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Unfortunately, we have had to update some of the instances we have blocked.

All Gab instances and been 'upgraded' from Silenced to Suspended. Mstdn.jp has also been suspended.

This is because we have had a lot of members reporting porn themed follow bots from these instances.

Instance block list has been updated:
https://hub.fosstodon.org/instance-block-list

@dentangle
Sorry to lose you Brett, but "English Only" isn't part of the update. That's always been the policy here. Good luck in the future, and maybe someday we'll cross paths again.

@masterofthetiger you’re welcome.

Thanks for all the feedback on the new #CoC folks. Clearly once you have read a document 25 times, the typos are easy to miss! 😁

@boblmartens @jordan31 thanks for the feedback guys. The CoC is a working document and this is just our first stab at it, so we will make changes as we go. The “correct view” thing may be one of them in hindsight.

@lx controversial stuff is fine, we just ask that it’s put behind a CW. 😁

Now, Systemd being inferior other init-systems may be a little too controversial for any CW! 🤣🤣

We're very happy to announce that our new #CodeOfConduct is now live. We've taken a lot of time editing this, and our Patrons have also helped.

Hopefully this new CoC will better define what we're trying to achieve with #Fosstodon.

https://hub.fosstodon.org/code-of-conduct

We're very happy to announce that @ohyran and @Gina have joined the Fosstodon moderation team.

We have also made some changes in how we manage the moderation for Fosstodon. You can get details in this blog post - https://hub.fosstodon.org/blog/moderation-update

Please join us in congratulating both Jens and Gina on joining the team. It's a great choice, we're sure you will agree. 😁

We're very happy to say that we just put out our second round of project donations. This time around, both @elementary and @letsencrypt received $100 each.

You can read more about it here:
https://hub.fosstodon.org/blog/donations-round-2

@wowaname if people stopped using software everytime a significant vulnerability was discovered, no-one would be using any software.

Whilst I wouldn't use CloudFlare personally, I wouldn't hold it against another company, especially when they want a quick and simple way of securing their infra.

@tuxdevices

@wowaname can't please everyone...

Over the past 6 months or so, a few members have asked us if we accept donations via #Liberapay.

We moved away from them because they were having issues; it looks like those issues are now fixed (we hope). So we’re happy to announce that Fosstodon is now accepting Liberapay donations again. 😁

https://liberapay.com/fosstodon

We have been asked about the longevity of Fosstodon, especially since a number of key instances have gone.

Hopefully this post will allay any concerns. TL;DR - we got your back!

https://hub.fosstodon.org/blog/longevity-and-fosstodon

There's a few hours left for you to submit an Open Source project that you think we should donate to.

https://donations.fosstodon.org/index.php/241929?lang=en

@mammalegcooker don't understand the question?

@SilverEagle
Yes, anyone with a Fosstodon account can submit a project, and Fosstodon's Patreons make the final vote.

We have launched the survey for our second round of donations - this time we will be donating $100 to 2 separate open source projects.

We've managed to improve the submission process this time around by using @LimeSurvey.

Please do take the time to add a submission if you get a couple of minutes. The list will then be sent to our Patrons for the final vote.

https://donations.fosstodon.org/index.php/241929?lang=en

https://patreon.com/fosstodon

@mmstick done

Just a quick reminder, folks. We still have some Fosstodon stickers left. This may be a one time deal, so get them whilst they're still going!

https://hub.fosstodon.org/stickers