Notices by multiple creatures (multiplecreatures@monsterpit.net)

:newl: 🛏️ :newr: bed bed bed bed bed

"allow all by default is a good federation policy"

"here are some tips to keep you safe online:"
- extremely common advice
- inaccessibly technical advice
- unmarked ad placement with fully expanded marketing name of product repeated 6 times in 1 paragraph
- extremely outdated advice
author: not a. salesperson, it professional

wind howls cause it’s a wolf

watch out for phishing attempts from accounts masquerading as other accounts on other servers

if you get a cold whisper/dm from someone trying to get you to open a link please report it

— :blobgoat:

in your nginx config for mastodon add after the /api/v1/streaming block:

 location /api/v2/search {
    access_log off;
    try_files $uri @proxy;
  }

sanitize your logs:

sed -i '/\/api\/v2\/search\?/d' /var/log/nginx/access.log{,.?}`

— :blobgoat:

if you're blocking gab by user-agent remember to return 444 instead of 403 or 404
it will force nginx to abort the connection right there

— :blobgoat:

short:
suspending a domain blocks pushing content but not pulling content

long:
- pulls can be done from anywhere on the internet using any web software (e.g., wget, curl)
- fedi servers often don't pull from the same ip their domain points to for pushing (e.g. they use cloudflare, aws, gcloud, docean floating ips, etc)
- the only way to prevent this is for fedi platforms to agree on a scheme for authenticated fetching

- unlisted & public posts are pullable
- direct and follower-only posts are not pullable buuuuuut...
- followers-only posts can leak onto servers where they are pullable which is why trusting servers you federate with is really important

— :blobgoat:

:baba: :is: :you: :and: :andknuckles_2::andknuckles_3::andknuckles_4::andknuckles_5::andknuckles_6::andknuckles_7::andknuckles_8:

remember! if your local timeline doesn't make you wanna jump into the community you're in or feel warm & fuzzy like the cutie you are it's ok to try other communities!

you don't want to stay somewhere that makes you feel like you're just tolerating it cause you "have to" like on those big branded blue sites

find the fediverse community (or communities!) that makes you wanna go–

:blobmeltcryinglove: "this place is so good!!!"

–every time you open it