send a DM to @cvd and vouch for you. Podcasts that aren't run exclusively by old white men will be given priority for approval.

What exactly is expected of an account?
The only requirement is that your account is named like your podcast: When you register, the "user name" is the name of your podcast. It is useful to include in your bio: the link to your podcast website, the RSS feed and a short description of the show. You might also want to link to a legal notice providing the publisher's details.

What types of content do you expect?
On the one hand, we don't want to impose anything. On the other hand, this is a good time to remember who this instance is for: show accounts wanting to interact with listeners.

What are your official communication channels?
We recommend you follow these two accounts: @cvd (content, organization, moderation) and @engineroom (infrastructure, bugs, downtime). We recommend you follow these accounts from an account you read regularly (it doesn't have to be your podcast account on this instance).

So how exactly do I get my episodes into an account here?
Unfortunately, we know of no good and convenient way to automatically populate it from an RSS feed. (If you do, let us know!) But a first helpful step is the semi-automatic tool mastorss provided by eazy.

I've seen episode toots that include a player, can I have that too?
Basically yes, but we can't help there. Whether a toot shows a player or not depends on the platform you host your podcast on. As far as we can tell, toots show a player when the podcast is hosted by Podlove and uses an additional social plugin

Can I migrate an existing podcast account from another instance?
Essentially yes, but there are some limitations. Mastodon allows you to redirect an existing account to a new instance maintaining followers and followings. However, all content will remain on the old account. If you are interested in moving, see here for instructions.

I am a podcast listener. Can I get an account, too?
This instance is actually NOT for listener accounts, but for show accounts that you can follow. The basic idea is that podcasters will tell you where to find them, e.g. on their podcast. If you want to browse for new podcasts, you can discover accounts here or see what our podcasters are posting about right now here.

Why don't you use Castropod or Funkwhale?
This instance is NOT meant for federated podcast hosting. This instance is meant for anyone who wants to represent their podcast in the Fediverse in an accompanying way, without having to change their existing podcast setup.



Who maintains this community?

• This instances is based on open-source software and hosted in France. This instance is provided by Marcus Richter via masto.host.

Rules / Code of Conduct

""Be excellent to each other" is easier said than done, and means different things to different people. The following rules are a (non-exhaustive) list of behaviour that may result in the deletion of toots or suspension of accounts on this instance at the discretion of the administrators

Please report behavior that bothers you. We will keep reports confidential.

• We do not tolerate harassment, stalking, or doxxing.
• We do not tolerate racism, sexism, verbal abuse, gender and sexual minority discrimination, or the support of such behaviour.
• We do not tolerate violent nationalist propaganda, Nazi symbolism, or the promotion of Nazi ideology.
• Do not contact accounts that have made it clear that they do not want to be contacted. This includes (inciting and conspiring to) mass interaction or incitement against such accounts. (Dogpiling/Brigading).
• Posts with adult content must be flagged.
• Paid advertisement must be marked with #advertising and not be excessive or automated.
• Bots may only interact with an account when prompted by that user.
• If you post here with high frequency, please set your posts to unlisted to keep the local timeline readable.
• Please remain polite in discussions, do not insult people you are chatting with. Use irony, sarcasm, or similar language wisely - it often doesn't translate well into written language and tends to escalate discussions or lead to misunderstandings.

First steps

• Mastodon is easy to use in a web browser on both desktop and mobile. However, there are also a number of good apps that can be used to receive notifications, for example. Some of the most popular ones can be found here.
• The basic concepts of Mastodon are very similar to Twitter. However, there are a few striking differences that ought to encourage a civilized community discourse. The specifics are well laid out here.
• Another very good introduction to what Mastodon is and how best to get started is ["A futuristic Mastodon introduction for 2021".
• Admittedly, this instance might not be a good first step into the Fediverse. It's recommended that you gain experience with a (perhaps temporary?) personal account, and once you have a feel for the Fediverse, create an account for your own podcast here. A good guide for getting started can be found on Fedi.Tips.

