Toot.cat - Revision history

Woozle at 16:21, 29 November 2024

2024-11-29T16:21:36Z

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	==About==		==About==
	'''Toot.Cat''' has been online since [https://web.archive.org/web/20190607141308/https://toot.cat/@polymerwitch/1 2017-03-05].		'''Toot.Cat''' has been online since [https://web.archive.org/web/20190607141308/https://toot.cat/@polymerwitch/1 2017-03-05].

Woozle at 15:31, 3 July 2023

2023-07-03T15:31:57Z

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	==About==		==About==
	'''Toot.Cat''' has been online since [https://web.archive.org/web/20190607141308/https://toot.cat/@polymerwitch/1 2017-03-05].		'''Toot.Cat''' has been online since [https://web.archive.org/web/20190607141308/https://toot.cat/@polymerwitch/1 2017-03-05].
			* '''[[Help:TootCat\|TootCat Help]]''' and FAQ
	* '''{{l/sub\|history}}''': a brief and occasionally-updated history of our instance		* '''{{l/sub\|history}}''': a brief and occasionally-updated history of our instance
	* '''{{l/sub\|CoC}}: Code of Conduct		* '''{{l/sub\|CoC}}: Code of Conduct

Woozle at 18:47, 2 July 2023

2023-07-02T18:47:57Z

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	==About==		==About==
	'''Toot.Cat''' has been online since [https://web.archive.org/web/20190607141308/https://toot.cat/@polymerwitch/1 2017-03-05].		'''Toot.Cat''' has been online since [https://web.archive.org/web/20190607141308/https://toot.cat/@polymerwitch/1 2017-03-05].
	~~===History===~~		* '''{{l/sub\|history}}''': a brief and occasionally-updated history of our instance
	~~It was founded by @polymerwitch and administrated by @cyrinsong and @wavebeem, with moderation help from @ashkitten. In May, they created their own [https:~~/~~/github.com/TootCat/mastodon/ fork] of Mastodon 1.4.1, mainly to improve the layout somewhat and create a special English variant called "Catspeak" (code~~: ~~en-TC) which replaced "boost" (reblog), "favorite", and "mention" with "bap", "boop", and "meow at".~~		* '''{{l/sub\|CoC}}: Code of Conduct
			* [[/blocks/domain\|domain blocks]]: some details
	~~The team soon found itself overwhelmed with IRL responsibilities, however, and site maintenance declined. This started to become~~ a ~~problem when Mastodon 2.0 was released~~ and ~~Toot.Cat (which was still running 1.x) could no longer DM (direct message) most other instances; it finally became critical on approximately December 30, 2017, when the SSL certificate failed to auto~~-~~renew and the site became unreachable for most users.~~

	~~I ([[woozle]]) then offered to help with admin duties, to which @polymerwitch responded enthusiastically that she~~'~~d be happy to just have someone take over hosting and administration completely.~~

	~~The transfer took place in early January, 2018. I requested the aid of~~ {{l/~~mastodon~~\|~~cobaltvelvet\|octodon.social~~}} ~~in doing the upgrade to the then-current Mastodon version, as well as fixing the SSL issue, both~~ of ~~which she accomplished smoothly and quickly.~~

	~~Recognizing the need for some more easily-referenced online presence, I set up a companion wiki (mew.toot.cat, what you're reading now) on 2018-03-30.~~

	* 2022:
	** Viv has been massively helpful getting things upgraded.
	** ash converted the server to NixOS, and created a failsafe deployment script.
	* 2020: Xenon Fiber joined the op team in 2020, replacing others who needed a break.
	~~==Information==~~
	* [[/blocks/domain\|domain blocks]]
	* [[/blocks/user\|user blocks]]		* [[/blocks/user\|user blocks]]
	* [[/CoC]]: Code of Conduct
	* [[/CoJ]]: Code of Justice		* [[/CoJ]]: Code of Justice
	* [[/guidelines]]: some specifics
	* technical: [[/DNS]]		* technical: [[/DNS]]

