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'''Mastodon''' is a federated social network which is comparable in functionality to Twitter and part of the [[Fediverse]]. Due to the federation, instances are constantly joining the network or disappearing.
'''Mastodon''' is a federated social network which is comparable in functionality to Twitter and part of the [[Fediverse]]. Due to the federation, instances are constantly joining the network or disappearing.


As of January 2019, it is not possible to properly migrate an account from one instance to another<ref>{{URL|https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/177}}</ref>.
As of January 2019, it is not possible to properly migrate an account from one instance to another<ref>https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/177</ref>.
 
Since May 2019, ArchiveTeam has not archived Mastodon or any other Fediverse instances; see the page of the latter for details.


== Archival ==
== Archival ==
Instances can be archived reasonably well by starting a recursive crawl from the "about" page, which contains a link to the admin profile. This may not cover the entire instance though.
Instances can be archived reasonably well by starting a recursive crawl from the "about" page, which contains a link to the admin profile. This may not cover the entire instance though. A more complete coverage requires first crawling the API to retrieve a full list of accounts on the instance, then starting a recursive crawl from those. The API as well as the ActivityPub endpoints also offer other ways to obtain a dump of the status data, e.g. by iterating over the public timeline or over the accounts' outboxes; this does not produce (easily) browsable archives but can be accessed much better programmatically.
 
Mastodon has a built-in feature allowing for automatic post deletion, instancewide <ref>https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/875</ref> or at the behest of individual users <ref>https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/109367449562229972</ref>.


