FLOSS.social Mandates Defederation from mastodon.cloud by 2026; Concerns Over Web Permanence Surface

📣 FLOSS.social will be defederating with mastodon.cloud on 2026-05-01, joining with many other servers in taking this approach. ☹️ This server has been on a "limit" status for some time due to ongoing spam waves as well as lack of maintenance and moderation. After the 1st, all contact will be suspended. ☑️ FLOSS.social users should review their connections and make contact with them ASAP, and should encourage those contacts to relcoate to a maintained instance. #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

New release of Mastodon Bots (ActivityPub Mastodon-copmpatible bot instance that is probably the quickest to spin up a new Fediverse content bot under 20 seconds): https://github.com/nekromoff/mastodon-bots #mastoAdmin #masto #Mastodon #webdev #bot #bots #php #activityPub #apI #development

In defense of the #Lurker (what you might see people as, in and out of the #Fediverse) #Mastodon #Interaction is needed REGULARLY to filter everyone into doing something instead of playing games / ignoring each other / 1-way posts. Picture is to show people are not as inviting or involving others as they could be online... dispelling fear and incrementing trust is the way to go else we have stagnation / non-participation #Mastodon as we have today.

What a Social Web team 🤩 @bjoernsta @michael @benparker @mellifluousbox @mariana_b Not pictured but in the room @ivan #IJF #IJF26 #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon

https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116421421631954408 #FediTips #Mastodon

mstdn.social, masto.ai & mastodon.coffee have been updated to #Mastodon v4.5.9 github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.9

#Mastodon #Statistics 2026-04-18 02:00 CEST Number of active instances: 10 470 Number of users: 10 498 325 Number of statuses: 1 185 124 987 Number of users last 4h: 453 Number of statuses last 4h: 46 411 Help me keep stats and server running! 💻📊 Even a small monthly contribution makes a big difference. Support here: #^https://www.patreon.com/FediverseStatistics 🙏 #Fediverse

#Mastodon #Statistics 2026-04-18 06:00 CEST Number of active instances: 10 469 Number of users: 10 498 598 Number of statuses: 1 185 187 852 Number of users last 4h: 273 Number of statuses last 4h: 62 865 Help me keep stats and server running! 💻📊 Even a small monthly contribution makes a big difference. Support here: #^https://www.patreon.com/FediverseStatistics 🙏 #Fediverse

#Fediverse #Statistics 2026.04.18 Number of active instances: 19 134 Number of new instances last 24h: -4 Number of users: 15 885 632 Number of new users last 24h: 4 558 Mastodon domination: 66.48 % Help me keep stats and server running! 💻📊 Even a small monthly contribution makes a big difference. Support here: #^https://www.patreon.com/FediverseStatistics 🙏 Hubzilla Statistics Friendica Statistics Pleroma Statistics Akkoma Statistics Mastodon Statistics Misskey Statistics Diaspora Statistics Peertube Statistics Pixelfed Statistics Lemmy Statistics Kbin Statistics Writefreely Statistics Plume Statistics

#Mastodon #Statistics 2026-04-18 10:00 CEST Number of active instances: 10 469 Number of users: 10 498 826 Number of statuses: 1 185 270 504 Number of users last 4h: 228 Number of statuses last 4h: 82 652 Help me keep stats and server running! 💻📊 Even a small monthly contribution makes a big difference. Support here: #^https://www.patreon.com/FediverseStatistics 🙏 #Fediverse

#Mastodon #Statistics 2026-04-17 22:00 CEST Number of active instances: 10 471 Number of users: 10 497 872 Number of statuses: 1 185 078 576 Number of users last 4h: 304 Number of statuses last 4h: 113 773 Help me keep stats and server running! 💻📊 Even a small monthly contribution makes a big difference. Support here: #^https://www.patreon.com/FediverseStatistics 🙏 #Fediverse

#Mastodon #Statistics 2026-04-18 14:00 CEST Number of active instances: 10 470 Number of users: 10 499 098 Number of statuses: 1 185 358 047 Number of users last 4h: 272 Number of statuses last 4h: 87 543 Help me keep stats and server running! 💻📊 Even a small monthly contribution makes a big difference. Support here: #^https://www.patreon.com/FediverseStatistics 🙏 #Fediverse

#Mastodon #Statistics 2026-04-18 18:00 CEST Number of active instances: 10 468 Number of users: 10 499 539 Number of statuses: 1 185 390 417 Number of users last 4h: 441 Number of statuses last 4h: 32 370 Help me keep stats and server running! 💻📊 Even a small monthly contribution makes a big difference. Support here: #^https://www.patreon.com/FediverseStatistics 🙏 #Fediverse

calling out my moots here. pls help me, kindly share my pinnedpost u guys.. :blobcatgooglycry: #fediverse #mutualaidsupport #mastodon

I visited a good friend recently and discovered he owns a Mastodon tusk! He had never heard of our Mastodon or the fediverse or any of the shenanigans were all creating on the open social web. Its been interesting to see reactions when sharing the public social media concepts developing. May they last beyond us, perhaps as long as this ancient tusk! #mastodon #tusk #fediverse