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[[File:Screenshot-2018-4-2 Personnes suivies par The Supreme Witch.crop.png|thumb|the witches.town admin team]]
 
[[File:Screenshot-2018-4-2 Personnes suivies par The Supreme Witch.crop.png|thumb|the witches.town admin team]]
'''witches.town''' (WT) is still, as of this writing, a Mastodon instance. @TheSupreme@witches.town, sysop of the instance, announced on 2018-04-02 that she will be shutting down the service on 2018-04-30.
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[[File:B03116fbd6f7793f.png|thumb|migration survey results]]
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'''witches.town''' (WT) was a Mastodon instance that went offline on 2018-04-30 for reasons.
  
WT had been a somewhat quirky instance (e.g. the limit for toots is 666 characters rather than the standard 500, and special symbols were apparently given to users with exactly 666 followers) with a very loyal membership.
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WT had been a somewhat quirky place – e.g. the limit for toots is 666 characters rather than the standard 500, and a pentagram symbol was apparently given to users with exactly 666 followers – with a very loyal membership.
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==Shutdown==
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@TheSupreme@witches.town, sysop of the instance, [https://toot.cat/web/statuses/99790692143728971 announced] on 2018-04-02 that she will be shutting it down on 2018-04-30 – closely followed by a [https://toot.cat/web/statuses/99790761792891193 later toot] noting that she was unwilling to let someone else take over the service (thus contradicting the "burnout" explanation), but without saying why.
  
This followed an earlier [https://witches.town/@TheSupreme/99757948217405250 surprise takeover on March 27] in which @TheSupreme removed all the other sysops, giving the following [https://witches.town/@TheSupreme/99760206680527013 explanation]:
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There had previously been a [https://toot.cat/web/statuses/99757948365320502 surprise takeover on March 27] in which @TheSupreme removed all the other sysops, giving the following [https://toot.cat/web/statuses/99760206833368349 explanation]:
 
<blockquote>Half of the moderation team was thinking of leaving and was not doing much anyway, the other half was getting endlessly stuck in "non-decision wait and see mode". This alone let some heavy shitstorms live their lives.
 
<blockquote>Half of the moderation team was thinking of leaving and was not doing much anyway, the other half was getting endlessly stuck in "non-decision wait and see mode". This alone let some heavy shitstorms live their lives.
  
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Giving credit to 4chan, the gamergate and the alt-right is never ok. So I stepped in.
 
Giving credit to 4chan, the gamergate and the alt-right is never ok. So I stepped in.
 
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The April 2 announcement was followed up by a [https://witches.town/@TheSupreme/99790761655634428 later toot] noting that she was unwilling to let someone else take over the service (thus contradicting the "burnout" explanation), but without saying why.
 
  
 
The code customizations used by WT are currently still available [https://github.com/WitchesTown/mastodon on GitHub].
 
The code customizations used by WT are currently still available [https://github.com/WitchesTown/mastodon on GitHub].
  
==Toots==
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The loss of witches.town led directly to interest in creating and supporting more witch-friendly spaces; see {{l/pub|witches}} for a list.
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==Official Toots==
 
''all times are EDST''
 
''all times are EDST''
 
* '''2018-04-02'''
 
* '''2018-04-02'''
** '''12:05''' [https://witches.town/@TheSupreme/99790692010452099 That's it. I'm burnt out. I terminated the server lease.]
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** '''12:05''' [https://witches.town/@TheSupreme/99790692010452099 That's it. I'm burnt out. I terminated the server lease.] ([https://toot.cat/web/statuses/99757948365320502 cache])
** '''10:03''' [https://ltch.fr/@Alda/99790211177963067 Reaaaally hot take about transidentity. Be careful, you're about to get yourself burned.]
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** '''10:03''' [https://ltch.fr/@Alda/99790211177963067 Reaaaally hot take about transidentity. Be careful, you're about to get yourself burned.] ([https://toot.cat/web/statuses/99790211582721073 cache])
 
*** @Alda@itch.fr is apparently the main account for @TheSupreme@witches.town (see 03-27 toot).
 
*** @Alda@itch.fr is apparently the main account for @TheSupreme@witches.town (see 03-27 toot).
** '''2018-03-27''' [https://witches.town/@TheSupreme/99757948217405250 I am taking back the management of WitchesTown.]
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** '''2018-03-27''' [https://witches.town/@TheSupreme/99757948217405250 I am taking back the management of WitchesTown.] ([https://toot.cat/web/statuses/99757948365320502 cache])
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==Related==
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* '''2018-04-30''' [https://dev.glitch.social/@cassolotl/99947935739267460 Migration survey results]

Latest revision as of 15:48, 12 November 2022

the witches.town admin team
migration survey results

witches.town (WT) was a Mastodon instance that went offline on 2018-04-30 for reasons.

WT had been a somewhat quirky place – e.g. the limit for toots is 666 characters rather than the standard 500, and a pentagram symbol was apparently given to users with exactly 666 followers – with a very loyal membership.

Shutdown

@TheSupreme@witches.town, sysop of the instance, announced on 2018-04-02 that she will be shutting it down on 2018-04-30 – closely followed by a later toot noting that she was unwilling to let someone else take over the service (thus contradicting the "burnout" explanation), but without saying why.

There had previously been a surprise takeover on March 27 in which @TheSupreme removed all the other sysops, giving the following explanation:

Half of the moderation team was thinking of leaving and was not doing much anyway, the other half was getting endlessly stuck in "non-decision wait and see mode". This alone let some heavy shitstorms live their lives.

The thing that made me dissolve the team yesterday was a decision made by an admin to suspend the account of a trans woman based on an old smear campaign pushed by 4 chan with the subsequent support of the majority of the team.

Giving credit to 4chan, the gamergate and the alt-right is never ok. So I stepped in.

The code customizations used by WT are currently still available on GitHub.

The loss of witches.town led directly to interest in creating and supporting more witch-friendly spaces; see witches for a list.

Official Toots

all times are EDST

Related