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Users 39,153
Active users (last month) 2,431
Active users (last six months) 5,521
Characters per post (max) 1,024
Known instances 41,177
First sight Before Oct 14, 2020 UTC [?]
Last successful check Apr 1, 2025 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.3.4
Registrations Open
Meta’s Threads moderation Threads is limited, according to this instance’s list of moderated instances.
Most used hashtags (last week) TransDayOfVisibility, tdov, lepen, MarineLePen, fastfoodasongorpoem, TransDayOfVisiblity, WorldBackupDay, medievalbreakupsongsorpoems, TransgenderDayOfVisibility, tdov2025
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.
  11. Organizations must be based in the SF Bay Area.
Moderated instances [?]
  1. 13bells.com: limited
  2. 3dp.chat: limited
  3. 9kb.me: limited
  4. a.sukazyo.cc: suspended
  5. ac.akirin.xyz: suspended
  6. acat.world: suspended
  7. activitypub-proxy.cf: suspended
  8. activitypub-troll.cf: suspended
  9. aether.run: limited
  10. airwaves.social: limited
  11. ak.parcero.casa: suspended
  12. alive.bar: limited
  13. amarinha.gal: suspended
  14. andrew.xyz: limited
  15. archaeology.social: limited
  16. asbestos.cafe: limited
  17. asocial.social: suspended
  18. azemet.space: limited
  19. bae.st: limited
  20. baraag.net: suspended
  21. bassam.social: limited
  22. basstdn.jp: limited
  23. beefyboys.win: limited
  24. besties.com: limited
  25. beta.mstdn.cf: suspended
  26. bird.makeup: limited
  27. birdsite.wilde.cloud: suspended
  28. blahaj.finch.ink: limited
  29. bols.games: limited
  30. bondsdogs.com: limited
  31. bozgor.org: limited
  32. brands.town: limited
  33. brighteon.social: limited
  34. brokenhedge.org: limited
  35. caekis.love: suspended
  36. catcore.life: suspended
  37. channels.im: limited
  38. cherryberry.pink: limited
  39. childlove.space: suspended
  40. childlove.su: suspended
  41. childlove.top: suspended
  42. chinanews.social: suspended
  43. chudbuds.lol: suspended
  44. clew.lol: suspended
  45. closednetwork.social: limited
  46. cmm.fyi: limited
  47. comingto.org: suspended
  48. comunitate.ascorcluj.com: limited
  49. creativewriting.social: limited
  50. crosstalk.tech: limited
  51. cryptodon.lol: limited
  52. cryptotalks.social: suspended
  53. cubfucker.pro: suspended
  54. cubsex.lol: suspended
  55. cubsex.pictures: suspended
  56. cum.salon: suspended
  57. cunny.beauty: suspended
  58. cunnyborea.top: limited
  59. cuyes.mooo.com: limited
  60. cybersecurity.masto.host: limited
  61. daystorm.netz.org: limited
  62. det.social: limited
  63. detmi.social: limited
  64. detroitriotcity.com: suspended
  65. dicekey.jp: suspended
  66. digitaldata.social: limited
  67. discourse.helenprejean.org: limited
  68. don.neet.co.jp: limited
  69. dreamersreality.dev: limited
  70. dw.n1l.dev: limited
  71. educhat.social: limited
  72. edusocial.it: limited
  73. eientei.org: suspended
  74. elderscrolls.space: suspended
  75. electroverse.tech: limited
  76. entomophagy.world: limited
  77. eveningzoo.club: suspended
  78. exmormon.social: limited
  79. federate.net: limited
  80. federated.place: limited
  81. fedi.buzz: suspended
  82. fedi.yesmap.net: suspended
  83. fetistodon.com: suspended
  84. forestver.se: limited
  85. foss.place: limited
  86. freeatlantis.com: suspended
  87. freecumextremist.com: limited
  88. freesocial.co: limited
  89. freespeechextremist.com: suspended
  90. freie-re.de: limited
  91. freifunk.social: suspended
  92. frennet.xyz: suspended
  93. fsebugoutzone.org: limited
  94. fuckgov.org: suspended
  95. furville.drinkanddrive.africa: suspended
  96. gab.com: suspended
  97. game-tecx.de: limited
  98. games.retrotalk.live: limited
  99. gametoots.de: limited
  100. gaydadon.jp: suspended
  101. genderheretics.xyz: limited
  102. gervtuber.de: limited
  103. graeber.social: limited
  104. groupsebelah.com: limited
  105. h5q.net: limited
  106. home.speakfree.social: limited
  107. humblr.social: suspended
  108. i.transmit.love: limited
