thomas

Gargron, 2 months ago to random

There is an ongoing spam attack on the fediverse for the last couple of days. It's more widespread than before, as attackers are targeting smaller servers to create accounts. Before, usually only mastodon.social was targeted and our team could take care of it. For server administrators out there: If you don't need open registrations, switch over to approval mode. If you do, blocking disposable e-mail providers is a massive stopgap to the problem. Mastodon also supports hCaptcha.

thomas, 7 months ago to fediverse

This tool lets me monitor the #ActivityPub federation traffic from/to my Mastodon instance metalhead.club.

You can clearly see the other server locations - mainly in the US and Europe.

The tool is not ready for the public, but once it's finished and stable, I'll let you know :)

#golang #federation #mastodon #fediverse

Video is showing a 3D globe in a web browser. Colorful arcs across cities in the globe show active ActivityPub connections.

thomas, 1 year ago to fediverse

A new onboarding experience on Mastodon - Mastodon Blog

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/05/a-new-onboarding-experience-on-mastodon/

#mastodon

thomas, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to fediverse

metalhead.club will place commercial advertising in Wacken!

Have I lost my mind? Maybe. metalhead.club will probably be the first Fediverse instance to place advertising in "real life"! I'm super excited about this experiment 🤘

Read the full post in the blog:

https://blog.650thz.de/posts/advertising-metalhead-club-wacken/

@raisedfist @rugk @artem

#fediverse #mastoadmin #instance #metalheadclub #poster #wacken #metal

thomas, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Oh - don't forget to review your profile settings. As I've upgraded metalhead.club to the latest Mastodon release 4.2, the search bar has gotten MUCH more powerful.

But: To enable its potential, you need to make your posts searchable (if you like).

Pls boost to make people aware. There's no message / notification / warning about this feature. You should review your settings :)

"Preferences" => "Public profile" => "Privacy and reach", then check "Include public posts in search results"

thomas, 1 month ago to fediverse

We have a final design for our metalhead.club Billboard in Wacken (village of Wacken Open Air!)

A big "Thank you! 🙏 " goes out to @bestiaexmachina for her work on the design! ... and also thanks to all the members who contributed their ideas and thoughts - I named them all in the updated blog post:

https://blog.650thz.de/posts/advertising-metalhead-club-wacken/

I'm curious if other #Fediverse instances will follow and be able to place ads in the "real world", too? 🙂

#woa #wacken #metal #metalheadclub #mastoadmin #mastodon

thomas, 24 days ago to fediverse

I have written down in my blog how I carry out the metalhead.club T-shirt campaigns and which suppliers / materials I use.

Maybe it will help some other Fediverse admins who have similar plans

https://thomas-leister.de/en/selling-t-shirts-for-mastodon-metalhead-club/

#fediverse
#mastoadmin
#tshirts
#metalheadclub

thomas, 2 months ago to random German

Im (Bio-) Hotel ist mir am Wochenende aufgefallen, dass die WLAN Accesspoints im Flur kleine Geräte aufgeklebt hatten.

Bei näherer Recherche hat sich herausgestellt, dass es sich um Hokuspokus handelt, der den angeblich schädlichen Anteil der Funkwellen aus den WLAN Signalen eliminiert (nach dem Gegenschallprinzip / Wellenauslöschung) und so eine Verklumpung der Blutkörperchen verhindert 🫠🙃

Danke auch für das Granderwasser. Habe mich gleich viel besser gefühlt xD

https://www.memon.eu/memonizerwlan/MWLAN 🤑🤮

thomas, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to Metal

It's metalhead.club's 6th birthday today! 🥳 🤘

To celebrate this event, @CalyxWorks has created a logo for our instance and donated it. Many, many thanks, @CalyxWorks !

Check out his website: https://calyxdesign.com
And shop: https://calyxdesign.com/calyxworks/

What do you think about our new logo?

(yes, the logo will finally enable us to print t-shirts and thongs! 😁)

#metalheadclub #logo #metal

thomas, 9 months ago to random

Ready to get your metalhead.club t-shirt? 😎

Find more information here: https://blog.650thz.de/metalheadclub-tshirts/

I'm very excited! ... and who knows, maybe we'll be able to identify other metalhead.club members at concerts, soon? 🤘

#metalheadclub

thomas, 3 months ago to mastodon

Update to Mastodon v4.2.4: DONE ✅

If you're #mastoadmin: Watch out! New Ruby version required.
Install after Git fetch:

$ git -C /home/mastodon/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build pull

$ RUBY_CONFIGURE_OPTS=--with-jemalloc rbenv install

$ bundle install

$ yarn install --frozen-lockfile

#mastodon

thomas, 1 month ago to Metal

Listening to #metal #music? Posting about it on mastodon.social?