1. Diese Instanz ist ausschließlich zur Einrichtung von Accounts für Podcasts gedacht. Keine persönlichen Accounts. Jeder Podcast nur einen Account. / This instance is only for creating accounts for podcasts. No personal accounts. Only one account for each podcast.
2. Diese Instanz ist ein privates Projekt. Eine Verfügbarkeit kann nicht gewährleistet werden. / This instance is a private project. Availability cannot be guaranteed
3. Es gelten die Nutzungsbedingungen und der Code of Conduct, die im Zweifel ohne Ankündigung durchgesetzt werden. / Terms of use and code of conduct apply and may be enforced without notice.
4. Wenn ihr euch auf einen Account bewerbt, nennt ihn wie euren Podcast und schreibt den Link zum Podcast und Feed in die Bewerbung! / If you apply for an account, name it like your podcast and include the link to the podcast and its feed in the application!

A server for passionate sports fans to talk about sports, among other things. This server is new and independently run.

MySportGallery is a sport focused, Mastodon instance hosted in the United States out of Atlanta, Georgia.

This server is new and potentially unstable. We do our best to back it up, but please keep that in mind until the server is stabilized.

This server is entirely paid for by me. Donations are welcome, optional, and entirely appreciated.

1. Be nice - No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, or casteism
2. No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies
3. No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users
4. Sexually explicit or violent media must be marked as sensitive when posting
5. Please understand - you have no privacy on this server or anywhere on Mastodon. It's not designed to be private. Assume that anything you post here, including DMs, are publicly visible.

archaeo.social is a Mastodon instance for archaeologists, ancient historians and anyone interested in scholarly communication about the human past. More: https://about.archaeo.social

archaeo.social is a Mastodon instance for archaeologists, ancient historians and anyone interested in scholarly communication about the human past. It is part of the archaeo.social collective, a network of open, federated social media services for archaeology.

This server is administrated by Joe Roe and financially supported by donations on OpenCollective. Our policies, rules and community expectations are decided by consensus; discussion takes place in our GitHub repositories and are open to all.

Joining archaeo.social

Creating an account on archaeo.social means that it will be your "home server" in the Mastodon network. Your posts will by default appear in our local timeline and you will need to agree to abide by our rules and community expectations. It doesn't mean that you are limited to interacting here; you can follow users from other Mastodon servers and the wider Fediverse freely, and your personal timeline will include only the accounts and hashtags you follow, wherever they are.

After you have created an account, uploaded a profile picture, and filled in your bio, we strongly recommend introducing yourself to the archaeo.social community with a post that tells us about yourself and your interests. Including the hashtag #introduction will greatly increases how many potential new followers your post reaches.

archaeo.social is still a young community and the Fediverse in general is not as widely used in academia as other social networks. We appreciate anything you can do to spread awareness, for example by including links to your Mastodon profile (i.e. https://archaeo.social/@username; the short form username@archaeo.social only works in the Fediverse) on your other social media profiles, on your institutional profile, in your next conference presentation, etc.

Community expectations

These guidelines supplement the server's rules.

Zero tolerance

archaeo.social has zero tolerance for racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, ableism, and casteism. Users that engage in these behaviours will have their accounts immediately and permanently suspended.

Acceptable and unacceptable content

archaeo.social is primarily intended for scholarly communication about archaeology and the human past. We encourage you to use it to talk about your research, promote academic events and programmes, share references and resources, and network with colleagues. We are an international community, and posts can be in any language. Satire, activism, and a reasonable amount of "off-topic" posting are also welcome. Users who use our services excessively for other purposes may have their accounts frozen and will be asked to migrate their accounts to a more suitable server.

Content that others may not wish to see should be accompanied with a content warning and/or marked as sensitive. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Images of human remains
• Spoilers for recent popular media
• Content likely to be of interest to only very narrow audience

Users who repeatedly omit these warnings may have their posts marked as sensitive automatically, have their accounts frozen, or be suspended.