  109. independent-media.co.uk: limited
  110. indiegameskey.net: suspended
  111. is.probablyabot.lol: suspended
  112. jiaojiao.org: suspended
  113. kalmar.social: limited
  114. kernkraft.social: limited
  115. kids.0px.io: suspended
  116. kidsarehot.fyi: suspended
  117. kinky.business: limited
  118. kira.zone: suspended
  119. kitsui.life: suspended
  120. kitsune.moe: suspended
  121. kokuusa.club: limited
  122. kommunismus.social: limited
  123. lawsocial.org: limited
  124. leafposter.club: suspended
  125. library.love: limited
  126. linke.social: limited
  127. locksport.space: limited
  128. loli.church: suspended
  129. lovelive-misskey.t1nyb0x.cloud: suspended
  130. m.corduba.tech: limited
  131. m.mxin.moe: limited
  132. m.n1l.dev: suspended
  133. m.techsocial.site: limited
  134. maaw.social: suspended
  135. makemysarcophagus.com: limited
  136. map-and-yap.club: suspended
  137. mapsupport.de: suspended
  138. mast-serv.site: suspended
  139. mastadon.astuto.cc: limited
  140. mastdn.social: limited
  141. mastinator.com: suspended
  142. mastnode.faith: limited
  143. mastodon-ero.xyz: limited
  144. mastodon-swiss.org: limited
  145. mastodon.acerbo.me: suspended
  146. mastodon.acm.org: limited
  147. mastodon.ashevillains.org: limited
  148. mastodon.buzhangjiuzhou.com: limited
  149. mastodon.cf: limited
  150. mastodon.cocamserverguild.com: suspended
  151. mastodon.com.py: limited
  152. mastodon.conquestuniverse.com: limited
  153. mastodon.education: limited
  154. mastodon.enitin.xyz: suspended
  155. mastodon.free-solutions.org: limited
  156. mastodon.frl: limited
  157. mastodon.gtmastodon.online: suspended
  158. mastodon.integrata-stiftung.de: limited
  159. mastodon.io.seg.br: limited
  160. mastodon.linuxmuster.net: limited
  161. mastodon.london: limited
  162. mastodon.mg: limited
  163. mastodon.mikmak.cc: limited
  164. mastodon.my: limited
  165. mastodon.openjw.com: suspended
  166. mastodon.sitejp.synology.me: suspended
  167. mastodon.sl: limited
  168. mastodon.svgun.ru: limited
  169. mastodon.thedirtydis.co: limited
  170. mastodon.top: limited
  171. mastodon.unpluggedrva.com: limited
  172. mastodon.wssmagazine.com: limited
  173. mastodon.zorqz.com: limited
  174. mastouille.fr: limited
  175. meetbeauties.social: limited
  176. mentalhealth-masto.com: limited
  177. merovingian.club: suspended
  178. metreee.com: suspended
  179. metsubo-jinrai.net: limited
  180. mi.c-at.jp: suspended
  181. mi.nakn.jp: limited
  182. milkiyatelier.quest: suspended
  183. minecraft.bktsk.com: suspended
  184. mineskey.xyz: suspended
  185. minor.cafe: suspended
  186. misskey-forkbomb.cf: suspended
  187. misskey.akatuki-host.com: suspended
  188. misskey.doujin.games: suspended
  189. misskey.ee: suspended
  190. misskey.favskey.online: suspended
  191. misskey.gfserver.jp: suspended
  192. misskey.gg: limited
  193. misskey.lalafell.org: suspended
  194. misskey.mofumofu.me: suspended
  195. misskey.pepabo.com: suspended
  196. misskey.shunrin.com: suspended
  197. misskey.suzuri.jp: suspended
  198. mk.chiwa.net: suspended
  199. mk.hoshisaki-h.com: suspended
  200. molaguay.xyz: limited
  201. morale.ch: suspended
  202. mostr.pub: limited
  203. motern.media: limited
  204. mrhands.horse: suspended
  205. mst.universoalterno.es: limited
  206. mstdn.beer: limited
  207. mstdn.jp: suspended
  208. mstdn.penguinhub.org: limited
  209. mugicha.club: limited
  210. n7.social: suspended
  211. nafo.uk: limited
  212. nagomisskey.com: limited
  213. nasface.cz: limited
  214. nationalist.social: suspended
  215. neckbeard.xyz: suspended
  216. nekton.social: suspended
  217. neomobius.com: limited
  218. neuroscience-mastodon.com: limited
  219. neuss.social: limited
  220. nicecrew.digital: suspended
  221. niederbayern.social: limited
  222. noagendasocial.com: suspended
  223. noauthority.social: suspended
  224. nobodyhasthe.biz: suspended
  225. norwoodzero.net: suspended
  226. nsfwmisskey.narazaka.net: suspended
  227. nycity.social: limited
  228. obo.sh: limited