There are more underground ways to metal up your timeline! Join metalhead.club :damnified: 💪

... and contribute to a more decentralized #Fediverse 🤘

(we don't even host our service at Hetzner LOL)

thomas, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Metalhead.club t-shirts to the following destinations have been sent:

✅ Germany
✅ USA
✅ Spain
✅ Austria
✅ Portugal
✅ Netherlands
✅ Belgium
✅ Hungary
✅ Australia
✅ Mexico
✅ Canada
✅ Switzerland
✅ United Kingdom

Update: All sent!

Note: Delivery to Canada and Mexico will take up to 4 weeks due to insufficient capacity 😕

I will pin this post to my profile so you can find this status post easily.

#metalheadclub #tshirts

thomas, 24 days ago to fediverse German

Ich habe in meinem Blog aufgeschrieben, wie ich die metalhead.club T-Shirt Aktionen durchführe und welche Lieferanten / Materialien ich verwende.

Vielleicht hilft es ja so manchem anderen Fediverse Admin, der ähnliche Pläne hat 🙂

https://thomas-leister.de/selling-t-shirts-for-mastodon-metalhead-club/

#fediverse #mastoadmin #tshirts #metalheadclub

thomas, 5 months ago to Software

Let's see if I can perhaps publish a first version of my software for http://watch.metalhead.club today. I still need to tidy up the code a bit and document it properly so that it can be useful for others.

#metalheadclub #software #fediverse

thomas, 11 months ago to fediverse

Simple Bayesian #Spam Filters in Mastodon - when?

Can we maybe integrate /interface SpamAssassin in /with #Mastodon?

thomas, 6 months ago to fediverse

My FediWatch tool is still in very alpha stage, but if you feel lucky, try out https://watch.metalhead.club and watch our instance communicate with the rest of the Fediverse :)

(server-to-server communication only - user data is not analyzed!)

#fediverse #federation #realTime #metalheadclub

thomas, 2 months ago to random

All the other parents in your children's school classes don't pay you any respect? 😠

Get a metalhead.club T-shirt and wear it on parents' evening! 😏

https://blog.650thz.de/posts/metalheadclub-tshirts-2024/

#metalheadclub

thomas, 17 days ago to random German

Nicht mein Geschenk, aber ich dachte das könnte @inviridi auch gefallen :D

Sorry to my English speaking followers 🤷‍♂️

thomas, 6 months ago to microsoft German

Stimmung gegen Outlook machen ist übrigens immer angebracht. Microsoft hat in seiner ganzen Geschichte nichts zu Email beigetragen, was nicht schädlich war.

Noch heute kämpfen Admins gegen Outlook und MS Mailserver, die sie beliebig blockieren und sich blöd verhalten.

#Outlook #Microsoft

thomas, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Nice!

Shiny new business cards and stickers!
Will be included in the upcoming metalhead.club t-shirt orders.

#metalheadclub

thomas, 2 months ago to random

Your daughter brings a new guy home. Do you want to look tough and likeable at the same time?

Get a metalhead.club T-shirt! https://blog.650thz.de/posts/metalheadclub-tshirts-2024/

#metalheadclub

thomas, 1 month ago to mastodon

#mastoadmin don't forget to unblock instances that you might have blocked weeks ago during the spam wave.

You can find a list of "fixed" instances here: https://github.com/Mastodon-DE/blocklists/blob/main/spam/2024-02-15/2024-02-15-spam-mute-list.md

Thanks again to @ErikUden for maintaining the list!

#mastodon

thomas, 20 days ago (edited 7 days ago) to random

🚨 You want metalhead.club stickers - you get them!

I've found another, more affordable supplier for stickers (thanks for pointing me to Flyeralarm!).

Let me know:

• If you want to receive 1..50..n or more stickers

• And let me know your name and address so I know where to send them.

Provide your info via email: shop@metalhead.club

Stickers are for free, but donations are welcome to cover shipping 😉

#metalheadclub

thomas, 20 days ago (edited 20 days ago) to random German

Um metalhead.club Sticker zu erhalten und aufzukleben, wird euer metalhead.club Ausweis ausnahmsweise nicht verlangt.

Das heißt aber auch: Jeder darf kleben! 🥳 . Also ihr müsst nicht Teil meiner Instanz sein!

Ist das nicht wunderbar?

Bestellst du hier: https://metalhead.club/@thomas/112306510285684781

Costa nix.

#metalheadclub