An online home for the people of Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴 but a gateway to the world.

👋 Velkommen

Velkommen til et sosialt nettverk av mennesker som ble født, bor og jobber i den norske hovedstaden Oslo.

På samme måte som andre sosiale nettverk, kan du lage din egen profil, poste meldinger, bilder, meningsmålinger, videoer og følge andre medlemmer.

oslo.town eies og drives av mennesker i Oslo. Det er gratis å bruke og det er ingen reklame. Det er heller ingen store selskaper som prøver å overvåke hvert eneste trekk du gjør.

Registrer deg nå for å kreve ditt unike brukernavn.

👋 Welcome (English)

Welcome to a social network of people that were born, live, and work in the Norwegian capital of Oslo.

Similar to other social networks, you can make your own profile, post messages, images, polls, videos, and follow other members.

oslo.town is owned and operated by people in Oslo. It's free to use and there's no advertising. There's also no big companies trying to monitor your every move.

Sign up now to claim your unique username.

🧬 How does this work?

Just like a real town there is lots of things happening in your local area. When you are signed up, clicking the Local / Lokal tab will show you everything that is happening on this website. If you want to explore the wider world, click the Federated / Felles tab to see everything happening across a lot of websites connected to this one.

When you see someone interesting, Follow / Følg that person for future updates. They will appear in your Home / Hjem timeline. You can follow anyone in the whole world - whether they are local or not.

When you see something you didn't want to see, you can Mute / Demp or Block / Blokkér that person or the whole website. If you see something on the local timeline which you don't think should be on the internet, you can Report / Rapportér it to The Mayor.

For a more geeky insight into how the site works, you can watch this YouTube video or read the Documentation.

🏵️ The Mayor

When you sign up to the website, you will instantly be following @themayor to get the latest updates straight from the oslo.town town hall. It is highly recommended that you follow The Mayor, but it's your life - do what you want - you can always unfollow them.

🧢 Merchandise

The lovely people at @lokk in Oslo have embroidered a baseball cap.

If you want one, you can go in the store and order one. Ask the for the oslo.town logo (they might need to search their emails for a reference file). Pick out your colour and style of baseball cap. Pay the fine people. And off you go!

🙋 FAQ

Who actually runs this site?

The site is run by the user @matt but also pretends to be the character of @themayor. This is also why everything is in English so far - his Norwegian sucks. Sorry about that.

Is this linked to Oslo Kommune?

No. The site is independently run and is not endorsed by Oslo Kommune. The logo of oslo.town is meant to be a parody and tribute to the official Oslo logo, but that is where the link ends. The account @kommune is not currently maintained or monitored by Oslo Kommune.

How much does it cost The Mayor to run oslo.town?

Presently, the main costs are the domain(s), the hosting, and time. But we don't talk about the last one because @themayor is working on a volunteer basis.

• Domains
  The site is set up on oslo.town which costs 48 GBP per calendar year.
• Hosting
  The hosting is from masto.host. We currently pay 136 USD per month.
• Marketing
  Occasionally, oslo.town prints promotional stickers and cards from moo.com which costs 220 NOK per 100 cards, and 240 NOK per 100 stickers. Postage costs not included.

This brings an estimated yearly running cost to a little over 19,000 NOK - which includes domains, hosting, 100 stickers and 100 cards.

How do you pay for this?

We take donations. You can donate via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or PayPal. If you want to send cryptocurrency, you can. And if you are using Brave Web Browser then you can Tip and Contribute through Brave Rewards as you browse the site.

All donations to to the running cost of oslo.town and other projects listed on the Patreon page. The remaining costs are covered by @matt - who is also @themayor.

Why should I use this instead of Facebook / Twitter / etc. ?

Nobody can pretend that oslo.town can replace any popular social networking website, but it's meant to be a nicer alternative. Unlike the big social networking sites, we don't collect your data and sell it. You are not a product. The whole point of this site is community and being able to connect with people locally and globally.

Is my information private?

The goal is to collect as little information about the users as possible and that when information is collected, it is stored for as short time as possible. If you care to, you can read the full Privacy Policy.

To protect your privacy even more, please don't share any personal information with anyone on the site. Think carefully about the username you choose. Share only what you are comfortable sharing.

Please consider how long you wish your posts to be available for. Registered users can set up Automated Post Deletion which will delete your posts after your chosen number of weeks.

Do my posts get listed in Google / Bing / another search engine?

In order to protect your privacy, we have opted-out of listing your profile and toots on search engines. You can turn this on yourself in the settings.

Please be aware that anyone can still screenshot your toots and sites like archive.is or web.archive.org could potentially still create a copy of your publicly listed toots.

How do I only see languages I understand?

When you hit the Federated timeline, you will see many users from around the world speaking their native languages. To filter these views to just languages you know, you should set up the your language preferences.

How do I get featured on the Explore page?

Simple! To get featured on the Explore page, just go to Edit Profile and check the box which says Suggest account to others.

I see offensive content. Can you block it?

If you see an account you see posting offensive content, please use the Block and Report functionality. If this is content that is not hosted on oslo.town then check the option which says Forward to... which will report the account to the appropriate administrator.

Directly from the offensive post, you can also click the option Block Domain which will prevent you from seeing any future content from that website.

We have a set of server rules you should follow. In addition to this, the policy at oslo.town is as follows:

• We will ensure that bad things don't happen on the Local timeline.
• We attempt to hide (but not block) any NSFW or spam content from the Federated Timeline.
• We block any external accounts or domains that are known to frequently spamming our users.
• Please allow up to 48 hours to process reports.