Woozle: /* Information */

2023-02-06T01:44:42Z

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	* [[/blocks/domain\|domain blocks]]		* [[/blocks/domain\|domain blocks]]
			* [[/blocks/user\|user blocks]]
	* [[/CoC]]: Code of Conduct		* [[/CoC]]: Code of Conduct
	* [[/CoJ]]: Code of Justice		* [[/CoJ]]: Code of Justice

Woozle: /* Information */

2022-11-24T01:50:59Z

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	* [[/CoJ]]: Code of Justice		* [[/CoJ]]: Code of Justice
	* [[/guidelines]]: some specifics		* [[/guidelines]]: some specifics
			* technical: [[/DNS]]

	==Links==		==Links==
	* '''official''':		* '''official''':

Woozle at 19:58, 20 November 2022

2022-11-20T19:58:16Z

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	Recognizing the need for some more easily-referenced online presence, I set up a companion wiki (mew.toot.cat, what you're reading now) on 2018-03-30.		Recognizing the need for some more easily-referenced online presence, I set up a companion wiki (mew.toot.cat, what you're reading now) on 2018-03-30.

	Xenon Fiber joined the op team in 2020, replacing others who needed a break.		* 2022:
			** Viv has been massively helpful getting things upgraded.
			** ash converted the server to NixOS, and created a failsafe deployment script.
			* 2020: Xenon Fiber joined the op team in 2020, replacing others who needed a break.
	==Information==		==Information==
	* [[/blocks/domain\|domain blocks]]		* [[/blocks/domain\|domain blocks]]
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	* [[/CoJ]]: Code of Justice		* [[/CoJ]]: Code of Justice
	* [[/guidelines]]: some specifics		* [[/guidelines]]: some specifics

	==Links==		==Links==
	* '''official''':		* '''official''':
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	** '''2017-06-21''' [http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/2082 Federating With The Trouble - Running Decentralized Communities] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20190430191043/http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/2082 archive.org]) "As moderators and admins of a mastodon/gnu social instance called Toot.Cat we were quickly propelled into navigating the strange new world of decentralized community stewardship." at [http://opensourcebridge.org/ Open Source Bridge] (in Portland, OR), [http://opensourcebridge.org/y2017/ 2017 edition] (#osb17)		** '''2017-06-21''' [http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/2082 Federating With The Trouble - Running Decentralized Communities] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20190430191043/http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/2082 archive.org]) "As moderators and admins of a mastodon/gnu social instance called Toot.Cat we were quickly propelled into navigating the strange new world of decentralized community stewardship." at [http://opensourcebridge.org/ Open Source Bridge] (in Portland, OR), [http://opensourcebridge.org/y2017/ 2017 edition] (#osb17)
	*** [https://toot.cat/@jdp23/981329 Live from #osb17 - Federating With the Trouble, presented by @cyrinsong @wavebeem and @polymerwitch!]		*** [https://toot.cat/@jdp23/981329 Live from #osb17 - Federating With the Trouble, presented by @cyrinsong @wavebeem and @polymerwitch!]
	==~~Old Gnus~~==		==Archives==
	* ~~<s>We also operate a Hubzilla instance at {{ls~~/~~domain\|hub.toot.cat}}.</s> as of January 2021, this is having issues and is unusable.~~		* [[/2020]]
	* ~~@LottieVixen joined the admin team sometime in the early weeks of~~ 2018~~, and did excellent work migrating (from the original server image set up by the founding team) to a new system. (Lottie is still an admin but is not currently active as a mod as of late 2020.)~~		* [[/2018]]
	* @kity (formerly @ashkitten) rejoined the team (this time as an admin, having been only a moderator previously) in mid-August, and performed a lot of upgrade-and-optimization work in a very short span of time. (ash is still a mod but is taking an extended hiatus from the fediverse as of late 2020.)		* [[/2017]]

Woozle at 15:44, 12 November 2022

2022-11-12T15:44:42Z

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	==About==		==About==

Woozle: Woozle moved page Pub/toot.cat to Toot.cat: eliminating "pub"

2022-11-12T15:38:59Z

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Woozle at 15:38, 12 November 2022

