Notices by Fosstodon (fosstodon@fosstodon.org)

Secondly, their Mastodon software version has not been updated for an extended period of time and has known security vulnerabilities. We do not want to risk any exploits with those vulnerabilities that may affect our users.

An instance that is unmoderated and insecure poses a risk to other servers it federates with. The Fosstodon team did not take this decision lightly, and arrived here after months of observing these issues.

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@fosstodon/116426844488528606

There are comments asking us to elaborate so here are some more specific reasons why we will be defederating.

Firstly, mastodon.cloud’s admins have been unresponsive to us regarding large volumes of spam accounts and other coc-violating content registering to their server.

Their admin and moderation team are seemingly no longer active. With the server still in open registration, this allows more bad actors to create accounts without moderation and affect the experience of federated servers.

Again we encourage you to reach out to any accounts you follow on mastodon.cloud and ask them to migrate their accounts to an active server.

This is not only to allow them to continue to participate in the fediverse community but also for their own security, as mastodon.cloud is no longer a secure platform.

Hi all, we've made the decision to defederate with mastodon.cloud, due to the unfortunate neglect of the server. Mastodon.cloud was already limited by Fosstodon. We will complete the defederation in 72 hours. Please reach out to accounts you still follow on mastodon.cloud and encourage them to move, while you can still contact them as the defederation will break your follow.

The instance https://fosstodon.su was recently brought to our attention. We want to make sure everyone understands this instance is not affiliated with us in any way.

Gina has posted a statement about the events of the past weeks and how the Fosstodon team is committed to being an inclusive space:

https://hub.fosstodon.org/fosstodon-community-statement

Introducting The Fosstodon Foundation! More about what this is and what it means for #Fosstodon from Kris:

https://hub.fosstodon.org/introducing-the-fosstodon-foundation

📣 Call for volunteers 📣 for the new #Fosstodon team, and a quick introduction from Gina, the new admin:

https://hub.fosstodon.org/update-from-gina

Mike and Kev are stepping down, but that doesn't mean Fosstodon is shutting down.

https://hub.fosstodon.org/were-not-shutting-down

Here's our position on the "Facebook joining the Fedi" mess...

https://hub.fosstodon.org/facebook-fosstodon-fedi