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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===
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* '''[[Help:TootCat|TootCat Help]]''' and FAQ
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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* '''{{l/sub|history}}''': a brief and occasionally-updated history of our instance
 
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* '''{{l/sub|CoC}}: Code of Conduct
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.
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* [[/blocks/domain|domain blocks]]: some details
 
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* [[/blocks/user|user blocks]]
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.
 
 
 
Xenon Fiber joined the op team in 2020, replacing others who needed a break.
 
==Information==
 
* [[/blocks/domain|domain blocks]]
 
* [[/CoC]]: Code of Conduct
 
 
* [[/CoJ]]: Code of Justice
 
* [[/CoJ]]: Code of Justice
* [[/guidelines]]: some specifics
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* technical: [[/DNS]]
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
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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==
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==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.
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* [[/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.)
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* [[/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.)
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* [[/2017]]

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