Ironically, I mistakenly added toot.community in the list. So it is actually, 59 sites. Oops!

I am sleepy. Goodnight.

60 sites — listed in alphabetical order to ensure fairness — are provided for the Toot Community to consider. They were chosen because their admins do a good job running things, keep an open mind, and treat people fairly. These site's admins appear neither mentally exhausted nor financially strained, so members should not need to relocate.

ani.work
apobangpo.space
autistics.life
berlin.social
bsd.cafe
burningboard.net
cf-ap.com
chaos.social
conii.co
cupoftea.social
cyberplace.social
defcon.social
don.linxx.net
expressional.social
fairy.id
federate.social
flipboard.social
fosstodon.org
framapiaf.org
furry.engineer
glasgow.social
hear-me.social
hoto.moe
littleone.littlefedi.social
m.ai6yr.org
masto.nu
masto.nyc
mastodon.gamedev.place
mastodon.nl
mastodon.sdf.org
mastodon.sg
mastodonapp.uk
mathstodon.xyz
mementomori.social
meow.social
misskey.de
misskey.io
mivatter.com
mstdn.ca
mstdn.party
mstdn.plus
muenchen.social
newsie.social
pawb.fun
pdx.social
planet.moe
social.cologne
social.kernel.org
social.silicon.moe
social.treehouse.systems
socialbc.ca
techhub.social
thecanadian.social
toot.community
toot.wales
troet.cafe
universeodon.com
urbanists.social
urusai.social
vt.social

#TootCommunity #Toot

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When I first started calling out the scam groups — Israel "verified" and Gaza "verified" — over a year ago, the one thing those scammers and their original supporters kept claiming was that simply existing somehow was ban evasion. This was long before I was recently vindicated, and before Ukraine bombed Russia's data centers, which took out their operations for a few days.

It was the most nonsensical argument. Simply existing on a decentralized platform is not ban evasion. We can argue, rightfully so, that the only thing I was evading was a wrongful dogpiling effort to wipe me off the Fediverse, which is an interesting argument for a centralized platform — because that is exactly how centralized platforms work!

On a centralized platform like Facebook, X, YouTube, or Reddit, someone is reported, and if the report is valid, they're gone. They no longer exist, and if they rejoin, that is ban evasion.

On a decentralized platform, simply existing is not against the rules or even how the network operates. The whole point of a decentralized network is that you cannot be shut down, swept under the rug, and made to disappear. You can create your own site or move freely throughout the network.

Using the previous "Tommy" example, Tommy has no way of knowing what "John" has done. Tommy may not even know "John" exists, since there are thousands of websites and tens of thousands of users. So, every person claiming "Tommy" is a jerk for moving to a new site does not understand the value or function of a decentralized network. If you could prove that Tommy knew about "John" and knew about the block, but still intentionally reached out to "John," then you may have a valid argument.

But time is also a factor. If years from now, Tommy innocently likes John's post because he doesn't even know who John is years later, that still isn't ban evasion; that's just the chaotic reality of a public web, plus the fact that most people aren't going to recall every single random anonymous person forever.

On a traditional, centralized social media app, a ban is absolute because the entire ecosystem lives under one roof. But the Fediverse isn't a single house — it's a massive neighborhood of independent properties. A landlord locking you out of their specific apartment doesn't mean you are barred from walking down the public sidewalk or renting a room across town. Expecting every independent server owner to coordinate, enforce, and police global personal blocklists just to satisfy someone's personal grudge completely misses the point.

If people want an environment where a single block acts as a universal restraining order across the entire digital universe, they need to log back off the Fediverse and go back to the walled gardens they're so fond of.

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The administrator on Here-Me.Social is correct.

Ban evasion would be if "Bob" had a website and he banned "Tommy." If Tommy rejoined "Bob's" site, that would be ban evasion.

Tommy, simply existing on the Fediverse is not ban evasion.

That means "Tommy" can freely join "Sarah's" website. "Tommy" is not doing anything wrong. Merely existing is not rule-breaking on a decentralized network.

Tommy also has zero way of knowing "John" blocked him. Tommy never receives a notice about "John's" actions. Tommy may have never spoken to "John" or even know "John" exists. There are, after all, thousands of websites and tens of thousands of users. Simply moving to "Sarah's" site, unaware of "John," does not count as evading anything.

Some of you... would do better on a centralized platform. Because your expectations and ideology match that of a centralized platform.

Star Trek fans learned yesterday that Walter Koenig, the actor who played Ensign Pavel Chekov, has passed away. He was 90 years old. Of the original Star Trek cast, there are now only two surviving members: George Takei (Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu) and William Shatner (Captain James Tiberius Kirk).

#StarTrek #RIP

2 day left before the Toot Community goes, bye-bye.

If you're still there, you should migrate your account elsewhere!

#TootCommunity #Toot #Mastodon #Fediverse

Dear Toot Community Members,

I would like to recommend to your users that they find a Fedi site (either Misskey or Mastodon) located in Asia that allows English posters.

Why?

