<![CDATA[There are comments asking us to elaborate so here are some more specific reasons why we will be defederating.]]>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Their admin and moderation team are seemingly no longer active.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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/fc228879-6910-49fc-bea1-a40a5f335c31/there-are-comments-asking-us-to-elaborate-so-here-are-some-more-specific-reasons-why-we-will-be-defederating.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 05:29:55 GMTSun, 19 Apr 2026 15:22:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to There are comments asking us to elaborate so here are some more specific reasons why we will be defederating. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:48:11 GMT]]>@fosstodon what's the easiest way to list all accounts I'm following on mastodon.cloud ?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/paulox/statuses/116439232749204514https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/paulox/statuses/116439232749204514Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:48:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are comments asking us to elaborate so here are some more specific reasons why we will be defederating. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:08:44 GMT]]>@adventure_tense @fosstodon If you’re checking your account regularly I’d offer that 72 hours seems fair. If you’re not checking it recently I think that is on the user.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/mordoc/statuses/116434594973497573https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/mordoc/statuses/116434594973497573Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:08:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are comments asking us to elaborate so here are some more specific reasons why we will be defederating. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:30:39 GMT]]>@adventure_tense @ghost_letters @fosstodon they can restore relationships later whenever a user migrated elsewhere tho

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/joel/statuses/116433029629162730https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/joel/statuses/116433029629162730Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:30:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are comments asking us to elaborate so here are some more specific reasons why we will be defederating. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:52:45 GMT]]>@adventure_tense

Their accounts won't cease to exist after 72 hours, they simply won't be able to communicate with people on the fosstodon.org instance. I suspect that a number of other instances have already defederated them or will do so in the near future.

People on that instance will be able to migrate their accounts for as long as it continues running. Of course there's no knowing how long that will be.

@fosstodon

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/ratcatcher/statuses/116432880635605274https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/ratcatcher/statuses/116432880635605274Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:52:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are comments asking us to elaborate so here are some more specific reasons why we will be defederating. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:39:59 GMT]]>@fosstodon Those on that instance need more than 72 hours to evacute. We need a hair more pragmatism.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mapstodon.space/users/adventure_tense/statuses/116432594495221767https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mapstodon.space/users/adventure_tense/statuses/116432594495221767Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:39:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are comments asking us to elaborate so here are some more specific reasons why we will be defederating. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:33:20 GMT]]>@ghost_letters @fosstodon I agree. 72 hours is not enough time. People aren't setup to "evacute" a server in that little a time.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mapstodon.space/users/adventure_tense/statuses/116432568335488724https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mapstodon.space/users/adventure_tense/statuses/116432568335488724Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:33:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are comments asking us to elaborate so here are some more specific reasons why we will be defederating. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:55:17 GMT]]>@shadowwwind @fosstodon

No doubt about that part. My reply was aimed at the second post that talks about security implications.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ghost_letters/statuses/116432418759806946https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ghost_letters/statuses/116432418759806946Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:55:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are comments asking us to elaborate so here are some more specific reasons why we will be defederating. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:50:06 GMT]]>@ghost_letters @fosstodon fosstodon provides a free service. They have to manually moderate users and spammers from mastodon.cloud. It creates a lot of work for them to not defederate.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/shadowwwind/statuses/116432398382422201https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/shadowwwind/statuses/116432398382422201Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:50:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are comments asking us to elaborate so here are some more specific reasons why we will be defederating. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:28:24 GMT]]>@fosstodon

I would expect that to have the same security implications like someone I know with an insecure email provider.

Yes, that might enable bad actors to impersonate my mate, but that does not exposes me to an immediate threat.

Overall, the communication by Fosstodon reminds me a lot of corperate business language. 😕

Monitoring the issue for month to arrive at a 72h notice makes it even more questionable. See https://hachyderm.io/@dalias/116431358768467909

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ghost_letters/statuses/116432249875325233https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ghost_letters/statuses/116432249875325233Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:28:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are comments asking us to elaborate so here are some more specific reasons why we will be defederating. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:29:53 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fosstodon/statuses/116432082951837156https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fosstodon/statuses/116432082951837156Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:29:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are comments asking us to elaborate so here are some more specific reasons why we will be defederating. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:27:51 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fosstodon/statuses/116432074937555162https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fosstodon/statuses/116432074937555162Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:27:51 GMT