@wowaname @administrator @orekix I did see a report about antisemitism on anime.website two days ago which did not appear to be antisemitic in the slightest, so no moderation action was taken. It did (in Mastodon at least) have two posts tagged. Obviously if that user posted multiple incorrect reports I’d speak to them about it, but not for just one.

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 17, 2020, 09:23

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 17, 2020, 09:23

Mar 17, 2020, 09:23

trumpet@mas.to @trumpet@mas.to

@zylaxis 3) Again this is more down to the way the Mastodon software works and federation in general rather than anything specific to mas.to. Some useful tools include the 'discover users' sections of each instance, and recommended users in people's profiles. Hashtags are another good way to find people with similar interests. And of course you might find interesting people on the federated timeline.

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 17, 2020, 09:21

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 17, 2020, 09:21

Mar 17, 2020, 09:21

trumpet@mas.to @trumpet@mas.to

@zylaxis Hi there! Thanks for your feedback.

1) Announcements were introduced in a recent version of the Mastodon software. I've used them for maintenance announcements, but will likely continue tooting any non-admin content from the @trumpet account. Announcements will appear as a little 🎺 at the top of your timeline.

2) I'm not aware of any functionality in the Mastodon software to handle that. Possibly a feature request? https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 16, 2020, 10:19

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 16, 2020, 10:19

Mar 16, 2020, 10:19

trumpet@mas.to @trumpet@mas.to

Hello everyone! We run mas.to as a free service because we love Mastodon and the fediverse, but it costs us money! Once a month we reach out with an appeal to our users for donations to help with our running costs. Even small donations are a great help, and all donations are very much appreciated!

PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/mysteryvortex
Bitcoin: 1mG9mvpTnx2gv281mELaQu3tjC2dUM8RR
Ethereum: 0x4cFf1Af8A322507E2ef8ac1b8Cb9a539aD8671fB

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 11, 2020, 12:22

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 11, 2020, 12:22

Mar 11, 2020, 12:22

trumpet@mas.to @trumpet@mas.to

The migration process shouldn't have caused any problems but do let me know if anything is misbehaving. We did move to a new IP address but our DNS was changed before the move and so should have already taken effect for most people.

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 11, 2020, 12:15

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 11, 2020, 12:15

Mar 11, 2020, 12:15

trumpet@mas.to @trumpet@mas.to

Hi everyone! Our migration went reasonably smoothly but not perfectly.

Our first attempt to backup and restore the (compressed) 33GB* of core Mastodon files and databases failed. We tried again with uncompressed data and the migration worked perfectly.

The whole process took just over an hour.

The instance should now be more responsive, and we have plenty of room for future growth.

* Our media is stored in external object storage totalling around 1TB, but didn't have to be moved.

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 11, 2020, 09:57

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 11, 2020, 09:57

Mar 11, 2020, 09:57

trumpet@mas.to @trumpet@mas.to

Okay, we'll be going offline in 5 minutes. Back soon...

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 11, 2020, 09:53

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 11, 2020, 09:53

Mar 11, 2020, 09:53

trumpet@mas.to @trumpet@mas.to

@david Thanks!

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 10, 2020, 16:06

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 10, 2020, 16:06

Mar 10, 2020, 16:06

trumpet@mas.to @trumpet@mas.to

To answer the question that precisely zero people have asked so far, we don't _need_ to upgrade at the moment and have plenty of capacity to spare, but we have the opportunity to do it now.

It seems a better idea to upgrade when we want to rather than when we need to!

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 10, 2020, 15:42

**trumpet@mas.to** @trumpet@mas.to · Mar 10, 2020, 15:42

Mar 10, 2020, 15:42

trumpet@mas.to @trumpet@mas.to

Hello everyone! A reminder that we'll be offline tomorrow (Wednesday) morning from 10am GMT. We're moving to a new server which will keep us running smoothly into the future 🙂

Hopefully this shouldn't take more than an hour, it just depends how long it takes to move the data.

If you have any issues connecting after the upgrade try clearing your DNS cache, as we'll be on a new IP address.