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Mastodon account(s), server search

May 25, 2023, 9:23 AM

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Hello,

Am Donnerstag 01 Dezember 2022 17:42:47 schrieb Bernhard Reiter:
> seems to be a good time to start an official Mastodon account
> for GnuPG and related topics like Gpg4win and OpenPGP.

this plan was frozen
first by the future OpenPGP standards (see gnupg-devel@ from the 26th on).
secondly by me being unable to work for several weeks

> At least for announcements and some interaction as the interest
> is growing for this decentral platform.

I'm picking it up again and assume ongoing interest.

== Server selection details

> initial rough requirements:
> * located in Europe
(preferred, because many GnuPG / Gpg4win people
know the legal environment in the EU better)
> * can be volunteeringly paid for
> * some volume / track record to expect a good administration
> * a moderation and contents policy that allows for respectful
> exchange, but is liberal in that commercial Free Software
> topics (and broad other topics) are allowed as well.
> * (optional) Free Software and privacy friendly organisation

Found more:
* can take the potential load (https://twitter.com/gnupg as 20k followers)
* (optional) Tor network access
* German any English?

The latter is a question if we should make two account, one for Englisch and
one for German. There are quite a lot of German speaking Gpg4win and GnuPG
users, it probably is the second largest group after English.

Thanks again for the server suggestions, my current ranking is:
1. https://mstdn.social 35k account
Has everything, strong point: Tor access.
Weak point: no advertising
I've asked, and it is okay to write about professional
Free Software products as long as it does not flood the public timeline.

2. infosec.exchange 18k
Servers rented in Germany, Responsible Person in the US. No Tor.
No FS preferance.
Strong point: Infosec community (and moderators from that topic)

3. fosstodon.org 16k
No Tor.
weak point: English post only.

All are suitable servers and we could migrate of course.
Maybe I'm looking for a server which is a little bit smaller as a forth
alternative. (I've gave https://pleroma.social servers a brief look, but I
haven't found a good match. ;) )

Best Regards
Bernhard

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Re: Mastodon account(s), server search [ In reply to ]

hfollmann at itcfollmann

May 25, 2023, 10:15 AM

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On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 06:23:37PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Am Donnerstag 01 Dezember 2022 17:42:47 schrieb Bernhard Reiter:
> > seems to be a good time to start an official Mastodon account
> > for GnuPG and related topics like Gpg4win and OpenPGP.
>
> this plan was frozen
> first by the future OpenPGP standards (see gnupg-devel@ from the 26th on).
> secondly by me being unable to work for several weeks
>
> > At least for announcements and some interaction as the interest
> > is growing for this decentral platform.
>
> I'm picking it up again and assume ongoing interest.
>
> == Server selection details
>
>
> > initial rough requirements:
> > * located in Europe
> (preferred, because many GnuPG / Gpg4win people
> know the legal environment in the EU better)
> > * can be volunteeringly paid for
> > * some volume / track record to expect a good administration
> > * a moderation and contents policy that allows for respectful
> > exchange, but is liberal in that commercial Free Software
> > topics (and broad other topics) are allowed as well.
> > * (optional) Free Software and privacy friendly organisation
>
> Found more:
> * can take the potential load (https://twitter.com/gnupg as 20k followers)
> * (optional) Tor network access
> * German any English?
>
> The latter is a question if we should make two account, one for Englisch and
> one for German. There are quite a lot of German speaking Gpg4win and GnuPG
> users, it probably is the second largest group after English.
>
> Thanks again for the server suggestions, my current ranking is:
> 1. https://mstdn.social 35k account
> Has everything, strong point: Tor access.
> Weak point: no advertising
> I've asked, and it is okay to write about professional
> Free Software products as long as it does not flood the public timeline.
>
> 2. infosec.exchange 18k
> Servers rented in Germany, Responsible Person in the US. No Tor.
> No FS preferance.
> Strong point: Infosec community (and moderators from that topic)
>
> 3. fosstodon.org 16k
> No Tor.
> weak point: English post only.
>

Well there was also the initial thought of spinning "our own" instance.
I still hold the gnupg.social dns registration and I am still willing
to pay for it and keeping it current.
I also would chip in time as a assistant administrator. Though I have to
say I do not have any experience in running a mastodon instance.

-H

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Re: Mastodon account: running a server? [ In reply to ]

bernhard at intevation

May 26, 2023, 5:09 AM

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Hi Henning,

Am Donnerstag 25 Mai 2023 19:15:19 schrieb Henning Follmann:
> Well there was also the initial thought of spinning "our own" instance.

yes, I did not mention it, because I've answered it back then:
The limitation are administration and moderation time.
For this to work out, at least one more person would need to step up.

My idea is that most GnuPG developers will rather improve something specific
for GnuPG (or the Free Soft ecosystem around it) than running a fedivese
server.

> I still hold the gnupg.social dns registration and I am still willing
> to pay for it and keeping it current.
> I also would chip in time as a assistant administrator. Though I have to
> say I do not have any experience in running a mastodon instance.

Thanks for both offers!
If someone else comes up and wants to run the server, it may become a viable
option. (Though I don't know how GnuPG devs think about using the official
name.)

If this is considered, why not run a Pleroma backend or one of this line.

Best Regards
Bernhard

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