The following types of content are not allowed on this server:

• Pornographic or sexually explicit media without an explicit historical context
• Excessively violent media without an explicit historical context
• Anything illegal in Germany, including Holocaust denial and Nazi symbolism
• Advertising and spam

Users that post these types of content will be immediately suspended.

Academic integrity

Behaviour that is broadly considered unacceptable in academia is also unacceptable on archaeo.social. This includes, but is not limited to, academic dishonesty (plagiarism, cheating, not giving credit), misrepresentation (of your credentials, experience, background), spreading misinformation or pseudoscience, and soliciting for predatory publishers or conferences. Users that engage in or promote these behaviours may have their accounts frozen or suspended.

Etiquette and accessibility

When posting, please be considerate of how your posts will appear both to your followers and in the local and federated timelines. Consider using a content warning or making the post unlisted if it is significantly 'off-topic' (i.e. likely not of interest to most other users of archaeo.social) When writing a thread, set the first post to be "public" and subsequent posts "unlisted", so that they do not flood the timeline.

To make posts accessible to all users, attached media should be accompanied with a description. A good media description concisely summarises the content and purpose of the image or video. It shouldn't be longer than a sentence or two. An exception is if you post an image of running text; you should transcribe the text in full in the image description.

Bots and organisation accounts

archaeo.social was made for people and prioritises the experience of human users.

Bots are currently not restricted on archaeo.social, but we ask operators of bots to be considerate of other users, server resources, and the readability of our local timeline. Specifically, bot accounts should:

• Include the name and contact details of the human being responsible for them in their bio
• Respond to direct messages from server administrators and moderators
• Not post at a rate that dominates the local timeline or degrades server performance

Accounts that represent commercial, institutional, or collective entities are also allowed, but must be relevant to the server's scope.

Reporting and moderation

archaeo.social's moderation team actively monitor the local timeline. Unlisted posts are not proactively reviewed but are subject to the same rules and expectations.

If you see a user of archaeo.social breaking any of our rules or failing to meet any of the above expectations, please report the problematic content to moderators. Please explain why you are reporting them in as much detail as you can; we aim to respond within 24 hours.

You can also report posts you see from users of federated servers on archaeo.social, but please be aware the we are more limited in the ways we can respond to them. Mastodon has extensive options for controlling what you see from users on your home and federated servers.

Privacy, data security and longevity

Mastodon was not designed to be a secure storage or messaging protocol. Everything you post to this server, including direct messages to other users, is stored unencrypted and therefore technically readable by anyone with access to the database. We will never knowingly breach your privacy or leave your personal data vulnerable to misuse, but can make no guarantees. Please see the privacy policy for more details.

We envisage archaeo.social as a long-term resource for the scholarly community in archaeology and related disciplines. All posts and uploaded media are backed up, at least daily, to multiple secure locations. However, archaeo.social is not an archive and you should not assume that your data will be preserved in perpetuity. In the event that circumstances force the server to shut down, we commit to giving users at least three months notice so that they can export their data and migrate their account to another server.

1. No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, ableism or casteism
2. No harassment of any kind
3. Always warn others about content they may not want to see, including images of human remains
4. Do not engage in or promote academic dishonesty
5. Do not share information that may lead to physical harm to people or to cultural heritage

1. bdsm-jp.club: limitation
2. mytter.jp: suspension
3. nothing.tacowolf.net: suspension

A place for all things New Jersey. You don't have live in the Garden State to join because you can love New Jersey from anywhere in the world.

Current server banner by @VEXED

The first mastodon instance for all things New Jersey. Founded on Nov 22 2022. You don't have live in the Garden State to join because you can love New Jersey from anywhere in the world.

