Modlog

[julian@activitypub.space]

24 September 2025

• This week, a new logo was uploaded for the site
• NodeBB now supports nicknaming remote categories so the three identically-named "Fediverse" communities are now nicknamed to show their instance origin (PieFed.social, Lemmy.world, and Lemmy.ml) ― thanks @django@social.coop for letting me know

[julian@activitypub.space]

25 September 2025

• A new category has appeared! Moderation & Server Administration is up and running for your questions and discussion about all things instance admin related. This category is a bit of a catch-all but I am happy to discuss splitting the category into additional categories given usage.
• fediadmin no longer auto-categorizes to General, it now goes to the Moderation category
• fedimod and fedimods will now auto-categorize to the Moderation category.

[julian@activitypub.space]

4 October 2025

• Added auto-categorization rule for user @fedizen@mastodon.social so that all posts stay uncategorized, due to hashtag abuse

[julian@activitypub.space]

6 October 2025

• Updated branding icons to reflect new logo in touch/maskable icons (so PWA app installs should have the right logo now)

[julian@activitypub.space]

13 October 2025

• Added a new category for developer announcements/logs for various software
  1. WordPress (mirrors @activitypub.blog@activitypub.blog)
  2. Mastodon (mirrors @mastodonengineering@mastodon.social)
  3. Akkoma (mirrors @akkoma@ihatebeinga.live)
  4. Lemmy (Lemmy's main announcements community)
• @Lexicaleigh put together a draft code of conduct for ActivityPub.Space. Please give it a gander and let us know your comments

[julian@activitypub.space]

21 October 2025

• Added fedimemes@feddit.uk to the Related Communities section <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f608.png?v=42a4d91a3c1" title="" />

[julian@activitypub.space]

7 November 2025

• Enabled Anubis in response to AI scrapers overwhelming the server multiple times a day

Please let me know if you experience any federation delays or other oddities!

[julian@activitypub.space]

12 November 2025

• Per report @trwnh@mastodon.social about some content missing from mastodon.social, I have disabled anubis temporarily as it may have been inadvertently blocked by it.

[julian@activitypub.space]

17 November 2025

• Re-enabled Anubis with a blanket rule that allows requests to /inbox; hopefully that should resolve any issues.

[julian@activitypub.space]

16 January 2026

• Re-enabled Anubis after adjusting some rules.
  • After the last update 17 Nov, I actually disabled Anubis again because it was interfering with logins (perhaps this is a known issue? Anyhow, proxying POST requests directly to NodeBB fixed the issue)

[julian@activitypub.space]

26 January 2026

• I will be out of the country until 2 February. Don't spam my forum kthxbai.

[julian@activitypub.space]

30 January 2026

• Added a new subsection for conferences and meetups, with a new category for FOSDEM
  • Any topics tagged #fosdem, #fosdem26, and #socialwebfosdem and found by this forum or the FediBuzz relay will be automatically categorized there (the category will boost those topics)
  • Additional categories for FediMTL (Montreal; @paige@masto.canadiancivil.com) and FediCon (Vancouver; @reiver@mastodon.social) to follow

[julian@activitypub.space]

31 January 2026

• Added categories for FediCon and FediMTL (listening to those hashtags as well)

[julian@activitypub.space]

10 March 2026

• Fixed permissions on the Mastodon mirror category so it actually works now (oops!)