trumpet@mas.to @trumpet@mas.to

HI THERE NEW USERS!

mas.to is one of thousands of Mastodon instances in the Fediverse.

For more information on how Mastodon works, look over here:

https://joinmastodon.org

Our instance rules and policies can be found here:

https://mas.to/about/more#Instance%20rules

If you see spam or other content that violates our policies, help us by reporting it. You can do this from the '...' icon below the offending toot.

Hello folks! @frederic has asked if any of our users would like to help with a Mastodon survey they're carrying out.

Frédéric says "the survey is in english, no sensitive datas are collected and the informations will be used for research purposes only."

If you'd like to help, the survey is here:

https://forms.gle/k19mPvtEEDYrD6AW8

Hello everyone! We've updated to Mastodon v3.4.1.

More details here!

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases

Hello everyone! It's the 1st of June and time to do something we haven't done in a while...

This instance has always been and always will be free to use. It's run by a private individual and paid for out of their own pocket.

mas.to currently costs around GBP80/month to run.

If you'd like to donate (and please, only donate if you want to and can afford it), details are here:
https://mas.to/about/more#Donations

Thank you! 🙂

Hello! It's Monday, it's 10:53am UK time, and we've just upgraded to Mastodon v3.4.0. More info here:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.4.0

What a great start to the week! 🙂

Hi everyone! We've upgraded to Mastodon v3.4.0rc2. More information here:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases

I love the smell of upgrades in the morning...

#mastoadmin

Hey there, no we're not worried about the content of you instance!

We've added it to the approval list, you should be able to add the relay now 🙂

Hi everyone, the issues with our object storage provider appear to be resolved and everything is back to normal (although the fix we implemented earlier seemed to work anyway).

Hello everyone! We have good news and bad news...

GOOD NEWS:

We've upgraded to Mastodon v3.3.0. More details here:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases

BAD NEWS:

Our object storage provider is having issues today which has broken media on this instance. Hopefully normal service will resume shortly.

https://status.wasabi.com

#mastoadmin

HELLO EVERYONE! It's the 1st of December and to celebrate we've upgraded to Mastodon v3.3.0rc1 🙂

More details here: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.3.0rc1

Those of you that caught the announcement earlier will know we were expecting a little downtime today. A faulty disk has been replaced with minimal downtime, everything is back to normal :-) Thanks for your patience folks!

Hello everyone! I hope you're having a nice day. I'm having a nice day. And the fediverse is having a nice day!

And guess what? Mastodon v3.2.1 has been released! And we've upgraded to it already!

More details here:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.2.1

We've not asked for donations since the first lockdowns earlier this year, as we know a lot of people will be in difficult circumstances, however we've still received several donations since then.

Thanks to everyone who's donated, it means a lot to us!

This instance is and always will be a free service, but anything that helps cover our costs is hugely appreciated. Stay well and stay safe folks! ❤️

Hello everyone! We've upgraded the instance to Mastodon v3.2.0. More details here:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.2.0

There's an issue with playback of audio files that was introduced in v3.2.0rc1 which does have a workaround, but which we've not successfully implemented. We'll get this fixed as soon as we can.

#mastoadmin

Hello my little friends! Today we have upgraded to Mastodon v3.2.0rc2, and that's got to be a good thing, right?

More info here:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.2.0rc2

Toot toot!

TOOT TOOT!

Hello there! We've upgraded to Mastodon version 3.2.0rc1. More details here:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.2.0rc1

Hi everyone! We've updated to Mastodon v3.1.5:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.1.5

As always thanks to Eugen and the rest of the Mastodon development team for all their hard work 🙂

We've made some tweaks to the server to address the performance issues we've been experiencing.

Over the last 24 hours, does mas.to feel:

Regrettably we've had to deal with several instances of racist content over the last 24 hours.

We remind our users that we have a zero tolerance policy on racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia on this instance, in accordance with our instance rules.

Like many other Mastodon instances mas.to is paid for and run by private individuals. We do not owe any user a platform, and will actively remove any user who believes they can post racist, sexist, homophobic or transphobic content here.