Founded November 22nd, 2022. Added to JoinMastodon.org on December 19th. Managed Hosting by Toot.io..

art by @ThomasNoppers

Costs

Sadly running a Mastodon instance is not free. At the moment Stefan is paying all the costs but over time to community owned and paid for.

current expenses:

• $49 a month - For Toot.io server costs. Here is the itemized list from cloudplane:
• $29.99 a year - Domain registration at Dreamhost.com

Keep us online and join our patreon! Currently $30 is contributed by 9 amazing members!

Moderation by:

• Stefan Hayden

Contact Stefan if you interested in being a fellow moderator.

Adhering to the Mastodon Server Covenant:

1. Active moderation against racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia
2. Daily backups
3. At least one other person with emergency access to the server infrastructure
4. Commitment to give users at least 3 months of advance warning in case of shutting down

Find other mastodon instances by location here.



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1. No discrimination, including (but not limited to) racism, sexism, antisemitism, homophobia or transphobia.
2. No spam. Including ads for gambling.
3. Sexually explicit or violent media must be marked as sensitive when posting and can not be the majority of posted content.
4. No impersonation of other individuals, public figures or organisations, unless clearly marked as a parody.
5. Safe Space: LGTBQIA+
6. Be courteous, respectful, and understanding in interactions with fellow users.
7. No companies outside New Jersey without express permission

This Mastodon Instance is intended to serve citizens and residents of British Columbia, Canada. We respectfully occupy this virtual space within the Traditional Territories of First Nations peoples.

Welcome to SocialBC.ca

This instance is run by the non-profit, registered, Society of Open Social Servers of British Columbia (socialbc.org). If you live in British Columbia, Canada this is a regional Mastodon instance for you!

We are an X/Twitter and Corporate Media alternative connecting to thousands of other servers and over 14 million users on the Fediverse and #OpenSocialWeb and we can connect to Bluesky.

Our Team

@Chris, @arbutus, @jrenken are the Administrators of this website with the help and support of the SOSSBC Board that includes @trishalynn, @dylanre and @artbysarahsammis

We are always looking for more help either on the Board or running SocialBC. If you're interested please do contact any of us! We are a welcoming space for people of all genders, backgrounds and experiences.

Membership

As soon as you sign up on SocialBC you are a 'non-voting' member of the Society of Open Social Servers of BC (SOSSBC). If you would like to support us financially please see the "How do we make this go" section below.

Any contribution greater than $20 in a year makes you a full voting member of SOSSBC. Note: To avoid conflicts of interest, elected officials and corporations are encouraged to contribute and be members of SOSSBC but are always non-voting members of the Society.

Use the Web or an App

We are a public access server, there is no paywall or limitation on the general public seeing posts here through the website except for what users choose to keep private. Any Mastodon compatible app will also work with SocialBC.ca.

How to Embed your Posts or Timeline on a Webpage

We made a tutorial including a YouTube video. Check it out!

We have an emoticon for your community!

We have created emoticons based on the flags and logos of every municipality, town, village, First Nation and Band Council that we could find in BC. You can see them all in this thread. Users can invoke the emoticons by typing : portalberni : or : Tseshaht :. We also encourage the use of community hashtags like #yvr #kamloops or #wsanec to increase the visibility of our diverse communities.

How Do You Make This Go (ie. Money)

SOSSBC and SocialBC.ca are completely run by volunteers but it does cost money to “keep the lights on”, you can see our financials so far here.

• One-time Donations can be made by e-transfer at your online bank. Send it to help@socialbc.org. You can also use Paypal (Paypal charges fees so e-transfer is preferred)

Suggested Monthly Subscriptions:

If you would like to have suggested donation amounts for personal, professional, and corporate members. These are not required for registration but we do hope you will help us keep the lights on. Contributing $20 in a year (or $1.66 per month!) qualifies you as a voting member of SOSSBC!

