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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. 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.
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 ==
* 2019-??-??: waytoo.online<ref>{{URL|https://waytoo.online/@hypirlink/102021347784209856}}</ref>, 3 users, 786 statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|au35hf4x8hwq290wf3v7nr4vt}}
* 2024-05-18<ref>https://www.edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/press-releases/2024/edps-decentralised-social-media-pilot-end-successful-story_en</ref> social.network.europa.eu, 18 users
* 2019-??-??: 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}}
* 2024-01-01<ref>https://cybre.space/~chr/cybre-space-eol</ref> cybre.space, 2.86k users
* 2019-??-??: www.bookbeezhive.com<ref>{{URL|https://www.bookbeezhive.com/@PletchaPJWebb/101982288878668788}}</ref>, 101 users, 6345 statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|tthg1hszz9bjl1uwxzoy9a7w}}
* 2023-05-09<ref>https://mastodon.lol/@nathan/109836633022272265</ref> mastodon.lol, 18k users
* 2019-??-??: berries.space<ref>{{URL|https://berries.space/@mods/102039498886510781}}</ref>, 3k users, 634k statuses, {{inprogress}}, {{Job|11lu0srbwxroh7huboiej67wp}}
* 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}}
* 2019-05-??: terrafirma.space<ref>{{URL|https://mastodon.social/@mastohost/102028765248401685}}</ref>, number of users and statuses unknown, {{lost}}
* 2019-05-??: terrafirma.space<ref>{{URL|https://mastodon.social/@mastohost/102028765248401685}}</ref>, number of users and statuses unknown, {{lost}}
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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, 5k statuses, {{saved}}, {{Job|2i0bmlsqg80ugsyg7tyxp11x9}}
* 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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[[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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* 2019-05-05: {{Job|efkjot1d6mpvphjasn1n8pkk3}}
* 2019-05-05: {{Job|efkjot1d6mpvphjasn1n8pkk3}}
* 2019-05-12: {{Job|dy5f6i9tmdep5w3o2nzrbf6b}}
* 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}}
</div>


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 06:51, 27 April 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://www.edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/press-releases/2024/edps-decentralised-social-media-pilot-end-successful-story_en
  5. https://cybre.space/~chr/cybre-space-eol
  6. https://mastodon.lol/@nathan/109836633022272265
  7. https://ashfurrow.com/blog/mastodon-technology-shutdown/
  8. https://snouts.online/@Sapphicgiraffic/105133310163251117
  9. https://snouts.online/@Sapphicgiraffic/105133310163251117
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20191009151917/https://mastodon.dregin.com/about
  11. https://mastodon.dregin.com/@dregin/101841772024992131[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  12. https://mastodon.ie/@dregin/102033888477173336[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  13. https://web.archive.org/web/20190714012148/https://www.bookbeezhive.com/about
  14. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811222932/http://www.bookbeezhive.com/
  15. https://www.bookbeezhive.com/@PletchaPJWebb/101982288878668788[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  16. https://berries.space/@mods/102039498886510781[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  17. https://is.nota.live/@ida/102103468237073449[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  18. https://web.archive.org/web/20190506180209/https://waytoo.online/about
  19. https://waytoo.online/@hypirlink/102021347784209856[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  20. https://smusi.ch/@smusi/101844877814629349[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  21. https://mastodon.social/@mastohost/102028765248401685[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  22. https://friends.nico/@friends_nico/101827010188335801[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  23. https://muses.gallery/@giantrobotbee/101954430173985710[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  24. https://prose.zone/@kindness/101936000262244658[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  25. https://humanities.one/@lrhodes/101818106595113336[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  26. https://humanities.one/@lrhodes/101870169333337017[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  27. https://djs.social/@damien/101381657119712906[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  28. https://djs.social/@tipsandtricks/101387593257993357[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  29. https://djs.social/@damien/101549632451437412[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  30. https://web.archive.org/web/20190413170337/https://djs.social/about
  31. https://web.archive.org/web/20190422202227/http://djs.social/
  32. https://lamp.institute/@amy/101860606687776398[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  33. https://web.archive.org/web/20190408175646/https://lamp.institute/about
  34. https://web.archive.org/web/20190413174519/http://lamp.institute/
  35. https://pleasehug.me/@Kirschn/101891650141822033[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  36. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://mastodon.rocks/@Glenn[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  37. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://mastodon.rocks/@UBports/with_replies?max_id=101419312194725348[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  38. job:132ttwrv8yg8mxk5hr0d8w73u
  39. https://crt.sh/?id=1003316809[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  40. https://crt.sh/?q=mastodon.rocks[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  41. https://web.archive.org/web/20190115160206/https://mastodon.rocks/about
  42. https://ilovela.in/@tA/101404667036176695[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  43. https://twitter.com/ThreddyTheTrex/status/1083482118095687681[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  44. https://mastodon.xyz/@MrJimmy/101391264142311165[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  45. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107100851/https://theboss.tech/[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  46. https://web.archive.org/web/20181112130414/https://theboss.tech/about[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  47. https://webdev.network/@akmur/101259121075585625[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  48. https://unixcorn.xyz/@unixcorn/100661126190416872[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  49. https://www.whois.com/whois/bofa.lol[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  50. https://web.archive.org/web/20180905070653/https://bofa.lol/about
  51. https://witches.town/@TheSupreme/99790692010452099[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  52. https://hiveway.net/@hiveway/99637137678915164[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  53. https://framapiaf.org/@franckridel/99466298851989160[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
  54. https://web.archive.org/web/20170615132342/https://fern.surgeplay.com/about/more
  55. https://mastodon.social/@bkeej[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]

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