I have seen what your users generally post, and I also have the experience of having moved around a bit. If you truly want freedom of speech without hate speech, along with freedom of expression, you are going to find this a lot easier on an Asian site.

I know, that is so ironic. Speaking as an American myself, I would have always thought a site in North America or Europe would be suitable. But many of those Fedi sites mask the concept of freedom of speech and expression as freedom to agree with their worldview and nothing more.

So long as you are not posting hate speech (racism, homophobia, transphobia), sexism, or other forms of discrimination, spam, scams, or general harmful content — and are not knowingly posting misinformation — while remaining polite and respectful, you will be welcome.

The hard part if finding one that accepts English post. I can suggest two:

Mastodon: https://fairy.id
Misskey: https://mivatter.com

#TootCommunity #Toot #Mastodon #Misskey

For over a year, I kept sharing photos, videos, screenshots, and even documents concerning a scam group. Most people, perhaps because they wanted something positive to believe in, did not want to believe they had been scammed.

It is only recently — when I was finally vindicated after Ukraine bombed a few Russian data centers, causing that scam group's bots, dummy accounts, and other infrastructure to come crashing down — that people were finally willing to accept the truth.

But for a year, I told no lie. I simply wasn't politically or socially correct in the eyes of others.

If you believe everything you will ever say, think, share, or support will always be 100% politically and socially correct, and everyone will always like and agree with what you post, where you go will not matter. But if you're honest with yourself and have even the smallest doubt, I do suggest you pick an Asian community.

#TootCommunity #Toot

RE: https://mivatter.com/notes/asqiyx1z7g

I think I am always going to be a little resentful when I think about that fact, especially considering how many people on the Fediverse dislike AI slop.

Because it wasn't the photo with 6 fingers, 8 fingers, 6 toes, or an extra foot. It wasn't the video where a kid's hair changed color, where a kid walked through a wall, or where kids left no footprints in the sand and had no shadows as they jumped.

Nor was it the non-AI slop either — like Joy mistakenly proving she was in Iran and not Gaza, or the video where a guy makes it look like he is in a tent, but the ceiling tiles of their basement or garage come into frame, all while a solid standing window and frame are left open in the background, held up by a stick to bear the weight, and it's clear the moving sheets are tacked up against a wall and ceiling.

It wasn't even the fact that their so-called spokesperson and founder of the group originally needed to use an interpreter, and that this so-called interpreter was also one of the people asking for donations, proving the whole thing was a closed loop with no independent oversight. Meaning, they promoted themselves, supposedly investigated and verified themselves, and found nothing wrong with themselves — because, of course, they would; it is in their own self-interest to deceive you.

Ultimately, it wasn't any of the evidence anyone stumbled upon — not any of the videos, photos, screenshots, or documents uncovered. No, what finally convinced people that I and others were telling the truth was Ukraine bombing a data center, which brought their bots and much of their infrastructure offline.

I am glad people know the truth, but I'll never think of people on the Fedi in the same light. Proving that it was a scam often felt like trying to prove the earth was round to flat-earthers, or that vaccines work and are safe to COVID deniers. And it took over a year to do so. It would have been easier to turn a blind eye and let them scam everyone, but I had my morals and principles to consider. Damn me and my ethics, I suppose... lol 😅

Someone asked me:

"How does your block list rank by domain?"

You know, I doubt I ever truly did a deep dive into the numbers. I usually just eyeballed things. But it is worth exploring. This code will generate the top 50 (you can change that number at the end to any value).

awk -F'@' '{print $NF}' block_spam_scam_users.csv | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | head -n 50


594 mastodon.social
42 mastodon.world
40 kolektiva.social
27 mstdn.social
24 mas.to
18 piaille.fr
18 mastodon.scot
18 ieji.de
17 infosec.exchange
14 mastodon-social.mostr.pub
14 hachyderm.io
14 app.wafrn.net
12 momostr.pink
12 mastodon.online
11 mastodon.tn
11 beige.party
10 vivaldi.net
9 todon.nl
9 fosstodon.org
9 bsky.brid.gy
8 todon.eu
8 mastodon.sdf.org
8 floss.social
8 bardicperspiration.club
7 metroholografix.ca
7 kafeneio.social
7 eldritch.cafe
6 tech.lgbt
6 tags.pub
6 mastodon.ie
6 mastodon.gamedev.place
6 framapiaf.org
6 blackqueer.life
5 universeodon.com
5 social.tchncs.de
5 neopaquita.es
5 mastodon.nz
5 mastodon.bida.im
5 mastodon.art
5 lgbtqia.space
5 hear-me.social
5 c.im
5 autonomous.zone
5 aus.social
4 vegan.pizza.enby.city
4 sunny.garden
4 sfba.social
4 pouet.chapril.org
4 poster.place
4 ohai.social

Corporations do not care about people.
Corporations do not care about country.
Corporations do not care about environment.
Corporations do not care about rights.
Corporations do not care about privacy.
Corporations do not care about what you care about.

Corporations care about money. That is all. Money - no more, no less. To that ends, everything and everyone is expendable and inconsequential.

RE: https://mivatter.com/notes/asovks1941

At some point, postmarketOS, named itself, Nura.

