About goingdark.socialgoingdark.social is a small Mastodon instance for tech people, privacy advocates, and FOSS enthusiasts who got tired of surveillance capitalism. A community for people who care about open technology and digital privacy.
How This Place RunsThis is a small operation maintained by people who care about keeping it running well. All infrastructure code and tooling lives publicly on
GitHub if you're trusting someone with your data, you should be able to see how things are built.
Infrastructure: - Hosted on Hetzner Cloud in the EU - Running on Kubernetes - Automated backups and monitoring - Regular security updates
Features - 1500 character posts because sometimes 500 characters isn't enough to make your point
- Full-text search find your old posts and conversations
- Glitch-soc features UI improvements that make Mastodon more usable
- Tor access onion address available
- Hypebot integration custom tool that brings trending posts from larger instances here, scored by hashtag relevance
ModerationReports are handled within 48 hours, usually faster. We follow the
Mastodon Server Covenant, which commits to:
- Active moderation against racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia
- Daily backups
- At least one person with emergency access to infrastructure
- 3 months advance notice if the instance needs to shut down
We block instances that don't align with our rules or present security risks. The blocklist is visible on the about page. Moderation depends on the community. if you see something problematic, report it.
Privacy & Funding - No ads, no tracking, no data sales
- You're the user, not the product
- Current costs and contributions are transparent at Open Collective
Help Keep the Lights OnRunning this costs real money. If you find value in having a privacy-respecting place in the fediverse, consider chipping in:
Open Collective - transparent accounting, you can see exactly what comes in and what goes out
Contributions help cover hosting, infrastructure, and keep this place independent. No pressure, but if everyone who uses this kicks in occasionally, we stay sustainable.
Beyond MastodonContactEmail: contact@goingdark.social
Fediverse: @fanfare@goingdark.social
GitHub: github.com/goingdark-socialThis instance runs on principles, not profit. Privacy-respecting, independently operated, free from corporate surveillance. If that resonates with you, you're probably in the right place.