Updated to the latest version of #GoToSocial that has an optional gallery view on profiles - perfect for my photo-centric account, @snaps

Tons of themes to try, too.

https://gts.scoobysnack.net/@snaps

Neat. The upcoming v0.19.0 version of #GoToSocial will get 2FA!

https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/user_guide/settings/#two-factor-authentication

..aaaaand back.
Live from #GoToSocial 0.19.0-rc1.

#ThisIsTheWay
#Bobadin

I suspect there will be 2-3 release candidates for GoToSocial 0.19 until we have a final release so not jumping straight on it. But 2FA and Token review are cool features to have.

#gotosocial

Hello, we just created the first release candidate for version 0.19.0 of #GoToSocial:

https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/releases/tag/v0.19.0-rc1

Adventurous admins can try out this release candidate using the 0.19.0-rc1 docker tag, or by downloading the proper tar archive on the release page.

This version contains several database migrations so you will need to be patient when upgrading, and backup your database first!!

Release highlights:

• OAuth token scope enforcement: Token scopes (read, write etc) now actually do stuff! So we removed the big "scopes don't do stuff!" warning in the docs. The enforced scopes match the Mastodon API token scopes, so there shouldn't be any surprises for bot owners / app developers.
  See https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/api/swagger/ for more info.
• Token review / invalidation: You can now review and invalidate tokens issued for your account in the settings panel, to help keep your account secure.
  Docs: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/user_guide/settings/#access-tokens
• Create and manage applications in the settings panel: Handy for people who want to run bots and applications with GoToSocial!
  Docs: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/user_guide/settings/#applications
• Gallery-style profile layout option: You can now choose to lay out the web view of your profile in a 'gram style gallery. Good for people who mostly post media and want to put that at the forefront.
  Docs: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/user_guide/settings/#select-layout
• Support for two-factor authentication (aka 2FA): If your instance isn't configured to use an OIDC provider, you can now secure your account with 2FA via a QR code and an authenticator app. When logging in with 2FA enabled, you will have to provide a time-based one-time password. Security!
  Docs: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/user_guide/settings/#two-factor-authentication
• Lots of web view tweaks including nicer media rendering on chrome, proper blurhash support, much better support for keyboard-based page navigation, wider font support for different scripts, and more.

Thanks for reading! :)

IPv6‐ссылка не стала кликабельной, ну да ладно.

I have to say, 98% of me being confronted with spam in the Fediverse is other people talking about it. This comes down to excellent moderation of my old main account. But what delights me even more is how quiet it is on my own private server, with no moderation at all.

Of course this is a really small account and everything, but if you don't enable open sign-ups and require to approve follow requests, a big part of the problem is covered.

I see people complaining -- and guess what? 9 out of 10 are on mastodon.social. I totally get that not everyone wants or is able to host their own server. That's fine. But if you're joining the Fediverse on mastodon.social, then complain that Mastodon or even the Fediverse is bad because of spam, without every trying another server, you kinda missed the point.

#GoToSocial のいいところは、以前の投稿がインポートできるところなんだよね。これはかなり大きいと思う

Importing posts from previous instances - GoToSocial Documentation: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/user_guide/importing_posts/

@elena hello to you. I begun to read all your posts from the beginning in your #GoToSocial self-hosted. Its like reading a book !

I self-host myself my blog and two other web apps with a web panel called #Webuzo. It use Softaculous to install apps. But I think to host my own Federated social app. And this panel doesn't support any ActivityPub apps. I already explored #Yunohost. Interesting to read your experience about it.

Why did you decide to use GtS instead Mastodon ?

For the next few days, I'll mostly post to this #GoToSocial account and then share it from my old @ajsadauskas Vivaldi Social account.

At this stage, I mostly just want to see there aren't any nasty surprises when I use GtS regularly. I'm also waiting the seven days for the BlueSky bridge to start working.

Once it does, I'll move everything over to this account.