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	==About==		==About==
	'''Toot.Cat''' has been online since [https://toot.cat/@polymerwitch/1 2017-03-05].		'''Toot.Cat''' has been online since [https://web.archive.org/web/20190607141308/https://toot.cat/@polymerwitch/1 2017-03-05].
	===History===		===History===
	It was founded by @polymerwitch and administrated by @cyrinsong and @wavebeem, with moderation help from @ashkitten. In May, they created their own [https://github.com/TootCat/mastodon/ fork] of Mastodon 1.4.1, mainly to improve the layout somewhat and create a special English variant called "Catspeak" (code: en-TC) which replaced "boost" (reblog), "favorite", and "mention" with "bap", "boop", and "meow at".		It was founded by @polymerwitch and administrated by @cyrinsong and @wavebeem, with moderation help from @ashkitten. In May, they created their own [https://github.com/TootCat/mastodon/ fork] of Mastodon 1.4.1, mainly to improve the layout somewhat and create a special English variant called "Catspeak" (code: en-TC) which replaced "boost" (reblog), "favorite", and "mention" with "bap", "boop", and "meow at".
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	The team soon found itself overwhelmed with IRL responsibilities, however, and site maintenance declined. This started to become a problem when Mastodon 2.0 was released and Toot.Cat (which was still running 1.x) could no longer DM (direct message) most other instances; it finally became critical on approximately December 30, 2017, when the SSL certificate failed to auto-renew and the site became unreachable for most users.		The team soon found itself overwhelmed with IRL responsibilities, however, and site maintenance declined. This started to become a problem when Mastodon 2.0 was released and Toot.Cat (which was still running 1.x) could no longer DM (direct message) most other instances; it finally became critical on approximately December 30, 2017, when the SSL certificate failed to auto-renew and the site became unreachable for most users.

	I (~~{{lpub/user\|~~woozle}}) then offered to help with admin duties, to which @polymerwitch responded enthusiastically that she'd be happy to just have someone take over hosting and administration completely.		I ([[woozle]]) then offered to help with admin duties, to which @polymerwitch responded enthusiastically that she'd be happy to just have someone take over hosting and administration completely.

	The transfer took place in early January, 2018. I requested the aid of {{l/mastodon\|cobaltvelvet\|octodon.social}} in doing the upgrade to the then-current Mastodon version, as well as fixing the SSL issue, both of which she accomplished smoothly and quickly.		The transfer took place in early January, 2018. I requested the aid of {{l/mastodon\|cobaltvelvet\|octodon.social}} in doing the upgrade to the then-current Mastodon version, as well as fixing the SSL issue, both of which she accomplished smoothly and quickly.

Woozle at 14:19, 11 January 2021

2021-01-11T14:19:33Z

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	==About==		==About==
	'''Toot.Cat''' has been online since [https://toot.cat/@polymerwitch/1 2017-03-05].		'''Toot.Cat''' has been online since [https://toot.cat/@polymerwitch/1 2017-03-05].
			===History===
	It was founded by @polymerwitch and administrated by @cyrinsong and @wavebeem, with moderation help from @ashkitten. In May, they created their own [https://github.com/TootCat/mastodon/ fork] of Mastodon 1.4.1, mainly to improve the layout somewhat and create a special English variant called "Catspeak" (code: en-TC) which replaced "boost" (reblog), "favorite", and "mention" with "bap", "boop", and "meow at".		It was founded by @polymerwitch and administrated by @cyrinsong and @wavebeem, with moderation help from @ashkitten. In May, they created their own [https://github.com/TootCat/mastodon/ fork] of Mastodon 1.4.1, mainly to improve the layout somewhat and create a special English variant called "Catspeak" (code: en-TC) which replaced "boost" (reblog), "favorite", and "mention" with "bap", "boop", and "meow at".