== Lists of instances ==
== Lists of instances ==
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== Dead and dying instances ==
== Dead and dying instances ==
* 2024-01-01<ref>https://cybre.space/~chr/cybre-space-eol</ref> cybre.space, 2.86k users
* 2023-05-09<ref>https://mastodon.lol/@nathan/109836633022272265</ref> mastodon.lol, 18k users
* 2022-12-01<ref>https://ashfurrow.com/blog/mastodon-technology-shutdown/</ref> mastodon.technology, 23.6k users
* 2020-11-1<ref>https://snouts.online/@Sapphicgiraffic/105133310163251117</ref>: snouts.online<ref>https://snouts.online/@Sapphicgiraffic/105133310163251117</ref>, 3054 users, 2265852 statuses, {{partiallysaved}}/{{notsaved}}
* between 2019-10-09<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20191009151917/https://mastodon.dregin.com/about</ref> and 2019-11-16: mastodon.dregin.com<ref>{{URL|https://mastodon.dregin.com/@dregin/101841772024992131}}</ref><ref>{{URL|https://mastodon.ie/@dregin/102033888477173336}}</ref>, 16 users, 98 statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|6t10b41nvx3gdl7pjsebx56dm}}
* between 2019-07-14<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190714012148/https://www.bookbeezhive.com/about</ref> and 2019-08-11<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190811222932/http://www.bookbeezhive.com/</ref>: www.bookbeezhive.com<ref>{{URL|https://www.bookbeezhive.com/@PletchaPJWebb/101982288878668788}}</ref>, 101 users, 6345 statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|tthg1hszz9bjl1uwxzoy9a7w}}
* 2019-05-18: berries.space<ref>{{URL|https://berries.space/@mods/102039498886510781}}</ref><ref>{{URL|https://is.nota.live/@ida/102103468237073449}}</ref>, 3k users, 634k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|11lu0srbwxroh7huboiej67wp}}, {{Job|8grwhmq7awexfnuozbd6o29h9}}
* between 2019-05-06<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190506180209/https://waytoo.online/about</ref> and 2019-11-16: waytoo.online<ref>{{URL|https://waytoo.online/@hypirlink/102021347784209856}}</ref>, 3 users, 786 statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|au35hf4x8hwq290wf3v7nr4vt}}
* 2019-05-07: smusi.ch<ref>{{URL|https://smusi.ch/@smusi/101844877814629349}}</ref>, 548 users, 4776 statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|a1ylhltresype3wqgti7j75xq}}
* 2019-05-07: smusi.ch<ref>{{URL|https://smusi.ch/@smusi/101844877814629349}}</ref>, 548 users, 4776 statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|a1ylhltresype3wqgti7j75xq}}
* 2019-04-28: friends.nico<ref>{{URL|https://friends.nico/@friends_nico/101827010188335801}}</ref>, 48k users, 23.6M statuses, {{inprogress}}, {{Job|bnep6tuzykw7n2p00d1fzo8os}}
* 2019-05-??: terrafirma.space<ref>{{URL|https://mastodon.social/@mastohost/102028765248401685}}</ref>, number of users and statuses unknown, {{lost}}
* 2019-04-28: friends.nico<ref>{{URL|https://friends.nico/@friends_nico/101827010188335801}}</ref>, 48k users, 23.6M statuses, {{partiallysaved}}, {{Job|bnep6tuzykw7n2p00d1fzo8os}}, {{Job|8fmcbfaimu9yxyw6o9ov41ewi}}, {{Job|boyjduz4g0zwd6jkickjaclfo}}, {{Job|36y6ladhmmtkfnthy4xljnh46}}, {{Job|cxhzh6fdf1rvxqt952r3eo5h5}}, {{Job|2p8yjkcv6gljavrs4n8m1uly8}}, {{Job|3mqd2z115rjuv6hszk1ulf2s8}}
* 2019-04-26: muses.gallery<ref>{{URL|https://muses.gallery/@giantrobotbee/101954430173985710}}</ref>, 135 users, 2369 statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|dvgy39m1dh3kiacf72g6uy70}}
* 2019-04-16: prose.zone<ref>{{URL|https://prose.zone/@kindness/101936000262244658}}</ref>, 125 users, 29k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|77eyy43pwo1t6ss9cxmorqgfi}}
* 2019-04-16: prose.zone<ref>{{URL|https://prose.zone/@kindness/101936000262244658}}</ref>, 125 users, 29k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|77eyy43pwo1t6ss9cxmorqgfi}}
* 2019-04-22: humanities.one<ref>{{URL|https://humanities.one/@lrhodes/101818106595113336}}</ref><ref>{{URL|https://humanities.one/@lrhodes/101870169333337017}}</ref>, 71 users, 800 statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|ae3aq93csqv597wdzlatfjvj4}}
* 2019-04-22: humanities.one<ref>{{URL|https://humanities.one/@lrhodes/101818106595113336}}</ref><ref>{{URL|https://humanities.one/@lrhodes/101870169333337017}}</ref>, 71 users, 800 statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|ae3aq93csqv597wdzlatfjvj4}}
* 2019-04-??: djs.social, after first announcing a shutdown end of February<ref>{{URL|https://djs.social/@damien/101381657119712906}}</ref><ref>{{URL|https://djs.social/@tipsandtricks/101387593257993357}}</ref> and then announcing that the instance would stay online with changed rules<ref>{{URL|https://djs.social/@damien/101549632451437412}}</ref>, it shut down sometime between 2019-04-13<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190413170337/https://djs.social/about</ref> and 2019-04-22<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190422202227/http://djs.social/</ref>; 174 users, 2.9k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|4v0owecf2yc17orqaavuggpdr}}
* 2019-04-??: lamp.institute<ref>{{URL|https://lamp.institute/@amy/101860606687776398}}</ref> disappeared between 2019-04-08<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190408175646/https://lamp.institute/about</ref> and 2019-04-13<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190413174519/http://lamp.institute/</ref>, 46 users, 84k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|8kqsx32rlhdtclls5g1b37la2}}
* 2019-04-??: lamp.institute<ref>{{URL|https://lamp.institute/@amy/101860606687776398}}</ref> disappeared between 2019-04-08<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190408175646/https://lamp.institute/about</ref> and 2019-04-13<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190413174519/http://lamp.institute/</ref>, 46 users, 84k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|8kqsx32rlhdtclls5g1b37la2}}
