Da wir jetzt auf einen BSD-Server umgezogen sind, habe ich den Footer angepasst.

#bsd #mastoadmin #mastodon

Since we have now migrated to a Free BSD server, I have updated the footer.

#bsd #mastoadmin #mastodon

Upon user request, we've added a separate setting for autoplaying inline videos ("Auto-play videos (muted)"). You can find it under Preferences.
https://mementomori.social/settings/preferences/appearance

The commit for nerds (please note, this doesn't cover the full feature pushed earlier, you can find the details of it at help.mementomori.social): https://github.com/mementomori-social/mastodon/commit/12ff560cc21704ca6b3d6fe1046193b190dc9d6c

#MementomoriSocial #MastoAdmin #Mastodon

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New "Auto-play videos (muted)"

Our Mastodon server, that hosts the burningboard.net Mastodon instance is running perfectly fine. The AMD EPYC Rome CPU isn't even sweating on the load :-)

It already felt pretty performant, great to see it in graphs as well ! 🙂

#freebsd #mastodon #mastoadmin #grafana #monitoring @tux

Built a Mastodon observability stack over the weekend for toot.community:

Grafana dashboards (web/sidekiq/streaming/edge), VictoriaMetrics rules, SLOs & alerts. The ultimate goal was to get meaningful symptom (user-facing) alerts and to learn about Jsonnet and Grafonnet.

Will publish the repository under https://github.com/toot-community after I find some time to polish things up later this week.

#DevOps #VictoriaMetrics #MastoAdmin #Kubernetes #tootcommunity

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Mastodon overview dashboard with various charts and metrics

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Mastodon web dashboard with various charts and metrics

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Mastodon edge dashboard with various charts and metrics

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Mastodon sidekiq dashboard with various charts and metrics

Earlier this week, I shared details about a custom observability stack designed for Mastodon.

I completed the repository yesterday evening. After a few configuration adjustments, it should be compatible with any cloud-native type Mastodon deployment. I really enjoyed building this project and learning about Jsonnet/Grafonnet, and I hope it can be helpful to other admins out there.

https://github.com/toot-community/mastodon-observability

#DevOps #VictoriaMetrics #MastoAdmin #tootcommunity

Sorry für die 30-minütige Ausfallzeit unserer Mastodon-Instanz burningboard.net.

Zumindest laufen wir jetzt mit VIEL MEHR RESSOURCEN !! :-) Die Datenbanken (PostgreSQL und Valkey) laufen jetzt auf einem separaten Host innerhalb desselben LAN (und auf FreeBSD+ZFS).

#mastodon #mastoadmin #freebsd #postgresql @tux

Sorry for the 30 min downtime at our Mastodon instance burningboard.net.

At least we're now running on A LOT MORE RESOURCES !! :-) The Databases (PostgreSQL and Valkey) are now running on a seperate host within the same LAN (and on FreeBSD+ZFS)

#mastodon #mastoadmin #freebsd #postgresql @tux

@grumpygamer destroyed my Mastodon instance on Friday playing an upgrade and couldn't fix until today. I missed it when it was gone. It's back and it made me realize we have something significant in #mastodon #mastoadmin

@phillycodehound We run customized daily builds, sometimes even newer than mastodon.social.

Mastodon core: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon

Mementomori.social: https://github.com/mementomori-social/mastodon/tree/mementomods-2025-12-21

Features: https://help.mementomori.social/mementomori.social/instance-features

#MementomoriSocial #MastoAdmin

Let it snow! ❄️

I have added snow to my instance during the winter holidays. It's a tiny JS canvas and fades out on scroll down. The snow is also respecting the system accessibility settings, it won't be there if you prefer reduced motion.

Here's the source code for server admins: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon/commit/9bf1563af50842a5f61b34b7cc095fb746e5d15b#diff-5fcd1b6168ec33e0eff0a05fcdeacfab68e261215bbdb719be6b3526173be770
See the snow yourself: https://mementomori.social

#MastoAdmin #Mastodon #JavaScript #Coding #Programming #Snow #Winter #LetItSnow #MementomoriSocial

We've successfully upgraded our Mastodon server to v4.6.0-alpha.1+mementomods-2025-12-21, along with Mastodon Bird UI 4.0.0-alpha.0.

This version is a major upgrade, containing over a month of updates and changes since November 15.

Notable changes:

☑️ Wrapstodon – The annual review of your posts. From December 10–31, users receive a notification inviting them to generate their annual report. Each user gets an "archetype" (like The Oracle, The Archer, etc.) based on their posting behavior. Reports come with shareable URLs.

