Mastodon servers can optionally be run in "limited federation mode", also known as "allowlist mode" or "isolated mode".

[homegrown@social.growyourown.services]

Mastodon servers can optionally be run in "limited federation mode", also known as "allowlist mode" or "isolated mode".

In that mode the server doesn't communicate at all with any other servers, unless the admin has specifically added a server to their "allowlist".

Isolated servers are much safer but less busy, and generally created by admins who want to make a private network rather than be part of a larger social network. More info at:

https://fedi.tips/creating-an-isolated-server

#MastoAdmin #SelfHosting

[markwyner@mas.to]

@homegrown whoa, that’s rad. I had no idea this exists.

With closed registration, an empty allow list, and all posts set to followers-only, you could essentially have a walled garden among friends.