Emerald Social is a social network for Eugene-Springfield (Oregon) and the surrounding area, and a gateway to the world.

Emerald Social is a social network for Eugene-Springfield (Oregon) and the surrounding area, and a gateway to the world.

Check the next tab below this one for rules.

Sister Instances

Interested in becoming a sister instance? Let us know!

We also provide a button in-case you'd like to promote our instance.



Mastodon Server Covenant

We are currently in the process of working towards compliance with the Mastodon Server Covenant. Finished items are marked with an X.

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

Metadata Guidelines

Within the page for the Mastodon Covenant is also a list of metadata guidelines which we are now compliant.

1. [X] Short Description
2. [X] Thumbnail
3. [X] Language
4. [X] Rules
5. [X] Contact Information

Upkeep Costs

In the interest of transparency, we maintain a list of all upkeep costs for this instance. (All in USD)

• Linode Object Storage: $5 per month
• Domain (via Njalla: ~$15.92 per year

Haven Policy

While we are primarily an instance for those in the Eugene-Springfield area, we are open as a haven for marginalized people who are facing harassment or other harm in other instances. Just let us know when signing up!

User-Agent Blocks

In addition to the servers listed in the Moderated Servers section, all servers of the type wildebeest are blocked through an NGINX config option. To do this yourself for your own server, add the linked code in the server block in your NGINX site configuration file. Why is this being done? In-short, wildebeest is a fork of Mastodon designed to run on Cloudflare. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince describes himself as a "free-speech absolutist" which is really just a roundabout way of saying that he supports the right for people to use speech to spread rhetoric which causes real-world harm. At Emerald Social, we would rather not let that risk affect our instance, and so have elected to block all wildebeest instances entirely.

Tor

This instance supports federating over the tor network!

Check out this page if you want to add similar support to your instance.

You can also directly access this instance over Tor, although the web frontend still requires JavaScript to access.

Tor for the frontend is not available right now, although we still federate with Tor instances. Sorry for the inconvenience!

1. Don't post harmful content including but not limited to: racism (whether it's antiblackness, antisemitism, islamophobia, or some other form of racism), sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, enby erasure, fatphobia, casteism, pluralphobia, disinformation and copaganda
2. Posting images of people without their consent is not tolerated here. If your image was posted without your consent, please contact staff at emeraldsocial@riseup.net
3. Usage of captions and descriptive text when posting images is heavily encouraged for the benefit of those using screen readers
4. This instance is intended for those located in or having relation to Eugene-Springfield and the surrounding area.
5. Don't post spam
6. Please use content warnings for NSFW, spoilers and potentially triggering content. If you're not sure, it's a safe bet to just add a content warning anyways.