Personal or Not for Profit:

• Wooly Friend Subscription $1.66/mo by e-Transfer
• Wooly Super Friend Subscription $5/mo e-Transfer or Paypal $5/mo,
• Wooly Max Member Subscription $10/mo e-Transfer or Paypal $10/mo

Professionals (eg. Journalists, PR department, etc)

• Wooly Pro Subscription $20/mo e-Transfer or Paypal $20/mo
• Wooly Max Pro Subscription $50/mo e-Transfer or Paypal $50/mo

Corporate Accounts (ie. speaking on behalf of a Corporation)

• Bronze Wooly Subscription: $200/mo e-Transfer or Paypal $200/mo

We will periodically publish information about the Society and the finances of SocialBC.ca so that you can see how things are going and how your contributions are used. As we grow, our hosting costs will grow as well. We want to be transparent about that growth and how we use the money we have.

What Is This Place

Our intent is to create community driven, grassroots, #OpenSocialWeb spaces for all people that call British Columbia - or the First Nations territories it owes its existence to - home. This space is connected to Bluesky through services like Bridgy Fed.

Yes, we said "spaces"! In time, we can envision and would like to encourage groups and communities within British Columbia to create their own Mastodon/Fediverse spaces using this space as an example and possibly under the 'umbrella' of SOSSBC and socialbc.ca.

Moderation and General Outlook

This is a lightly moderated instance. We commit to be open and transparent on any moderation decisions. We expect people to be civilized. We do not condone or accept any violence or illegal behaviour and will block instances without warning that appear on Fediverse community block management lists like IFTAS. This is done both for your safety and protection but also to ensure we adhere to the local laws and regulations on hate speech and other online content.

We welcome all people and strive to make a safe space. We do not tolerate dogpiling, spamming, trolling, or other forms of online or offline harassment including racist, and other discriminatory content. We follow the Mastodon Server Covenant.

We do not limit people for expressing their views in ways that may be challenging but we strongly encourage people to use the "Content Warning" features built into Mastodon to protect others from unnecessary or unintended harm. Some simple guidelines for conduct are in the "Server Rules" below. We strongly encourage the use of alt-text for media, use @PleaseCaptionBot for helpful reminders!

We reserve the right to limit, suspend, or remove any account at any time without recourse.

Bots and Pseudonymous Accounts

Bots

People and organizations are welcome to use socialbc.ca to create B.C.-related automated accounts or "bots" for news, weather, emergency services, and public information as well as entertainment and general fun and silliness.

Guidelines and recommendations:

• All bot accounts must have "This is a bot account" checked in its settings.
• Posts can be set to “Public”, “Quiet Public”, or "Followers”. For explanations, see the links for each mode.
• Official and news sources should be set to Public for visibility.
• High-frequency or non-news bots consider using Quiet Public or Followers.
• If you would like your bot to be part of a SocialBC “Starter Pack” please contact one of the team members.
• Automatic Post Deletion" must be set to a maximum age of one month. (Pinned and DMs not included)

Pseudonyms or Parody Accounts

Pseudonymous accounts for activism, information, and entertainment are OK in general as are parody accounts but any account found to be in violation of expectations for civil behaviour, harassment, dogpiling, etc., or are found to be disseminating false or misleading information may face suspension.

Bluesky

Due to recent events in the USA and the endorsement by Bluesky of a verified ICE account on that platform, SocialBC has decided that we cannot be silent or take no action. The violence being experienced in the USA has impacted millions, including people here on SocialBC and in British Columbia. The violence and tactics by ICE are inexcusable, undemocratic, and deeply concerning including in digital spaces. There have been serious concerns raised about the US Government’s ability to scrape public information, like Mastodon servers, for information that may assist them in their actions. At the same time, we recognize that many people have gone to Bluesky to escape Twitter and other platforms and that Blueksy is at least a cousin to the Fediverse concept of the Open Web. SocialBC currently allows all users to ‘bridge’ their accounts to Bluesky.

