dadsite boy @alex@dads.cool

suspended hunk.city for pleroma nonsense (an @everyone tag that affects masto accounts) #dadmin

if the current trajectory continues we are not *super* far from having to bump up d.c to the $42/month hosting tier, probably in a month or two #dadmin

I’m planning to put some time into updating the blocklist here today (and making sure cooler.mom matches). If any admins want to DM me their list that would be helpful, I know a lot of foulness has popped up this month #dadmin

hey I normally post mod actions local-only but @radicalrobit brought to my attention that some scummos are getting to other instance’s posts because dads.cool hasn’t suspended them yet. I just suspended 6 accounts (gotta love open registration instances) of one of these users. Please let me know if anything else like this pops up I’ll act as quickly as possible. For d.c users, I post mod actions with the hashtag #dadmin. Sorry for leaving the door cracked to creeps

per Eugen, truthsocial disabled all federation features. so if you're wondering if dads.cool is blocking it, there's nothing to block. #dadmin

#dadmin suspending workers.dev as the url is being used to impersonate users in polls (and possibly elsewhere). h/t to @lawremipsum for discovering the issue in the weirdest way possible (ballot-stuffing in a poll where “lmao” was the winning answer)

#dadmin #fediblock

alrighty i'm gonna suspend brighteon.social because among other things, their TOS uses the standard of "deserves it" for whether violent and abusive language and posts are ok (cw screenshot from TOS that describes graphic violence)

In addition to some overdue domain blocks, the Code of Conduct at https://dads.cool/about/more has been updated with the following changes:

· a table of commonly-used CWs if you're new to Mastodon

· a statement explaining that multi-user instances without codes of conduct (or with codes of conduct that do not explicitly forbid harassment) will be suspended

· a link to the dads.cool github page where changes to the code can be tracked

#dadmin

Updating to hometown 1.0.4+3.1.4 momentarily, expect only a couple minutes of downtime.

Fixes include:
-"Not Available" image attachments will now reattempt to download (a mastodon bug fixed in 3.1.4)

-pinned local-only posts now stay local-only (thanks @darius!)

-in apps, replies to local posts will stay local, and unique posts will be local-only if that's what you have as default in the web UI (see details in screenshot)

#dadmin

A lot of good fixes coming in the next #hometown update next week, including a fix for the “not available” image preview bug which affected pretty much the whole fediverse, as well as several fixes for local-only posting, including local-only pinned posts. Thanks for the hard work, @darius! #dadmin

Gonna block qoto.org on this instance later this morning when I’m at my desk.

Their forked version of mastodon implements a feature that allows accounts on their instance to follow locked accounts—even if you reject a follow request from a qoto user, they can see all your public-level posts on their home timeline.

This is a breach of trust to users of other instances and provides a vector for stalking and harassment, as users may not know who is following them.

#dadmin

Thinking about adding an FAQ to dads.cool’s about page, including the obvious “Why not regular mastodon?” and “why dads and just not parents?” #dadmin