☑️ Dedicated user preferences for theme mode & contrast (Dec 19) – New settings for light/dark mode and contrast preferences.
☑️ Media modal improvements – Smoother scrolling; prevents swiping when zoomed in.
☑️ Privacy and reach settings moved – Now located in top-level navigation instead of under "Public profile."
☑️ Improved search menu keyboard navigation.
☑️ Mobile admin sidebar fix – No longer displays under the batch table toolbar.
☑️ Vertical video handling – Prevents videos from overflowing the viewport.
☑️ Emoji system overhaul (backend changes).
☑️ Quote post refinements – Filters now properly apply to quotes in detailed view; quote-related fixes and stability improvements.
☑️ Numerous admin and performance fixes.

Mementomori.social-specific improvements
☑️ Autoplay video muted.
☑️ Let it snow – Snowflakes now start earlier and finish after Christmas, turning into confetti for New Year’s.

This update includes today's latest daily build, so everything is as up to date as possible. The version also brings minor UI improvements.

Check out our fork source code here:
https://github.com/mementomori-social

For the brave, Mastodon Bird UI 4.0.0-alpha.0 is still a work in progress in the branch dev-build-system-css-theme-tokens. It's not stable or officially released yet, but we're getting close:
https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui/tree/dev-build-system-css-theme-tokens

As always, if you notice anything unusual or buggy, please reach out to me or any of the admins. Enjoy your time here, and feel free to message me with any questions or thoughts.

#MementoMoriSocial #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

Switched Mastodon from ImageMagick to libvips, the reduced load on the server is extremely noticeable!!! Looks like a really good call for them to switch this.... #libvips #MastoAdmin

MastoAdmins, are you using object storage for your self-hosted instance? If so, where and how much for how much data?

#mastodon #mastoadmin #selfhosted #selfhosting #homelab #amazon_s3

Pensando aqui em como viajar de férias e cuidar da instância à distância 🤔
Como vocês fazem? @fediadminbr

#FediAdminBR #MastoAdmin

Fediway brings algorithmic feeds to Mastodon.

https://github.com/fediway/fediway

(Found it on Reddit. Haven't tried it yet.)

#mastodon #fediverse #mastodev #mastoadmin #fediway

2/ Awesome. Wrapstodon footer with dedicated local server info (#37270) added by diondiondion #MastoAdmin

Thanks for listening, #Mastodon dev team.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commit/e6b0cdcc83750aee357f69f3ff41807b435fe083

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Generated with fy by the Mastodon team About Mastodon Donate Admin Duck with a nice Quack uses localhost:3000, one of many communities powered by Mastodon. About localhost:3000

With mastodon's new Wrapstodon thing rolling out on their own instance, I went hunting on how to generate these reports.

Thanks to @lutoma who provided me with instructions, I've written a short blog post on this here:

https://blog.thms.uk/2024/12/how-to-run-wrapstodon?utm_source=mastodon

You must have the latest nightly version on your instance.

The UI of this is serious weird and out of sync with the rest of Mastodon though....

#Wrapstodon #mastoadmin

As this post is getting a lot of traffic since yesterday I've updated it with the latest information as far as I'm aware.

TL;DR: If you are running a server on 4.4.x or 4.5.x you should be able use these steps to generate wrapstodon.

If you are on nightly you need to enable a feature flag.

#wrapstodon #mastoadmin

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Screenshot from a note added to my blog post: > Please note that this post is from 2024. In 2025 Mastodon reworked the Wrapstodon feature, and it now works differently, at least if you are on nightly (the full release of this feature is apparently planned for 4.6 in 2026). See renchap's post and the related issue for details. In the mean-time, here is the current state as of December 2025: > > - If you are running Mastodon on the latest nightly version, you need to enable the feature flag (add EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES=wrapstodon to your .env.production file). You shouldn't need to do anything else, as everything else is self-service by your server's users. Please don't follow the steps in this guide! > - If you are running 4.4.0 - 4.5.3 you should be good to use the steps below > - I have personally tested them on 4.4.0 in 2024, and then again on 4.5.2 in 2025. If you are on any other version - not a clue 🤷‍♂️

I have just rolled out a configuration change across the entire FediMeteo network.

I've enabled remote purge propagation. Since weather forecasts have a short shelf life, there is no need for old reports to take up space on your servers.

From now on, when FediMeteo deletes local posts (usually after 3 days), we will also send a deletion signal to the rest of the Fediverse. This helps keep your timelines clean and your storage usage low.

#FediMeteo #Fediverse #MastoAdmin #Weather #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoUpdates