I need help from the fedizens: it's been a while I migrated my mastodon instance from a VPS to my own home server, but I am having some problems, mainly pertaining to federation (I can't reach unknown accounts and servers when I search for them, making it virtually impossible to follow new people) and I simply cannot upload images or videos. on both cases an error message just slides in from the left saying "500" and nothing else.

I am running v4.1.2+glitch using the LinuxServer.io docker image. any help is appreciated, I'm at my wit's end with this. thanks!

#SelfHostAdventures #SelfHosting #SelfHosted #SelfHost #MastoAdmin #FediHelp #help

my mastodon instance can't show images from other people, doesn't let me upload images to my posts, can't search for accounts on the larger Fediverse and won't let me follow accounts on unknown servers. every action described above returns a 500 error. I need help, I don't know what to do. 😢​😢​😢​ #Help #MastoHelp #SelfHost #SelfHosted #SelfHosting #Docker #FediHelp

I would like to thank @mikka and @fireborn for the #FediHelp with my Masto instance: it was a permission problem. now I can upload media, see media from other people and fully federate with the wider Fediverse.

thanks also to @smn, @Flominator, @c9a, @datn, @hazel, @debonairetoast and @zens@merveilles.town for responding to my call for help.

long live community! ​

será que existe algum Relay Server focado em instâncias lusófonas? #FediTips #FediHelp #Relays

hay algun Relay Server enfocado en instancias hispanoablantes? #FediTips #FediHelp #relays

erm, why is my Home timeline showing me posts from accounts I am not following?

did I fuck up something else when I solved my permissions issue?

#FediHelp #MastoHelp #SelfHosted

hi, fedizens, how is it going?

I need your help/opinion on something: should I use my Mastodon acc as a full-on multimedia endeavour (since we can post pics, videos, gifs and even audio here) or should I create a Pixelfed acc for pics/videos and do only text and audio on Mastodon?

#FediQuestion #FediHelp

I need help, fedizens. ​

first attempt to run my own @pixelfed instance on a Docker stack seemed successful, after many issues and resolutions to them. the stack is running, no errors on the logs of the containers. but when I access the URL on my browser, I get ERROR 500. when I access via the local IP and port, it opens the Pixelfed site, but on a "Sorry, this page isn't available" page.

I am honestly lost right now.

#FediHelp #help #SelfHostAdventures #SelfHosting #SelfHosted #SelfHost

I need help, fedizens!

I am trying to make my @pixelfed #pixelfed instance work properly, but federation is broken. I am using the @pixelfedde_ci #docker image and operating behind a @cloudflare #cloudflare tunnel. can anyone help me, please? ​

#SelfHostAdventures #SelfHosting #SelfHosted #SelfHost #FediHelp

hey fedizens, what's poppin'? I need your opinions on #productivity apps of the #NoteTaking #ProjectManagement #Kanban #Whiteboarding spectrum of functionalities and of the #OpenSource nature. think #Notion, #Miro and #Trello, but I'm actually torn between #AffinePro, #Anytype and #AppFlowy. what say y'all? thanks in advance! #FediHelp #FOSS #SelfHost

hello fedizens, how's your sunday going?

do you have any FOSS (or just free, considering the context) PDF readers and/or editors to recommend for Windows? I used SumatraPDF for years but it became too shitty, so I need an alternative.

thank you in advance!

#FediHelp #Software #PDF #FOSS #FreeSoftware #Windows

OK, so Sonarr devs refuse to even add an option to use TMDB instead of TVDB for metadata source.

fedizens, do you have an alternative to Sonarr you'd suggest I use?

thanks in advance!

#FediHelp #Sonarr #TVDB #TMDB #SelfHosted

too many people talking as if Mastodon and the Fediverse were synonyms, when talking about the horrible new Masto UI and yet another update in which the devs refuse to listen to the users (specially non-white users). yes, Mastodon is the biggest software in the Fediverse, in servers and users, but it's far from being the only option.

I'm considering other similar Fediverse software to replace Mastodon as my main social media thingy. suggestions are welcome. #FediHelp

so, to which similar Fediverse software should I migrate to in order to replace Mastodon, fedizens? I want/need your input so I can start looking into some options. #FediHelp

I have so many big tech tasks for 2025, but the one I'm dreading the most is regarding my personal website that I've been running on Wordpress since 2007: I'm gonna have to look into adopting another CMS as similar to WP as possible AND find out if and how I can migrate the whole website to this new CMS.

I'm accepting any suggestions about that, fedizens!

#Wordpress #WordpressMigration #FediHelp

okay, fedizens, which web app/interface should I try to use with my @gotosocial instance since @pinafore is unmaintained?

#FediHelp #GoToSocial

so, fedizens, I need your ideas: I want to migrate permanently from this Mastodon account to my new @gotosocial account at @cairobraga@gts.cairobraga.com, but I would like to at least try to migrate my posts in some way or form.

I can think of boosting posts from this account in the new one, but would those boosts survive if I ever take this instance offline for good?

I can also think of manually and contextually re-posting toots from this account in the new one, but that sounds extremely laborious and might be confusing to my followers.

is there any other way I could go about this that doesn't involve waiting patiently for the day when fediverse platform devs will finally implement an organic and native way of migrating whole accounts, including posts? any suggestions?

I thank you in advance!

#FediMeta #FediHelp #Fediverse #Mastodon #GoToSocial #FediMigration

hey peeps, what alternative to ProtonMail would you recommend? #FediHelp #ProtonMail #alternatives