However, we do not aim to act as your moral compass and will not do domain-wide blocks based on the users of that instance having wild opinions. You should be able to follow anything (even the hidden content) and block these domains or people at your own discretion.

A full list of hidden or blocked domains is published below.

1. Treat people with kindness 🌈
2. Respect Privacy and Consent 🤝
3. No Hate Speech or Bigotry 🚫
4. Post Content Appropriately 🙈
5. Act Within the Law ⚖️
6. Bleep-bloop-bleep. No robots 🤖

1. 9kb.me: limited (reason: Limit due to spam)
2. america.social: limited (reason: Spam - Temporary limitation)
3. azemet.space: limited (reason: Temporary Limitation due to spam attack)
4. besties.com: limited (reason: Temp - spam attack)
5. beyond.forum: limited (reason: Temporary Limitation due to spam attack)
6. birdon.social: limited (reason: Temporary Limitation due to spam attack)
7. botsin.space: limited (reason: Bot instance)
8. cherryberry.pink: limited (reason: Temp - spam attack)
9. cmm.fyi: limited (reason: Temp - spam attack)
10. cryptodon.lol: limited (reason: Spam 2024)
11. cuyes.mooo.com: limited (reason: Spam - Temp limitation)
12. daotodon.me: limited (reason: Temporarily limited due to spam attack)
13. det.social: limited (reason: Temporary Limitation due to spam attack)
14. detroitriotcity.com: limited (reason: Frequent trolling)
15. digitaldata.social: limited (reason: Spam 2024)
16. don.neet.co.jp: limited (reason: Temp - spam attack)
17. edusocial.it: limited (reason: Temporary limitation due to spam attack)
18. folksocial.org: limited (reason: Temporary limitation due to spam attack)
19. forestver.se: limited (reason: Spam 2024)
20. forum-lucifer.com: limited (reason: Temporary limitation due to spam attack)
21. game-tecx.de: limited (reason: Temporary limitation due to spam attack)
22. groupsebelah.com: limited (reason: Temporary limitation due to spam attack)
23. i.transmit.love: limited (reason: Temp - Spam Attack)
24. independent-media.co.uk: limited (reason: Temporary Limitation due to spam attack)
25. kinky.business: limited (reason: NSFW content)
26. kinkyelephant.com: limited (reason: NSFW content)
27. kokuusa.club: limited (reason: Temporary limitation due to spam attack)
28. litrpg.online: limited (reason: Temp - Spam Attack)
29. m.corduba.tech: limited (reason: Temp - spam attack)
30. mastadon.astuto.cc: limited (reason: Temp - Spam Attack)
31. mastdn.social: limited (reason: Temp - spam attack)
32. masto.globaleas.org: suspended (reason: Bot 🤖)
33. mastodon-ero.xyz: limited (reason: Temporary Limitation due to spam attack)
34. mastodon-swiss.org: limited (reason: Temporary Limitation due to spam attack)
35. mastodon.education: limited (reason: Temp - spam attack)
36. mastodon.integrata-stiftung.de: limited (reason: Temporary limitation due to spam attack)
37. mastodon.io.seg.br: limited (reason: Limit due to spam)
38. mastodon.my: limited (reason: Temp - Spam Attack)
39. mastodon.snmsoc.org: limited (reason: Temp - Spam Attack)
40. mastodon.svgun.ru: limited (reason: Spam 2024)
41. mastodon.top: limited (reason: Temporary block due to mass spam accounts)
42. med-mastodon.com: limited (reason: Temporary Limitation due to spam attack)
43. meetbeauties.social: limited (reason: Temporary limitation based on spam attack)
44. mentalhealth-masto.com: limited (reason: Temporary limitation due to spam attack)
45. molaguay.xyz: limited (reason: Limit due to spam)
46. mstdn.foxfam.club: limited (reason: Bot instance)
47. my.dirtyhobby.xyz: limited (reason: NSFW content)
48. nafo.uk: limited (reason: Temporary limitation due to spam attack)
49. nasface.cz: limited (reason: Limit due to spam)
50. neuroscience-mastodon.com: limited (reason: Temporary limitation due to spam attack)
51. niederbayern.social: limited (reason: Temp - spam attack)
52. nsfw.social: limited (reason: NSFW content)
53. nycity.social: limited (reason: Temporary limitation due to spam attack)
54. phyrexia.ru: limited (reason: Spam 2024)
55. poa.st: limited (reason: Frequent trolling)
56. pornfed.social: limited (reason: NSFW content)
57. sinblr.com: limited (reason: NSFW content)
58. social.consoledated.com: limited (reason: Temp - spam attack)
59. social.foederiert.de: limited (reason: Temporary Limitation due to spam attack)
60. spurlock.social: limited (reason: Temporary limitation due to spam attack)
61. switter.at: limited (reason: NSFW content)
62. tcpcat.net: limited (reason: Limit due to spam)
63. terere.social: limited (reason: Temp - spam attack)
64. toot.poedelwitz.de: limited
65. tootnet.nl: limited (reason: Temp - Spam Attack)
66. tty0.social: limited (reason: Temporary Limitation Due to Spam Attack)
67. twimblr.xyz: limited (reason: NSFW content)
68. vacatureforum.nl: limited (reason: Temporary Limitation due to spam attack)
69. waterlily.tokyo: limited (reason: Limit due to spam)
70. westen.social: limited (reason: Temporarily limited due to spam attack)
71. xxxtumblr.org: limited (reason: NSFW content)

1. glitch-dev.pixie.town: suspension
2. mytter.jp: suspension