After discussions amongst the SOSSBC board we have decided to post this message and take the following action based on these choices:

• 1 - update about page to include a warning
• 2 - inform and/or encourage users how to block the ICE account and/or Bluesky bridging accounts.
• 3 - server block of only the bridged ICE account (and possibly other US Gov accounts).
• 4 - a server block of corporate-Bluesky Servers (https://mastodon.social/@anewsocial/115922924769785370) - but allowing other Bluesky-Compatible servers like BlackSky.
• 5 - a full server block of all Bluesky bridges to prevent any interactions with Bluesky-compatible servers.

We’ve decided on doing 1/2/3 together.

Result:

• SocialBC will be implementing a server block the ICE Bluesky account. This will prevent users of SocialBC from interacting with this Bluesky account and prevent content from that account from appearing on this server.
• We encourage our users to do the same and if they wish to not see any Bluesky contact at all, consider blocking the bridging account. (If you have questions on how to do this you’re welcome to reach out to us)

We reserve the right to escalate to stricter blocking of Bluesky in future, but we will communicate that first if we do as we recognize this could impact users ability to connect with people on Bluesky.

We also encourage feedback from the SocialBC community.

Unless a full block is implemented, we will continue to have the instructions below on how to connect to Bluesky.

How do I post into and follow people on Bluesky from socialbc.ca?

Make sure whoever you want to follow has enabled Fediverse sharing on their Bluesky (explained in next section below).

To post into Bluesky:

Go to the Bridgy Fed webpage and click on "Mastodon" and enter socialbc.ca in the "Mastodon instance" box.

You might be asked to login to socialbc.ca. Once that's done, you're connected and all your socialbc posts will be seen on Bluesky.

To follow someone on Bluesky

Search for them with @[handle].bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Threads

SocialBC has made the decision to block connections (Federation) with Threads.net. This was done in response to the policy and moderation changes announced by Mark Zuckerberg in January 2025.

As an inclusive and proactive space, SocialBC has chosen to prioritize the health and safety of all current and future members and will block Threads.net as of 9AM January 20, 2025 until such time that policies at Meta change.

First Nations and Indigenous Peoples

The people behind socialbc.ca and the Society of Open Social Servers of BC deeply acknowledge that we are conducting this endeavour on and for people on the Traditional and often un-ceded Territories of Indigenous Peoples in the colonial province of British Columbia, Canada on Turtle Island.

We open our arms with humility and respect to Indigenous members joining this space.

We welcome and would be honoured to have the participation and direct input of Indigenous members and communities in this space and in SOSSBC as well!

As part of our goal to promote the #OpenSocialWeb generally, we would like to offer to help Indigenous-led communities and groups create spaces like socialbc.ca for their own communities.

The greatest thing about the #Fediverse and the #OpenSocialWeb is that it emulates the human landscapes that we all live in as a network of social spaces.

If this space is something you would be interested in creating in your community please don't hesitate to ask us for help.

Expanding SocialBC, SOSSBC, and the Open Social Web in BC

It's SOSSBC's goal to promote the use of non-corporate, community-driven, grassroots spaces.

To put it another way, our goal is not to be the one and only Open Social Web or Mastodon instance in BC for all people to use, but rather to be a stepping stone for people in different communities to find each other but also to find each other in the same community and perhaps in time create their own spaces in the Fediverse.

Community-run instances like this one often get too big to be manageable by volunteer teams so the best way to grow the Fediverse is with the proliferation of regional or interest based instances. We at socialbc.ca want to encourage that.

We see our mission not as one to take over everything, but to enable and empower others to create their own Open Social Web spaces in British Columbia.

1. Be kind
2. Be generous
3. Be curious
4. Be brave
5. Be humble
6. No Law Enforcement Officers
7. Use Alt Text for Images
8. Suggestions - Use Content Warnings Generously - NSFW content may be limited/suspended if reported.
9. Do not post or share any content that is illegal in Canada
10. Do not harass, dogpile, or dox users on this server or other servers. No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, casteism, fatphobia, or other forms of bigotry.
11. NSFW content and depictions of violence must be behind a content warning.
12. SocialBC.ca is intended for residents and those connected to the province of British Columbia.
13. Business accounts are allowed.

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