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idlethumbs.social
Languages English (en)
Users 493
Active users (last month) 58
Active users (last six months) 90
Characters per post (max) 500
Known instances 30,082
First sight Before Oct 14, 2020 UTC [?]
Last successful check Dec 3, 2025 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.4.7
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.
Most used hashtags (last week) landscape, autumn, birdphotography, givingtuesday, freebsd, loops, abstract, tvmysteries, thicktrunktuesday
Short description
Idle Mastodon is brought to you by the Idle Thumbs team, for our community (or anyone who wants to join it).
Long description
Idle Mastodon is brought to you by the Idle Thumbs team, for our community (or anyone who wants to join it).
Instance rules
  1. Be respectful of your fellow users on this instance and others
  2. Feel free to promote your own projects, but accounts that are exclusively promotional (aka spammers) may be removed.
Moderated instances [?]
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Instances certainly moderating this instance [?]
None
Date of creation Aug 10, 2018 UTC
Display name Doug Tabacco
Bio
Hi, I'm your medium-friendly instance admin here at idlethumbs.social!

By day I'm a software and devops engineer for a big tech company with a bridge-shaped logo. Obviously I do not speak for them here (or anywhere, really).
Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 1185 statuses, 516 logins, 0 registrations)
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Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
11/26/25, 2:35:16 AM UTC11/27/25, 4:10:33 AM UTC11/28/25, 3:52:05 AM UTC11/29/25, 2:24:49 AM UTC11/30/25, 3:36:16 AM UTC12/1/25, 5:05:36 AM UTC12/2/25, 2:49:18 AM UTC12/3/25, 3:30:00 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 1194/1195 (99.92%)