1. 1611.social: suspended (reason: transphobia)
2. activitypub-troll.cf: suspended (reason: spam)
3. activitypub.awakari.app: suspended (reason: Appears to be a scraping bot)
4. activitypub.awakari.com: suspended (reason: Appears to be a scraping bot)
5. ai.wiki: suspended (reason: spam)
6. bae.st: suspended (reason: "free speech" instance)
7. bassam.social: suspended (reason: homophobia and transphobia)
8. bbw.*****rk: suspended (reason: NSFW content without content warnings)
9. beefyboys.win: suspended (reason: transphobia and homophobia)
10. beta.birdsite.live: limited (reason: twitter bots)
11. blackqueer.life: suspended (reason: transmisogyny)
12. blockedur.mom: suspended (reason: transphobia)
13. botsin.space: limited (reason: instance specifically for bots)
14. bunny*******.org: suspended
15. chat.wecops.uk: suspended (reason: Oi you 'ave a loicense for that tea?)
16. childlove.space: suspended (reason: CSAM)
17. childlove.su: suspended (reason: CSAM)
18. cliterati.club: suspended (reason: transphobia)
19. cloudisland.nz: suspended
20. clown.******sity: suspended
21. colorid.es: suspended (reason: transmisogyny)
22. coolsite.win: suspended (reason: transphobia)
23. cotto******.cafe: suspended
24. dair-community.social: suspended (reason: so-called "AI" bullshit; fashjacketing and transmisogyny)
25. decayable.ink: suspended (reason: harassment)
26. detroitriotcity.com: suspended (reason: transphobia and racism)
27. diaspora.im: suspended (reason: death threats and transmisogyny from the admin)
28. eatthebugs.social: suspended (reason: racism)
29. eeeeeeeee.eu: suspended
30. eientei.org: suspended (reason: transphobia)
31. eveningzoo.club: suspended (reason: harassment)
32. federate.net: suspended (reason: ran by christian nationalist)
33. fedi.pawlicker.com: suspended (reason: transphobia)
34. flashist.health: suspended (reason: used for the scraper utoots)
35. flashist.video: suspended (reason: used for the scraper utoots)
36. freak.******sity: suspended (reason: CSAM)
37. freecu*********t.com: suspended (reason: spam)
38. freespeechextremist.com: suspended (reason: "free speech" instance (literally in the name))
39. frennet.xyz: suspended (reason: transphobia)
40. fyrfli.social: suspended (reason: death threats from the admin)
41. gearlandia.haus: suspended (reason: transphobia)
42. geofront.rocks: suspended (reason: transphobia and racism)
43. ghet**.****ter: suspended
44. gleasonator.com: suspended (reason: transphobia)
45. glindr.org: suspended (reason: transphobia (literally started by Graham Linehan))
46. goblin.technology: suspended (reason: Admin appears to be spreading disinformation)
47. guns.krackhou.se: suspended (reason: Racism)
48. h-i.social: suspended (reason: transmisogyny)
49. indiepocalypse.social: suspended (reason: transmisogyny)
50. indy.rest: suspended (reason: Appears to be a scraping bot)
51. journa.host: limited
52. jubi.life: suspended (reason: harassment)
53. kitsunemimi.club: suspended (reason: homophobia)
54. kiwifarms.cc: suspended (reason: it's literally KiwiFarms. needs no further explanation.)
55. leafposter.club: suspended (reason: transphobia)
56. lemmygrad.ml: suspended (reason: genocide denial)
57. lol****.*op: suspended (reason: CSAM)
58. loli***.****ork: suspended (reason: CSAM)
59. lolii*********.com: suspended
60. lovingexpressions.net: suspended (reason: transphobia)
61. manganiello.social: suspended (reason: racism)
62. masthead.social: suspended (reason: racism and transphobia)
63. mastinator.com: suspended (reason: violation of user privacy and consent)
64. mastodon.art: suspended (reason: transphobia, racism, targeted harassment and dogpiling campaigns)
65. mastodon.cute.camp: suspended (reason: furryphobia)
66. mastodon.scot: suspended (reason: refusal to ban a cop account)
67. mastodon.sl: suspended (reason: one of its users runs a global surveillance network)
68. mazeldon.world: suspended (reason: Zionism is Antisemitism)
69. merovingian.club: suspended (reason: racism, antisemitism, transphobia)
70. minds.com: suspended (reason: Notable far-right accounts such as The Epoch Times and Tim Pool. Recently added ActivityPub support)
71. monads.online: suspended (reason: transmisogyny)
72. mostr.pub: limited (reason: Bridge to Nostr, follow and interact with users at your own risk)
73. mymastadon.link: suspended (reason: antisemitism)
74. newsmast.community: suspended (reason: scrapes hashtags with a bunch of bots, seems pointless)
75. nicecrew.digital: suspended (reason: transphobia and racism)
76. nicecrew.social: suspended (reason: transphobia)
77. octodon.social: suspended (reason: harassment)
78. oliphant.social: suspended (reason: transmisogyny and racism)
79. outpoa.st: suspended (reason: transphobia)
80. parav*******.zone: suspended
81. paw**.*et: suspended (reason: CSAM)
82. peertube.se: suspended (reason: owned by the neo-nazi group "Nordic Resistance Movement", pretty much every video promotes the group)
83. pl.kitsunemimi.club: suspended (reason: transphobia)
84. plural.cafe: suspended (reason: transmisogyny)
85. poa.st: suspended (reason: "free speech" instance)
86. poster.place: suspended (reason: racism and transphobia)
87. press.coop: limited (reason: news bots)
88. queer.garden: suspended (reason: transmisogyny)
89. queer.group: suspended (reason: transmisogyny, deliberate harassment with intent to isolate)
90. rage.love: suspended (reason: transmisogyny and racism)
91. rap*.*et: suspended
92. rdrama.cc: suspended (reason: transphobia)
93. rojogato.com: suspended (reason: "free speech" instance)
94. rosaline.systems: suspended
95. ryona.agency: suspended (reason: racism)
96. sasquatch.planetexpress.me: limited (reason: Bluesky bridge)
97. seal.cafe: suspended (reason: transphobia)
98. sleepy.cafe: suspended (reason: transphobia)
99. sneed.social: suspended (reason: transphobia)
100. social.cutefunny.net: suspended
101. social.cutiecluster.cafe: suspended
102. solarpunk.moe: suspended (reason: transmisogyny)
103. spinster.xyz: suspended (reason: transphobia)
104. strangeobject.space: suspended (reason: transmisogyny)
105. styxhexenhammer666.com: suspended (reason: transphobia, racism)
106. tenforward.social: suspended (reason: transmisogyny)
107. threads.net: suspended (reason: Privacy Nightmare)
108. too****.*un: suspended
109. twitter.piriklub.eu: limited (reason: twitter bots)
110. twtr.plus: limited (reason: twitter bots)
111. ubiqueros.com: suspended (reason: transmisogyny, antisemitism)
112. varis*******.net: suspended (reason: transphobia)
113. weirder.earth: suspended (reason: transmisogyny and racism)
114. wolfgirl.bar: suspended (reason: transphobia)
115. womyns.land: suspended (reason: transphobia)
116. xscape.top: suspended (reason: NSFW content without content warnings)
117. yes***.*et: suspended
118. yggdrasil.social: suspended (reason: moderation policy filled with racism and queerphobia)

1. jubi.life: suspension
2. kasumi.loliimoutolove.com: suspension
3. mastodon.art: suspension
4. solarpunk.moe: suspension