* 2019-04-09: pleasehug.me<ref>{{URL|https://pleasehug.me/@Kirschn/101891650141822033}}</ref>, 192 users, 15k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|2nn2fx0ge4zf7az19gyfj5g10}}
* 2019-04-09: pleasehug.me<ref>{{URL|https://pleasehug.me/@Kirschn/101891650141822033}}</ref>, 192 users, 15k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|2nn2fx0ge4zf7az19gyfj5g10}}
* 2019-02-28: djs.social<ref>{{URL|https://djs.social/@damien/101381657119712906}}</ref><ref>{{URL|https://djs.social/@tipsandtricks/101387593257993357}}</ref>, 174 users, 2.9k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|4v0owecf2yc17orqaavuggpdr}}
** Still online as of 2019-03-22; shutdown appears to have been averted for the time being<ref>{{URL|https://djs.social/@damien/101549632451437412}}</ref>.
* 2019-01-??: mastodon.rocks seems to have broken entirely sometime between 2019-01-23<ref>{{URL|1=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://mastodon.rocks/@Glenn}}</ref><ref>{{URL|1=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://mastodon.rocks/@UBports/with_replies?max_id=101419312194725348}}</ref> and 2019-02-03<ref>{{Job|132ttwrv8yg8mxk5hr0d8w73u}}</ref> with the "about" page returning an error 500 page, and the SSL certificate expired on 2019-03-05<ref>{{URL|1=https://crt.sh/?id=1003316809}}</ref> and was not renewed as of 2019-03-24<ref>{{URL|1=https://crt.sh/?q=mastodon.rocks}}</ref>; 441 users, 2781 statuses as of 2019-01-15<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190115160206/https://mastodon.rocks/about</ref>, {{lost}}
* 2019-01-??: mastodon.rocks seems to have broken entirely sometime between 2019-01-23<ref>{{URL|1=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://mastodon.rocks/@Glenn}}</ref><ref>{{URL|1=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://mastodon.rocks/@UBports/with_replies?max_id=101419312194725348}}</ref> and 2019-02-03<ref>{{Job|132ttwrv8yg8mxk5hr0d8w73u}}</ref> with the "about" page returning an error 500 page, and the SSL certificate expired on 2019-03-05<ref>{{URL|1=https://crt.sh/?id=1003316809}}</ref> and was not renewed as of 2019-03-24<ref>{{URL|1=https://crt.sh/?q=mastodon.rocks}}</ref>; 441 users, 2781 statuses as of 2019-01-15<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190115160206/https://mastodon.rocks/about</ref>, {{lost}}
* 2019-01-19: ilovela.in<ref>{{URL|https://ilovela.in/@tA/101404667036176695}}</ref>, 34 users, 18k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|cme7xo8rj4oacpkbkll0tffga}}
* 2019-01-19: ilovela.in<ref>{{URL|https://ilovela.in/@tA/101404667036176695}}</ref>, 34 users, 18k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|cme7xo8rj4oacpkbkll0tffga}}
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* 2018-04-30: witches.town<ref>{{URL|https://witches.town/@TheSupreme/99790692010452099}}</ref>, 2.4k users, 1.3M statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|do3wklp5q85gm4pfkhqn76gj}}
* 2018-04-30: witches.town<ref>{{URL|https://witches.town/@TheSupreme/99790692010452099}}</ref>, 2.4k users, 1.3M statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|do3wklp5q85gm4pfkhqn76gj}}
* 2018-03-16: mastodon.rocks crashed and lost all data, number of users and statuses unknown, {{lost}}
* 2018-03-16: mastodon.rocks crashed and lost all data, number of users and statuses unknown, {{lost}}
* 2018-03-07: hiveway.net<ref>{{URL|https://hiveway.net/@hiveway/99637137678915164}}</ref>, 1.4k users, 5.5k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|2i0bmlsqg80ugsyg7tyxp11x9}}
* after 2018-02-04<ref>{{URL|https://framapiaf.org/@franckridel/99466298851989160}}</ref>: social.arbleizez.bzh, {{lost}}
* after 2018-02-04<ref>{{URL|https://framapiaf.org/@franckridel/99466298851989160}}</ref>: social.arbleizez.bzh, {{lost}}
* 2017-10-??: socially.constructed.space, number of users and statuses unknown, {{lost}}
* 2017-10-??: socially.constructed.space, number of users and statuses unknown, {{lost}}
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== Other archives or attempts ==
== Other archives or attempts ==
* 2019-05-08: social.librem.one, number of users and statuses unknown, {{saved}}, {{Job|4aruc15c0yjd7hs4112bms8l9}}
* 2019-05-01: social.librem.one, number of users and statuses unknown, {{partiallysaved}}, {{Job|niq8tzh55qp5ecml2f52kycp}}
* 2019-04-24: redwombat.social, certificate expired on 2019-04-20 and hasn't been renewed as of 2019-05-03, 3 users, 4k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|84jbeob4ggd61pfzrmu6jaayq}}
* 2019-04-07: social.privacytools.io, 371 users, 714 statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|a2kfq84qzk4x03jq36cdchjfy}}
* 2019-01-16: mastodon.mit.edu, 523 users, 73k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|eld9e7mlgqqzn6eez8o6d2cds}}
* 2019-01-16: mastodon.mit.edu, 523 users, 73k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|eld9e7mlgqqzn6eez8o6d2cds}}
* 2019-01-15: comm.network, 17 users, 2.3k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|477cfpmlf91qgzahcu3doz8i7}}
* 2019-01-15: comm.network, 17 users, 2.3k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|477cfpmlf91qgzahcu3doz8i7}}
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[[User:JustAnotherArchivist]] is regularly running <code>!ao</code> jobs for all known instances' homepages (= "about" pages for current versions of Mastodon) through [[ArchiveBot]] based on the instances.social list:
[[User:JustAnotherArchivist]] is regularly running <code>!ao</code> jobs for all known instances' homepages (= "about" pages for current versions of Mastodon) through [[ArchiveBot]] based on the instances.social list:


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* 2019-01-15: {{Job|47hdn6nhv6ed9fvd7mzjuweqr}}
* 2019-01-15: {{Job|47hdn6nhv6ed9fvd7mzjuweqr}}
* 2019-02-03: {{Job|132ttwrv8yg8mxk5hr0d8w73u}}
* 2019-02-03: {{Job|132ttwrv8yg8mxk5hr0d8w73u}}
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* 2019-03-24: {{Job|4cs2unovzjjkyv0kdcuwnqsns}}
* 2019-03-24: {{Job|4cs2unovzjjkyv0kdcuwnqsns}}
* 2019-04-13: {{Job|377h9t2x30x8q9r8qbcbitiu4}}
* 2019-04-13: {{Job|377h9t2x30x8q9r8qbcbitiu4}}
* 2019-04-22: {{Job|35o5vbnapwattts5snjt4uls9}}
* 2019-04-28: {{Job|7ubr9t6k4l7xh19xyilygqk71}}
* 2019-05-05: {{Job|efkjot1d6mpvphjasn1n8pkk3}}
* 2019-05-12: {{Job|dy5f6i9tmdep5w3o2nzrbf6b}}
* 2019-05-19: {{Job|22a28tmnp0s0sq8j4j7sro6wl}}
* 2019-05-27: {{Job|e64uxjvpxab32cydg8ze56it2}}
* 2019-06-04: {{Job|b1how24ydggvmxv90lrkenghb}}
* 2019-06-10: {{Job|cqqrq2xdy10g7tejz33erb62v}}
* 2019-06-17: {{Job|9pgmqb2iq7b5ifq64xpqzfxwq}}
* 2019-07-01: {{Job|9vfkmobgbmnv3ee63wamy1mf9}}
* 2019-07-14: {{Job|851s47v7cd1f0ejj06rfuzpq8}}
* 2019-08-11: {{Job|9mvltsu5h23cg6k7l918hbzdh}}
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== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 17:43, 27 March 2024