#Linux #OpenSource #Nura #postmarketOS

I'm going to quote this, because it brings up a very good point.

Not here, but elsewhere (not saying where), I help moderate a few Fedi sites, and this is all too common. Usually, it means someone blindly reported the user account without any explanation.

Imagine this — this is not your job. You come on here after a long day at work. You find a random report among the other 50 to 100 reports you still need to go through, and there are no details. If you think someone is going to hunt for a problem when they don't see one at first glance, you're delusional. Most moderators and administrators want to either do something else more fun or enjoy the community too, just like you are, rather than play detective.

RE: https://hear-me.social/users/admin/statuses/117488082314405621

Neither technology is 100%, but the difference saves lives.

Lidar (think radar) may in rare circumstances detect a false positive, where it thinks a traffic cone is a small person, and slows or stops to let them finish crossing. Tesla's web camera does the opposite with false negatives, thinking a person is a traffic cone, and mistakenly plows through someone's kids or doesn't see them and register at all, still plowing through.

Lidar isn't cheap and that is why self-driving cars which use that tech are not cheap either. Tesla would argue the brains of their system is why things cost so much, but at best, it is no better than a cheap dash camera with an AI trying to interpret the world.

Tesla really does use what amounts to fancy web cameras. There is a reason all other self-driving cars do not use photo-type cameras and instead use lidar — think of it as a radar-type device.

RE: https://fairy.id/ap/users/117073348258030362/statuses/117487537857644720

お使いのウェブサイトがPHPを使用している場合、またはサーバーにPHPがインストールされている場合は、直ちにPHPを最新バージョンに更新してください。攻撃者がサーバーを乗っ取る可能性のある一連のセキュリティ上の問題が存在します。この問題は極めて深刻であり、政府も注目しています。待ってはいけません。今すぐPHPを最新バージョンに更新してください！

If your website uses PHP or if you have PHP installed on your server, you should upgrade your copy of PHP immediately. There is a set of security issues that can allow an attacker to take control of your server. This issue is so severe that even the government has noticed. Do not wait. Upgrade your copy of PHP now!

Donate to Planned Parenthood, and your mailbox will forever be filled with junk mail asking for more money.

I'd like to tell them that all donations to all U.S. charity organizations, including Planned Parenthood, are suspended until a progressive government is established.

Far too many charity organizations have entered politics and try to fund moderate Democrats. We wouldn't be in this mess if moderates hadn't always insisted that unity matters more than change or accountability.

I am not going to be guilt-tripped into playing this game!

#PlannedParenthood #Charity #Donate #Democrat

1,591 accounts identified as participating in spam and scam activity — along with accounts that actively promote, defend, or amplify them.

Save as a CSV file, for example, block.csv, import (upload) the file, and merge it with your current block list.

https://gitflic.ru/project/fediverse-express/fediverse/blob?file=block_spam_scam_users.csv&branch=main&mode=code

This post should be self-explanatory, but for a more exhaustive outline, see: https://mivatter.com/notes/ary14ll86y

#Spam #Scam #Fraud #FediBlock #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #Misskey #Fediverse #ActivityPub #IsraelVerified #GazaVerified

Now that many people are aware that the group calling itself Gaza "verified" is indeed a scam, I want to point people toward actual, credible registered charities that genuinely want to help — and already have helped — people in Gaza.

Because, yes, unfortunately, Gaza "verified" was a scam. But that does not mean the suffering and tragedy of the people of Gaza was not real. It is very much real, and there is indeed a need for humanitarian aid.

1️⃣ PCRF (Specialized medical care and life-saving aid for children)

https://www.pcrf.net

2️⃣ Anera (Emergency food, clean water, healthcare, and shelter since 1968)

https://www.anera.org

3️⃣ PAMA (Volunteer medical relief, clinic support, and treatments)

https://pamausa.org

4️⃣ MAP (Emergency medical supplies and teams for major hospitals)

https://www.map.org.uk

5️⃣ UNRWA General Fund (UN agency providing essential relief and development for Palestinian refugees)

https://donate.unrwa.org/int/en/general

6️⃣ International Committee of the Red Cross / ICRC (3x Nobel Prize-winning organization protecting people in conflict zones)

https://www.icrc.org/en/donate

7️⃣ UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund, protecting children's health, rights, and safety in crisis areas)

https://help.unicef.org/global/donate

8️⃣ UN Crisis Relief - OPT Humanitarian Fund (Managed by OCHA for rapid emergency aid on the ground)

https://crisisrelief.un.org/en/donate-opt-crisis

#GazaVerified #FediForGaza #ChildrenOfGaza #Russia #Bots #Spam #Scam #Fraud #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #GazaRelief #GazaAid

@MSTDNotify@mastodon.au <<

⚠️ This user is a scammer! Do not click the link! ⚠️

No one from Mastodon or Misskey or anywhere on the Fediverse is going to ask for your debit card, credit card, PayPal, or Google Pay to verify you. In fact, no one is every going to ask you to submit anything to verify you on the Fediverse.

#FediBlock #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #Verification