Fosstodon is an invite only Mastodon instance that is open to those who are interested in technology; particularly free & open source software.

If you wish to join, contact us for an invite.

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We've teamed up with Fastly to provide both CDN and DDoS mitigation to our users, improving both performance and uptime.

Huge thanks to the team at Fastly for supporting Fosstodon.

Code of Conduct

The code of conduct at Fosstodon can be simply summarised as "don't be a jerk". However, if you need more detail as to what we consider unacceptable behaviour, please take a look at our code of conduct.

Support Fosstodon

If you enjoy your time on Fosstodon and want to support what we're doing here, you can do so in a number of ways. To find out how, use the link below:
https://hub.fosstodon.org/support

Fosstodon Hub

We have created a mini-site called the Fosstodon Hub. It contains useful information about Fosstodon in the form of a blog.
https://hub.fosstodon.org

Longevity and Fosstodon

One of the issues with a federated social network like Mastodon is users need to be sure their instance isn’t going to disappear overnight. This has happened a number of occasions we've seen, and we want to ease your mind in that regard should you choose Fosstodon.
Our Commitment to You

1. DO NOT disparage individuals or groups
2. DO NOT use slurs
3. DO NOT harass
4. DO NOT knowingly post misleading information
5. DO NOT participate in engagement that is intended to antagonize, inflame, or cause confrontation.
6. DO NOT post adult or age-restricted content. This includes nudity and other sexualized or violent content.
7. DO NOT post commercial promotions, or advertise
8. DO NOT use automated tools to post without also monitoring and/or interacting from your account.
9. ⚠️ The following rules govern the conduct of local accounts belonging to members of Fosstodon. Use other categories for remote accounts on other servers.

1. ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net: limitation
2. arff.archandle.net: suspension
3. artisan.chat: limitation
4. awaymessage.club: suspension
5. bdsm-jp.club: limitation
6. biscuit.town: limitation
7. breizh.social: suspension
8. butts.team: suspension
9. cathode.church: limitation
10. ceilidh.online: suspension
11. chilemasto.casa: suspension
12. connectified.com: suspension
13. corneill.es: limitation
14. craftopi.art: limitation
15. cutie.city: limitation
16. deadinsi.de: limitation
17. eldritch.cafe: suspension
18. fandom.garden: limitation
19. flipping.rocks: suspension
20. freethought.online: limitation
21. furry.community: suspension
22. fv.technogothic.net: limitation
23. glaceon.social: suspension
24. glauca.space: suspension
25. glitch-dev.pixie.town: suspension
26. goblin.camp: suspension
27. h-i.social: limitation
28. icosahedron.website: suspension
29. is.nota.live: limitation
30. jubi.life: suspension
31. koehlercode.dev: limitation
32. krgr.social: limitation
33. lacommu.net: limitation
34. lgbt.io: suspension
35. m.noxie.ch: suspension
36. masto.donte.com.br: suspension
37. masto.nd2.uk: suspension
38. mastodon.art: suspension
39. mastodon.balamb.fr: limitation
40. mastodon.koehlercode.dev: limitation
41. mastodon.parleur.net: suspension
42. mastodon.sandwich.net: limitation
43. mastodon.slightlycyberpunk.com: suspension
44. mastodon.yurialbuquerque.dev: suspension
45. meerjungfrauengrotte.de: limitation
46. metroholografix.ca: suspension
47. miserables.net: limitation
48. monads.online: suspension
49. monsterfuckers.online: suspension
50. mstdn.isometry.group: limitation
51. myasstodon.xyz: suspension
52. mytter.jp: suspension
53. neuropaganes.masto.host: suspension
54. octodon.social: limitation
55. oomfie.city: limitation
56. pagan.plus: limitation
57. pizza.enby.city: limitation
58. plush.city: limitation
59. polyglot.city: limitation
60. rage.love: suspension
61. religion.masto.host: limitation
62. simcha.lgbt: suspension
63. social.finkhaeuser.de: suspension
64. social.mootech.eu: suspension
65. social.pawsitiv.space: limitation
66. social.zvavybir.eu: suspension
67. solarpunk.moe: limitation
68. spanner.works: suspension
69. starlite.rodeo: limitation
70. strangeobject.space: limitation
71. sunbeam.city: limitation
72. toot.beep.computer: suspension
73. toot.mrah.live: suspension
74. weirder.earth: suspension
75. wolfbunny.lgbt: suspension
76. writeout.ink: limitation
77. www.librepunk.club: limitation
78. yazoocity.us: suspension
79. yip.gay: suspension
80. zeal.center: limitation