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Mastodon Admin
Notes on running a Mastodon instance. I use masto.host, so I don't have any knowledge of the sysadmin side of things.
Federation
The entire Fediverse is fucking awful. Probably at least 50% shithead bigots, and of the rest most are some bland flavour of hippy nerd. The good thing is that you don't have to associate with instances you don't like.
The best way to keep up with new shit instances is to follow the 'fediblock' tag. It's also useful to check the tag from a big instance like mastodon.social, so make sure you don't miss stuff. Note that .social federates with some of the shit instances you'll probably want to block, so there'll be some noise.
I think it's important for an admin to be proactive about who you federate with, so when I find a shit instance I have a browse and see who else those people are talking to.