Languages English (en)
Users 405
Active users (last month) 61
Active users (last six months) 122
Characters per post (max) 500
Known instances 19,072
First sight Apr 22, 2023 UTC
Last successful check Nov 23, 2024 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.3.1
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.
Short description
An english Mastodon community focused around technology (any vintage!). We welcome technologists, coders, engineers, gadget lovers, self professed “geeks” and anyone with an interest and love of tech.
Long description
Welcome to Techtoots:An english Mastodon community focused around tech (any vintage!). We welcome technologists, coders, engineers, gadget lovers, self professed “geeks” and anyone with an interest and love of tech. If you share the opinion that the the best technologies are the ones that most resemble ‘magic’- you’ve found your home in the fediverse!
Social networking, back in your hands!Sharing your thoughts has never been more convenient. Publish anything you want: links, pictures, text, video. All on a platform that is community-owned and ad-free.
You have
500 characters. You can adjust the thumbnails of your pictures with focal points. You can use custom emojis, hide things behind spoiler warnings and choose who sees a given post. Messed it up? You can delete & redraft for quick corrections.
Without an incentive to sell you things, Mastodon allows you to consume content you enjoy uninterrupted. Your feed is chronological, ad-free and non-algorithmic—you decide who you want to see!
Be sure to check our
Terms & Code of Conduct.
Support the CommunitySince we do not serve ads and we do not sell data we rely on your support. If you like you can donate to help us out a little to defray the monthly costs of operating our instance. Any support is appreciate and completely voluntary - thanks for your consideration.
PatreonMastodon Server Covenant CommitmentWe're committed to the Mastodon server covenant which includes the following:
- Active moderation against racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia.
- Daily backups of user data.
- At least one other person with emergency access to the server infrastructure.
- Commitment to give users at least 3 months of advance warning in case of shutting down.
You can read more information
here.
Instance rules
- Sexually explicit or violent media must be marked as sensitive when posting.
- No spam or advertising.
- No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, or casteism.
- No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies.
- No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users.
- No illegal content.
- No spreading of fake news or misinformation
- You must be at least 18 years old to use this site.
- No bots.
- English posts only please. Techtoots is an English based Mastodon community and as such our expectation is that your posts are also in English.
- No business accounts.
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Date of creation Apr 20, 2023 UTC
Display name The Coding Beard :verified:
Bio
Husband, Pet Dad (Great Danes and Cats),
#Nerd,
#Software #Engineer &
#Technologist. Lover of
#coding,
#engineering,
#dev,
#cloud,
#architecture,
#technews,
#glamping,
#onewheels,
#dogs,
#greatdanes,
#gadgets,
#coffee,
#selfimprovement,
#aquarium,
#iot,
#raspberrypi,
#shortwave,
#radio,
#formula1,
#formulae and
#thegreatoutdoors.
By day Engineering Manager at a
#FANG company by night creator of
#code!
Admin of
https://techtoots.comCanadian 🇨🇦
Opinions are my own.
Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 1497 statuses, 356 logins, 25 registrations)
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Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
11/16/24, 3:38:28 AM UTC | 11/17/24, 2:07:04 AM UTC | 11/18/24, 4:02:00 AM UTC | 11/19/24, 3:04:02 AM UTC | 11/20/24, 3:11:18 AM UTC | 11/21/24, 3:50:57 AM UTC | 11/22/24, 4:15:41 AM UTC | 11/23/24, 3:05:34 AM UTC |
Succesful checks: 515/518 (99.42%)