	The team soon found itself overwhelmed with IRL responsibilities, however, and site maintenance declined. This started to become a problem when Mastodon 2.0 was released and Toot.Cat (which was still running 1.x) could no longer DM (direct message) most other instances; it finally became critical on approximately December 30, when the SSL certificate failed to auto-renew and the site became unreachable for most users.		The team soon found itself overwhelmed with IRL responsibilities, however, and site maintenance declined. This started to become a problem when Mastodon 2.0 was released and Toot.Cat (which was still running 1.x) could no longer DM (direct message) most other instances; it finally became critical on approximately December 30, 2017, when the SSL certificate failed to auto-renew and the site became unreachable for most users.

	I ({{lpub/user\|woozle}}) then offered to help with admin duties, to which @polymerwitch responded enthusiastically that she'd be happy to just have someone take over hosting and administration completely.		I ({{lpub/user\|woozle}}) then offered to help with admin duties, to which @polymerwitch responded enthusiastically that she'd be happy to just have someone take over hosting and administration completely.
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	The transfer took place in early January, 2018. I requested the aid of {{l/mastodon\|cobaltvelvet\|octodon.social}} in doing the upgrade to the then-current Mastodon version, as well as fixing the SSL issue, both of which she accomplished smoothly and quickly.		The transfer took place in early January, 2018. I requested the aid of {{l/mastodon\|cobaltvelvet\|octodon.social}} in doing the upgrade to the then-current Mastodon version, as well as fixing the SSL issue, both of which she accomplished smoothly and quickly.

	~~@LottieVixen joined~~ the ~~admin team sometime in the next few weeks~~, ~~and did excellent work migrating (from the original server image~~ set up ~~by the founding team) to~~ a ~~new system~~.		Recognizing the need for some more easily-referenced online presence, I set up a companion wiki (mew.toot.cat, what you're reading now) on 2018-03-30.

	~~@kity (formerly @ashkitten) rejoined the team (this time as an admin~~, ~~having been only a moderator previously~~) ~~in mid-August, and performed a lot of upgrade~~-~~and~~-~~optimization work in a very short span of time~~.

	~~We also operate~~ a ~~Hubzilla instance at {{ls/domain\|hub.toot.cat}}~~.		Xenon Fiber joined the op team in 2020, replacing others who needed a break.
	==Information==		==Information==
	* [[/blocks/domain\|domain blocks]]		* [[/blocks/domain\|domain blocks]]
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	** '''2017-06-21''' [http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/2082 Federating With The Trouble - Running Decentralized Communities] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20190430191043/http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/2082 archive.org]) "As moderators and admins of a mastodon/gnu social instance called Toot.Cat we were quickly propelled into navigating the strange new world of decentralized community stewardship." at [http://opensourcebridge.org/ Open Source Bridge] (in Portland, OR), [http://opensourcebridge.org/y2017/ 2017 edition] (#osb17)		** '''2017-06-21''' [http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/2082 Federating With The Trouble - Running Decentralized Communities] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20190430191043/http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/2082 archive.org]) "As moderators and admins of a mastodon/gnu social instance called Toot.Cat we were quickly propelled into navigating the strange new world of decentralized community stewardship." at [http://opensourcebridge.org/ Open Source Bridge] (in Portland, OR), [http://opensourcebridge.org/y2017/ 2017 edition] (#osb17)
	*** [https://toot.cat/@jdp23/981329 Live from #osb17 - Federating With the Trouble, presented by @cyrinsong @wavebeem and @polymerwitch!]		*** [https://toot.cat/@jdp23/981329 Live from #osb17 - Federating With the Trouble, presented by @cyrinsong @wavebeem and @polymerwitch!]
			==Old Gnus==
			* <s>We also operate a Hubzilla instance at {{ls/domain\|hub.toot.cat}}.</s> as of January 2021, this is having issues and is unusable.
			* @LottieVixen joined the admin team sometime in the early weeks of 2018, and did excellent work migrating (from the original server image set up by the founding team) to a new system. (Lottie is still an admin but is not currently active as a mod as of late 2020.)
			* @kity (formerly @ashkitten) rejoined the team (this time as an admin, having been only a moderator previously) in mid-August, and performed a lot of upgrade-and-optimization work in a very short span of time. (ash is still a mod but is taking an extended hiatus from the fediverse as of late 2020.)