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Languages English (en)
Users 22
Active users (last month) 6
Active users (last six months) 7
Characters per post (max) 500
Known instances 11,242
First sight Nov 9, 2022 UTC
Last successful check Jun 8, 2026 UTC
Noxious No
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Software Mastodon 4.2.27
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) auspol, photography, silentsunday, nature
Short description
A place for Aussie hackers. A hacker is a person who uses their technical knowledge to achieve a goal or overcome an obstacle. We void warranties, not break laws.
Long description
A hackerspace (also referred to as a hacklab, hackspace, or makerspace) is a community-operated, often "not for profit", workspace where people with common interests, such as computers, machining, technology, science, digital art, or electronic art, can meet, socialise, and collaborate. Think of this as your virtual hackerspace.

We are located in Australia (thus the domain) but we don't restrict membership to Australia but we do ask that profiles and posts are in english so as to be the most accessible.

To keep spam and trolling to a minimum we moderate registration. Our server is primarily geared towards people who are in or interested in the Hackerspace movement. We want this to be a place where you can freely discuss your projects and project ideas.
Instance rules
  1. No spam or self-promoting posts
  2. No bots that are not labeled as such in their profile
  3. Keep conversations civil and respectful even in disagreement
  4. No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, or casteism
  5. Be somehow involved with either the Hackerspace or Makerspace movement within Australia
Moderated instances [?]
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Instances certainly moderating this instance [?]
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Date of creation Nov 7, 2022 UTC
Display name Ballarat Hackerspace :gold:
Bio
This mastodon instance is operated by the Ballarat Hackerspace.
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Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
6/1/26, 2:37:56 AM UTC6/2/26, 2:01:02 AM UTC6/3/26, 2:11:25 AM UTC6/4/26, 1:35:22 AM UTC6/5/26, 1:24:59 AM UTC6/6/26, 2:03:05 AM UTC6/7/26, 1:23:08 AM UTC6/8/26, 1:23:16 AM UTC
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