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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Site News==</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''[[2020/03/31]]''' <s>site</s> TootCat going down for an upgrade</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2018-10-11''' <s>We now have a Hubzilla instance online at {{ls/domain|hub.toot.cat}}! It federates with Mastodon and Diaspora.</s> Borked by an upgrade; haven't had time to fix.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2018-08-15''' We've upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04, compiled Ruby with jemalloc for improved performance, and also upgraded to the latest Mastodon.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">** Apparently its the Gems that take most of the time.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">** Also, {{l/mastodon|kity|toot.cat}} did all the work and has rejoined the TootCat team after a prolonged absence.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2018-07-25''' We've had more waves of spambot registrations -- yesterday morning and this morning. SOP seems to be handling the problem. It would be nice if we could set a toggle to auto-silence new users during these attacks, because doing it by hand is time-consuming and also allows them a window of attack (which, fortunately, they aren't good at exploiting) between when they register and when I notice it.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2018-06-02''' The last new spambot account was recorded at 1:20pm (probably EDST) on this day. They stopped quite abruptly.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2018-05-22''' spambots began creating accounts on toot.cat; we soon implemented a policy of immediately suspending any of these that tooted spam links, and silencing the rest.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">** '''13:39 ET''' It turned out to be a misconfiguration in Nginx, and I don't know why it was even working before. See [[2018/05/20]] for details.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2018-05-03''' Email issues fixed. There nonetheless seems to be a [https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/7323 deficit in Mastodon diagnostics].</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">** Toot.Cat is [https://toot.cat/@news/99926209120865436 successfully migrated] to a new server and the latest version of Mastodon.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2018-07-03''' The #ForkTogether project now has [https://forktogether.space/mw/Main_Page a wiki].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2018-07-03''' The #ForkTogether project now has [https://forktogether.space/mw/Main_Page a wiki].</div></td></tr>
</table>Woozlehttps://mew.toot.cat/mw/index.php?title=2018&diff=613&oldid=prevWoozle: Created page with "category:2018 ==Site News== * '''2020/03/31''' <s>site</s> TootCat going down for an upgrade * '''2018-10-11''' <s>We now have a Hubzilla instance online at {{ls/domai..."2022-11-20T19:17:39Z<p>Created page with "<a href="/mw/Category:2018" title="Category:2018">category:2018</a> ==Site News== * '''<a href="/mw/2020/03/31" title="2020/03/31">2020/03/31</a>''' <s>site</s> TootCat going down for an upgrade * '''2018-10-11''' <s>We now have a Hubzilla instance online at {{ls/domai..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[category:2018]]<br />
==Site News==<br />
* '''[[2020/03/31]]''' <s>site</s> TootCat going down for an upgrade<br />
* '''2018-10-11''' <s>We now have a Hubzilla instance online at {{ls/domain|hub.toot.cat}}! It federates with Mastodon and Diaspora.</s> Borked by an upgrade; haven't had time to fix.<br />
* '''2018-08-15''' We've upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04, compiled Ruby with jemalloc for improved performance, and also upgraded to the latest Mastodon.<br />
** Apparently its the Gems that take most of the time.<br />
** Also, {{l/mastodon|kity|toot.cat}} did all the work and has rejoined the TootCat team after a prolonged absence.<br />
* '''2018-07-25''' We've had more waves of spambot registrations -- yesterday morning and this morning. SOP seems to be handling the problem. It would be nice if we could set a toggle to auto-silence new users during these attacks, because doing it by hand is time-consuming and also allows them a window of attack (which, fortunately, they aren't good at exploiting) between when they register and when I notice it.<br />
* '''2018-06-02''' The last new spambot account was recorded at 1:20pm (probably EDST) on this day. They stopped quite abruptly.<br />
* '''2018-05-30''' The SSL certificate failed to renew on the new server. [https://htyp.org/User:Woozle/toot.cat/2018/05/30 Four hours later], I fixed it.<br />
* '''2018-05-22''' spambots began creating accounts on toot.cat; we soon implemented a policy of immediately suspending any of these that tooted spam links, and silencing the rest.<br />
** There were a few dozen accounts created as of evening the next day.<br />
* '''2018-05-20'''<br />
** '''13:23 ET''' A long-overdue server reboot resulted in all message windows being depopulated. I retreated to the [[TootCave]] to focus on the problem.<br />
** '''13:39 ET''' It turned out to be a misconfiguration in Nginx, and I don't know why it was even working before. See [[2018/05/20]] for details.<br />
* '''2018-05-03''' Email issues fixed. There nonetheless seems to be a [https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/7323 deficit in Mastodon diagnostics].<br />
* '''2018-05-01''' [https://rm.vbz.net/issues/97 Ongoing email issues] are making me tear my hair out. (How appropriate for May Day!)<br />
* '''2018-04-26'''<br />
** Toot.Cat is [https://toot.cat/@news/99926209120865436 successfully migrated] to a new server and the latest version of Mastodon.<br />
** [https://toot.cat/@news/99926216010193182 LottieVixen joins TootCat] as sysadmin<br />
* '''2018-04-16''': working on upgrade and migration<br />
* '''2018-01-25''': Mastodon software is up-to-date with no major issues.<br />
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==Mastodon News==<br />
* '''2018-07-03''' The #ForkTogether project now has [https://forktogether.space/mw/Main_Page a wiki].<br />
* '''2018-06-02'''<br />
** Apparently [[mastodon.cloud]] has been down for over a week, a new toot.cat user [https://toot.cat/@RefurioAnachro/100134355499771070 reports]. So has [[instance.business]]. I've [https://toot.cat/@woozle/100135333273070380 inquired].<br />
** A lot of anger and resentment has brewed between Gargron and marginalized users over issues with [[Mastodon]] design and governance.<br />
* '''2018-04-30''' <br />
** Sina of cutie.space [https://cutie.space/@sina/99947742204242184 announced] ([https://toot.cat/web/statuses/99947747955744248 cache]) that she will no longer be serving Mastodon from that domain, effective within a matter of hours, due to a decline in users, and will be [https://cutie.space/@sina/99947969008936246 replacing it] ([https://toot.cat/web/statuses/99947972279440819 cache)] with something less resource-intensive.<br />
** [[witches.town]] goes offline<br />
** Woozle [https://toot.cat/@woozle/99948990608920382 posts a reassurance] that toot.cat will not be going away anytime soon.<br />
* '''2018-04-27''' Ginny McQueen of [[kitty.town]] posted [https://medium.com/@GinnyMcQueen/im-going-to-die-and-it-s-your-fault-5723a63dcefd on Medium] asking for help; Woozle posted about it <s>[https://plus.google.com/+WoozleHypertwin/posts/CzRZzofX2Y1 on Google+]</s>.<br />
* '''2018-04-02''' The sysop of [[witches.town]] announced that the site will be shutting down on April 30.</div>Woozle