:annoyingdog: Update: I'm going to start running the more recent Mastodon code "or nightlys"... because I'm sick of waiting 6 months for them to release new versions.
So the server will go down for like 5-15 minutes tonight.
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NUGGET ALERT: Good afternoon, the server is now running on dedicated hardware hosted in a datacenter instead of the cloud.
The webapp and mobile apps should be a lot snappier because the servers specs (CPU/Memory/Storage) are all at least double the previous server.
Thanks for your supports and donations to the @PostersUnionAU (My Patreon) for making this possible...
(There was a slight bug with images on a few servers but that should be fixed soon)
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:goose_honk: Update: I've migrated pixelfed.au to a brand new dedicated host with a faster CPU (AMD Zen 2 EPYC 7642 :flipkitten: to Zen 3 EPYC 7713). :flipturt:
I'm planning on moving the DB to NVME storage
@dansup is planning on releasing the first public mobile app to the iOS/Android appstores in the next month... so now is a good time to check out https://pixelfed.au
@aussocialadmin were there any performance improvements? There’s always performance improvements with bug fixes according to every release announcement ever
:Koala: Update: Upgraded both of the bonus web themes.
TangerineUI to v1.9.4
Elephant (Bird-ui) to 1.8.1
Please (hard) refresh your browser to make sure you see the update if you're using those bonus themes..... and if you're unaware of the bonus themes, go check them out!
:farnsworth: GOOD NEWS EVERYBODY: According to @AltTextHealthCheck our wonderful Mastodon instance is one of the most actively "ALT TEXT" posting instances in the fediverse (14th on this list).... with more than 60% of our media containing alt text as far as this shows.
This is lovely to see, and congratulations to mastodon.nz for smashing it!
IMPORTANT: due to the generally “depressing climate” of the world recently. Our mod team is swamped under an ocean of reports… some of them I consider good faith, some bad but we will try to reach consensus on any action we take so please understand that if they react to a report for one of your toots…. The @AusSocialMods have your best interest in heart.
It’s a very stressful time and our mod team has a lot of experience but they are very overwhelmed! Please don’t take any moderation action as a personal attack.
Finally, we need to grow the mod team because we’ve lost a few of them recently. Please talk with the cat.