A bit of an unusual tutorial on #GoToSocial today. It’s an interesting project so there is a lot of explainer mixed in while I waited for the accounts to migrate.
GTS gives you this preview of a future when move command is in the AP spec and you can migrate any account into any other account.

From: @fedihost
https://video.fedihost.co/w/i2AGvZc69gnscfNnDPdVrN

Ich habe eine der seltenen #FireFish Instanzen im #Fediverse gesehen, es gibt sie noch

Screenshot der Verbindungen zu anderen Instanzen unserer Instant und welche Software dort läuft.
Unter anderem etliche #Friendica, #goToSocial, #Pixelfed, #IceShrimp, #Akkoma und ein paar Mastodon Instanzen

EDIT sagt, ich soll den link noch anfügen
feuerfis.ch

How to Migrate a Mastodon Account to GoToSocial

https://video.fedihost.co/w/i2AGvZc69gnscfNnDPdVrN

This #GoToSocial account has become a step-by-step tutorial in how to self-host the publishing platform #Ghost (and troubleshoot issues)

If you're not interested in my messages on the subject, I will be using a new hashtag #EleSelfHostsGhost so you can just mute it.

I'm a little late to the party because everything is now set-up and running smoothly:
I manually installed Ghost on my Ubuntu VPS
I imported all the old posts and media: https://news.elenarossini.com
I installed #Apache to use #Varnish cache and changed the cache's maxAge so that a bit of traffic wouldn't overwhelm my VPS
I published and shared on Mastodon a new blog post: https://news.elenarossini.com/what-im-up-to-march-april-2025-edition/ Thanks to Varnish and the maxAge cache tweak, the VPS withstood the "Mastodon stampede" (the post had made it to Explore!)

So far so good.

but when I tried to send that blog post as a newsletter to just 210 people, #Mailgun immediately flagged me as a spammer and froze my account

It took about 48 hours of back-and-forth emails with the Mailgun team to convince them I'm not a spammer and to get my account reinstated.

Now, why am I sharing all this?

In case you are also tempted to self-host Ghost, I found that the official Ghost - Mailgun documentation has little information available. But I discovered this super helpful post in the Ghost Forums and I will be trying this tweak to see if it makes a difference:

https://forum.ghost.org/t/unable-to-send-newsletter-with-correct-mailgun-api-keys/34186/6

And yes, I'm aware that if you sign up for my newsletter you will get an email with a warning "this message failed the domain authentication" (or something along these lines). Problem is, when I implemented a tweak, changing config settings, the alert went away but I saw a spike in activity in my Dashboard, as if I had sent 600 emails (I did not). For now I can live with the warning.

I appreciate Ghost's new implementation of a spam filter because around the same time I got really suspicious signups originating from the same domain.

Anyway after I change all this I will try to send once again my blog post as a newsletter.

Special thanks to my parents for looking after my little one so I can do all this while she's on a school vacation

Something interesting I've noticed about #GoToSocial

I've tried to add a few Threads accounts just to test it out, and it doesn't seem to work.

The BlueSky Bridge? Yup.

Flipboard? Yup.

Threads? Can't seem to find them.

I'm just curious: Is it something with my setup? Or is Threads not compatible with GtS?

(Given Zuckerberg's actions over the past few decades, not being visible on Threads is not necessarily a bad thing. Just curious to know?)

Возможно, вы грустите из-за того, что lor.sh закрывается.

Но вообще, у этого есть и плюсы.

Например, некоторые его обитатели побежали искать себе варианты для селфхоста. Естественно, как это обычно бывает, незамутнённый взгляд под непривычным углом быстро находит проблемы.

Поэтому, например, @rayslava вон скоро будет чинить плагин для Emacs под Mitra, а мы с @iliazeus уже нашли несколько проблем в GoToSocial и одном веб-клиенте для него и Mastodon.

Так что может lor.sh летом и закроется, но тем самым даст некоторый толчок нашей федеративной экосистеме стать лучше.

Так что налейте мне полстакана да выпьем за лорш и людей, которые там собрались

Today I used #GoToSocial's reply-approval for the first time. It felt good.