[kwlug-disc] New Mastodon server for @kwlug

[Doug Moen]

> gitlab

The new "respects your freedom" fork of gitea is called "forgejo" at Forgejo.org.
* Unlike gitlab, forgejo is fully open source.
* Unlike gitlab and gitea, Forgejo is administered by a non-profit organisation focussed on democracy, transparency.
* Forgejo is created by a team who is adding mastodon like federation via activitypub.
* The UI is extremely comfortable and familiar to github users.
* Forgejo is hosted at Codeberg.org, a nonprofit that cannot be purchased by an eccentric billionaire or evil multinational corp, and hosts 57,000 free software projects.

So check this out if you like Mastodon.

If you think hosting email is terrifying, hosting a forgeho or other source forge instance is also fraught, if you allow anybody on the internet to create an account and publish stuff for free. You need to monitor these accounts and take down malware or other illegal content very quickly. Codeberg's challenge is not in legal threats, because there's due process. The problem is having their IP addresses listed as malware sources in various block lists, without being notified that they are blacklisted.

Doug.

On Sun, Jan 15, 2023, at 5:10 PM, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:
> Bob,
>
> Did you ever hear back from Robert Bowerman?
>
> I also think that there should be a Waterloo Region Mastadon instance, 
> but I also kind of want my own instance with my own domain, too. (i.e., 
> andrewsullivancant.ca)
>
> But I don't want to be entirely responsible for running it. :) What I 
> wonder was how hard it would be to run something like wrmstdn.ca, but 
> also run multi-hosting other domains on the same resources?
>
> Would anyone else want their own domain?
>
> I also wonder if any local orgs will ever setup their own instances on 
> their own domains. Reporters, politicians, and civil servants seem like 
> obvious candidates to be "verified" by being on their respective domains.
>
>
> Andrew
>
> (P.S.: I have had similar thoughts about other services. Things that 
> would be useful for KWLUG and that I would like on my own domain. Things 
> like:
> * mastadon
> * gitlab
> * peertube
> * pixelfeed
> * matrix
> * email (but this is already handled by others, and is kind of
>    terrifying)
>
> I wonder how much it would cost to run a WaterlooRegion version of these 
> services, and offer individual domains too.
>
> Might be somewhat similar to the way that our BBB instance is already 
> being used by others.
> )
>
> On 2023-01-07 00:46, Bob Jonkman wrote:
>> That's too bad. I started a @kwpeace account there, as a bot to receive 
>> posts from the website.
>> 
>> Waterloo Region really should have a local instance. Do you know why 
>> it's closing? I've asked Robert Bowerman (the wrmstdn admin) if he's 
>> willing to let someone else take over the hosting. But who? Something 
>> for KWLUG people to take on? Maybe the CiviTechWR folks? There used to 
>> be a Waterloo Region forum where I lurked. Is that still running? I 
>> can't find my bookmark for it...
>> 
>> --Bob.
>> 
>> 
>> On 2023-01-06 18:41, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
>>> It looks like wrmstdn.ca is shutting down. That is fine, but I am
>>> looking for a new home for the @kwlug account now.
>>>
>>> Does anybody have suggestions? Fosstodon is not bot-friendly. mstdn.ca
>>> allows bots but the rules are stringent (must delete posts after one
>>> month, must mark all entries as "unlisted").
>>>
>>> Yes, I can trawl through hundreds of Mastodon servers looking for an
>>> appropriate one, but if somebody here knows of a suitable instance
>>> already (or is willing to help with the research) then that would be
>>> helpful.
>>>
>>> - Paul
>>>
>>>
>> 
>
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