Mastoadmin resources

Resources for Mastodon admins. Feel free to fork or update via pull request.

Transition from Twitter

• Movetodon (find Twitter connections): https://movetodon.org/
• Twitter archive parser: https://github.com/timhutton/twitter-archive-parser
• Twitter archive URL extractor: https://github.com/mhucka/taupe
• Twitter archive URL unshortener: https://github.com/DocNow/twitter-archive-unshorten
• Twitter archive interactive explorer: https://observablehq.com/@enjalot/twitter-archive-tweets
• Twitter searchable archive maker: https://tinysubversions.com/twitter-archive/make-your-own/
• Tweetbeaver: https://tweetbeaver.com/
• Mastodon contact finder (Followgraph): https://followgraph.vercel.app/
• Mastodon opt-in search (Tootfinder): https://www.tootfinder.ch/
• Mastodon apps comparison: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1De5KRwqMIdwEryfoeBLARgxF7QgKkeOQBCilKuIdAXE/htmlview?pru=AAABhWk7754*atX6yG9T-pm2uu3RweN-HA

General

• 10 tips to start making your server: https://growyourown.services/making-your-own-mastodon-server-in-10-steps/
• Awesome Fedi Admin Resources: https://codeberg.org/nev/awesome-fediadmin/
• Move Mastodon account between instances: https://mstdn.social/@feditips/107939441820299376
• The Fediverse Could Be Awesome (EFF): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/fediverse-could-be-awesome-if-we-dont-screw-it
• Run your own social: https://runyourown.social/
• Nikodemus' Guide to Mastodon: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D9gfeKg_-hlsU66R-dLEvUeyMsqEfyIx2pnfUeX0t_E/edit
• FediAct browser extension to simplify interactions: https://github.com/Lartsch/FediAct

Moderation

• The thick skin 🦣 guide to online community management: communityguide.md
• Democratic governance: https://wiki.social.coop/How-to-make-the-fediverse-your-own.html
• Santa Clara Principles: https://santaclaraprinciples.org/
• Example social docs: https://alxsimon.github.io/ecoevo.social-docs/
• Example community management (hachyderm): https://github.com/hachyderm/community
• Running an instance: https://rixx.de/blog/on-running-a-mastodon-instance/
• Blog post: https://eev.ee/blog/2016/07/22/on-a-technicality/
• Blocklists: https://writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/new-mastoadmin-ban-list-fediblock
• Rapidblock: https://rapidblock.org/
• Defederate tools: https://github.com/Anthchirp/mastodon-defederate
• Mass-add blocklist (experimental): https://mastodon-tools.dingelstad.works/
• Mass-add blocklist (hack): https://github.com/hachyderm/hack

Technical

• Running your server (fedi.tips): https://fedi.tips/running-your-own-server-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/
• Example donations page: https://opencollective.com/ecoevosocial
• Scaling Mastodon: The Compendium: https://hazelweakly.me/blog/scaling-mastodon/
• Notes on scaling: https://ar.al/2022/11/09/is-the-fediverse-about-to-get-fryed-or-why-every-toot-is-also-a-potential-denial-of-service-attack/
• Leaving the basement (scaling): https://community.hachyderm.io/blog/2022/12/03/leaving-the-basement/
• Scaling the Mastodon: https://leah.is/posts/scaling-the-mastodon/
• Set up DeepL Translation: https://write.as/sweetmeat/how-to-activate-the-mastodon-v4-deepl-api-text-translation-service
• Integrate LibreTranslate (German): https://blog.jcs-net.de/libretranslate-in-mastodon-einbinden/
• FakeRelay - Load statuses into your instance: https://github.com/g3rv4/FakeRelay https://notes.abhinavsarkar.net/2022/fake-relay

Legal

• EU/GDPR: https://techpolicy.press/can-mastodon-survive-europes-digital-services-act/
• EU/DSA: https://r.algorithmwatch.org/nl3/s0puvOqTh8sH4ZdLtomVHQ
• US/DMCA: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/user-generated-content-and-fediverse-legal-primer
• German law: https://rechtsbelehrung.com/mastodon-und-haftung-fuer-dezentrale-netzwerke-rechtsbelehrung-folge-60-jura-podcast/
• English law: https://decoded.legal/blog/2022/11/notes-on-operating-fediverse-services-mastodon-pleroma-etc-from-an-english-law-point-of-view

Misc

• User ID Lookup: https://prouser123.me/mastodon-userid-lookup/
• Mastodon widget: https://github.com/mengrru/mastodon-on-blog
• Dev tips: Quick tip from puma/ruby dev
• Emoji list: https://emojos.in/
• Custom CSS Publish/Perish: https://toot.andr3.net/@me/109348060869838278