  229. onion.social: limited
  230. osten.social: limited
  231. outpoa.st: suspended
  232. owo.town: limited
  233. oyasumi.ski: suspended
  234. parcero.bond: suspended
  235. pawoo.net: suspended
  236. phyrexia.ru: limited
  237. piaille.fr: limited
  238. piclub.social: suspended
  239. pieville.net: suspended
  240. pika.moe: suspended
  241. pl.firelink.digital: suspended
  242. poa.st: suspended
  243. porntoot.com: suspended
  244. portside.social: limited
  245. poster.place: suspended
  246. pravda.me: limited
  247. puls.social: suspended
  248. px.mathias777.com: limited
  249. pxlmo.net: limited
  250. qaf.men: limited
  251. quakers.social: limited
  252. queer.dev: limited
  253. rally.guide: limited
  254. rapemeat.solutions: suspended
  255. ravenation.club: limited
  256. rdrama.cc: suspended
  257. rebelbase.site: limited
  258. repl.co: suspended
  259. republic.red: limited
  260. rhythmisskey.games: suspended
  261. rope-access-work.com: limited
  262. rtypedbs.hostdon.ne.jp: limited
  263. ryona.agency: suspended
  264. sacred.harpy.faith: suspended
  265. scfzfilm.org: limited
  266. seal.cafe: suspended
  267. seda.social: limited
  268. shitpost.cloud: suspended
  269. shitposter.club: suspended
  270. shitposter.world: suspended
  271. shortstacksran.ch: suspended
  272. shotgunlife.social: limited
  273. sinblr.com: suspended
  274. skinheads.eu: suspended
  275. skinheads.social: suspended
  276. skinheads.uk: suspended
  277. sldon.com: limited
  278. sneed.social: suspended
  279. social.cezeri.tech: limited
  280. social.cutefunny.net: limited
  281. social.ergo-research.org: suspended
  282. social.foederiert.de: limited
  283. social.freysa.ai: limited
  284. social.lovingexpressions.net: suspended
  285. social.mastodon.site: suspended
  286. social.onlinesession.app: suspended
  287. social.pogo.community: limited
  288. social.vegan.im.it: limited
  289. sotl.social: limited
  290. squabble.org: limited
  291. startrekshitposting.com: suspended
  292. supernets.social: limited
  293. switter.at: suspended
  294. tambayan.us: limited
  295. tastingtraffic.net: suspended
  296. tcpcat.net: limited
  297. tech.retrotalk.live: limited
  298. terere.social: limited
  299. the.asbestos.cafe: suspended
  300. thebigeasy.space: limited
  301. thewiring.com: limited
  302. thoughtful.social: limited
  303. threads.net: limited
  304. ti.parcero.casa: suspended
  305. tickler.cc: suspended
  306. ticos.social: limited
  307. toot.berlin: limited
  308. toot.poedelwitz.de: limited
  309. toot.quest: limited
  310. tootnet.nl: limited
  311. toots.258990001.xyz: limited
  312. transforthe.win: limited
  313. truthsocial.co.in: limited
  314. truthsocial.st: limited
  315. tty0.social: limited
  316. tweet.pasture.moe: suspended
  317. twi.social: suspended
  318. uma-aji.com: suspended
  319. unicuskey.com: suspended
  320. urlex.org: suspended
  321. urweibo.com: suspended
  322. usasa.ky: suspended
  323. videochina.net: limited
  324. vigaucho.eu: limited
  325. vipgirlfriend.xxx: suspended
  326. waterlily.tokyo: limited
  327. webmasto.online: suspended
  328. wellcr.app: limited
  329. westen.social: limited
  330. whitesmokebbq.social: limited
  331. witten.social: limited
  332. wpmastodon.es: limited
  333. wulf.social: limited
  334. www.blabbergoats.com: limited
  335. www.gctaisentl.com: suspended
  336. x.4j.ee: limited
  337. xn--p1abe3d.xn--80asehdb: suspended
  338. yggdrasil.social: suspended
Instances certainly moderating this instance [?]
  1. bdsm-jp.club: limitation
  2. eldritch.cafe: limitation
  3. french-take.pt: limitation
  4. lacommu.net: limitation
  5. mastodon.openjw.com: suspension
  6. monsterfuckers.online: suspension
  7. mytter.jp: suspension
  8. sunbeam.city: suspension
  9. supebase.com: suspension
Date of creation Jun 1, 2023 UTC
Display name SFBA Moderators
Bio
The official account of the SFBA Moderators.
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Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
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