Mastodon
Social networking, back in your hands
Social networking, back in your hands
URL https://joinmastodon.org/
Status Special case
Archiving status Special case
Archiving type Unknown
IRC channel #archiveteam-bs (on hackint)

Mastodon is a federated social network which is comparable in functionality to Twitter and part of the Fediverse. Due to the federation, instances are constantly joining the network or disappearing.

As of January 2019, it is not possible to properly migrate an account from one instance to another[1].

Since May 2019, ArchiveTeam has not archived Mastodon or any other Fediverse instances; see the page of the latter for details.

Archival

Instances can be archived reasonably well by starting a recursive crawl from the "about" page, which contains a link to the admin profile. This may not cover the entire instance though. A more complete coverage requires first crawling the API to retrieve a full list of accounts on the instance, then starting a recursive crawl from those. The API as well as the ActivityPub endpoints also offer other ways to obtain a dump of the status data, e.g. by iterating over the public timeline or over the accounts' outboxes; this does not produce (easily) browsable archives but can be accessed much better programmatically.

Mastodon has a built-in feature allowing for automatic post deletion, instancewide [2] or at the behest of individual users [3].

Lists of instances

Dead and dying instances

Other archives or attempts

Outdated instances

Instances that are running old versions of Mastodon are likely to not be properly maintained anymore and may be at risk of disappearing. They are tracked at:

Instance homepage grabs

User:JustAnotherArchivist is regularly running !ao jobs for all known instances' homepages (= "about" pages for current versions of Mastodon) through ArchiveBot based on the instances.social list:

References

  1. ↑ https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/177
  2. ↑ https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/875
  3. ↑ https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/109367449562229972
  4. ↑ https://cybre.space/~chr/cybre-space-eol
  5. ↑ https://mastodon.lol/@nathan/109836633022272265
  6. ↑ https://ashfurrow.com/blog/mastodon-technology-shutdown/
  7. ↑ https://snouts.online/@Sapphicgiraffic/105133310163251117
  8. ↑ https://snouts.online/@Sapphicgiraffic/105133310163251117
  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20191009151917/https://mastodon.dregin.com/about
  10. ↑ https://mastodon.dregin.com/@dregin/101841772024992131[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  11. ↑ https://mastodon.ie/@dregin/102033888477173336[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190714012148/https://www.bookbeezhive.com/about
  13. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190811222932/http://www.bookbeezhive.com/
  14. ↑ https://www.bookbeezhive.com/@PletchaPJWebb/101982288878668788[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  15. ↑ https://berries.space/@mods/102039498886510781[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  16. ↑ https://is.nota.live/@ida/102103468237073449[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  17. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190506180209/https://waytoo.online/about
  18. ↑ https://waytoo.online/@hypirlink/102021347784209856[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  19. ↑ https://smusi.ch/@smusi/101844877814629349[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  20. ↑ https://mastodon.social/@mastohost/102028765248401685[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  21. ↑ https://friends.nico/@friends_nico/101827010188335801[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  22. ↑ https://muses.gallery/@giantrobotbee/101954430173985710[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  23. ↑ https://prose.zone/@kindness/101936000262244658[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  24. ↑ https://humanities.one/@lrhodes/101818106595113336[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  25. ↑ https://humanities.one/@lrhodes/101870169333337017[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  26. ↑ https://djs.social/@damien/101381657119712906[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  27. ↑ https://djs.social/@tipsandtricks/101387593257993357[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  28. ↑ https://djs.social/@damien/101549632451437412[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  29. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190413170337/https://djs.social/about
  30. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190422202227/http://djs.social/
  31. ↑ https://lamp.institute/@amy/101860606687776398[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  32. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190408175646/https://lamp.institute/about
  33. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190413174519/http://lamp.institute/
  34. ↑ https://pleasehug.me/@Kirschn/101891650141822033[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  35. ↑ https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://mastodon.rocks/@Glenn[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  36. ↑ https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://mastodon.rocks/@UBports/with_replies?max_id=101419312194725348[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  37. ↑ job:132ttwrv8yg8mxk5hr0d8w73u
  38. ↑ https://crt.sh/?id=1003316809[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  39. ↑ https://crt.sh/?q=mastodon.rocks[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  40. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190115160206/https://mastodon.rocks/about
  41. ↑ https://ilovela.in/@tA/101404667036176695[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  42. ↑ https://twitter.com/ThreddyTheTrex/status/1083482118095687681[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  43. ↑ https://mastodon.xyz/@MrJimmy/101391264142311165[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  44. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190107100851/https://theboss.tech/[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  45. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20181112130414/https://theboss.tech/about[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  46. ↑ https://webdev.network/@akmur/101259121075585625[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  47. ↑ https://unixcorn.xyz/@unixcorn/100661126190416872[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  48. ↑ https://www.whois.com/whois/bofa.lol[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  49. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180905070653/https://bofa.lol/about
  50. ↑ https://witches.town/@TheSupreme/99790692010452099[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  51. ↑ https://hiveway.net/@hiveway/99637137678915164[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  52. ↑ https://framapiaf.org/@franckridel/99466298851989160[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
  53. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170615132342/https://fern.surgeplay.com/about/more
  54. ↑ https://mastodon.social/@bkeej[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]

Links

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