Posts tagged with “Mastodon”
Setting up Elasticsearch for Mastodon 4.2.x
With Mastodon 4.2.0 proper full text search has finally arrived. This post runs through the server requirements and setup of Elasticsearch for mastodon 4.2.x.
Tweaking Postgres for Mastodon
I had to increase Postgres' max_connections settings to resolve issues with my Mastodon instance.
Muli user support for FediFetcher
FediFetcher now has multi user support. This is great for admins of instances with a very small number of users, who want to run FediFetcher for several of their users.
FediFetcher can now backfill any user mentioned in your notifications
FediFetcher can now backfill the profiles of anyone who is mentioned in your notifications.
`mastodon_get_replies` is now FediFetcher
mastodon_get_replies has always been a pain to both say and type, and also now only covers about 50% of the functionality of the script, so please meet FediFetcher!
Pull missing posts from new followers, as well as recently followed accounts into Mastodon
Since v3.0.0 of FediFetcher you can backfill remote accounts, after you have begun following them. This post explains how.
Pull missing responses into Mastodon
Mastodon does not always pull responses to posts from other instances through to your own instance. This means that if you read a post from another server, you may not see all replies. This post provides a GitHub Action that can help push remote replies into your home instance.
Full-text search in Mastodon
Full-text search support on Mastodon is severely lacking. But you can either use google or install a patch on your own Mastodon instance to significantly improve your search experience.
Translation options for Mastodon
Mastodon supports DeepL as well as LibreTranslate for translating posts. This post compares LibreTranslate and DeepL, and how they work with Mastodon.
Adding comments to your blog, powered by mastodon
Adding mastodon-powered comments to your blog - how to create a dependency free solution to add comments to your blog using the Mastodon API.
Blocking Hashtags from your Mastodon instance
Removing unwanted content from your mastodon instance, that may have been pushed to your server through federated instances.
Running a single-user Mastodon instance
Several optimisations and changes I've made to my single user mastodon instance.