Unfortunately, no. The domain name of your Mastodon instance is an essential part of how it functions within the network, and it is impossible to change it without breaking federation. Let’s imagine you have an account @alice on a server Alice.com and follow @bob on the server Bob.com. Whenever @bob makes a post, his server (Bob.com) federates that post to … Read More
The Times They Are a-Changin’
Today I am introducing several changes to Masto.host. The web interface is now in open beta. The web interface goes from closed to open beta. Everyone hosted on Masto.host can now request backup downloads and manage their service via the web interface. Note that the web interface is still a work in progress and active development. Please let me know … Read More
Privacy Policy Changes
I have made the following changes to the Privacy Policy: The following line changed from : “I currently rely on two sub-processors MailGun and OVH.” to “I currently rely on four sub-processors MailGun, CloudFlare, ClouDNS and OVH.”. I added the following: CloudFlare provides CDN (Content Delivery Network) for media files. The usage of a CDN is intended to improve load … Read More
Changes to the Terms of Service
I have added the following to the terms of service: ——— I will not accept to host Mastodon servers that promote or that become a gathering of users around the following topics: Sexual content involving minors, including artistic depictions Gore and extremely graphic violence, including artistic depictions National Socialism Nazism Holocaust denial Racism Alt right, including under the disguise of … Read More