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https://community.hachyderm.io/docs/moderation/reporting/
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Hello, Hachyderm!
On June 25th, mastodon v4.6.2 was released to update the docker images with a fix for a critical vulnerability in ffmpeg (CVE-2026-8461). Hachyderm is still using the older mastodon v4.6.1 because we do not use docker in our infrastructure. Rest assured, ffmpeg was updated everywhere on June 22nd to address the vulnerability and the instance is secure, even on mastodon v4.6.1.
Cheers,
The Hachyderm Infra Crew
Head's up Hachyderm!
We'll be upgrading to 4.6 over the weekend! Here are some quick To Knows:
- Tangerine UI will be updated when the next theme is released. It seems the theme works mostly pretty well. Please still let us know if you have any issues!
- If you haven't already done so, now is a great time to enable 2FA on your account. Fedi Tips has a great article on how, here:
https://fedi.tips/using-two-factor-authentication-2fa-on-mastodon/
ICYMI, here is Mastodon's post highlighting some of 4.6's features:
Hello Hachyderm! Thank you for your patience as we gathered the necessary data to write our announcement blog post regarding Threads.
The short version: Hachyderm has defederated from Threads.
Specifically, this is due to Threads changing their moderation policies and moderator guidance (see press cycle) to be in direct conflict with Hachyderm.
For the data and explainer, please see our announcement blog post:
https://community.hachyderm.io/blog/2025/01/09/defederation-from-threads/
Hello Hachyderm!
ICYMI / the Announcements didn't display:
We updated to 4.6 over the weekend! There are a lot of new features to play with, so please take a moment and review Mastodon's blog post and look around:
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/mastodon-4.6/
Also! As some of you noted: Tangerine has been discontinued by the author. We're sad to see it go, but we definitely understand :neocat_comfy_happy:
Hello Hachyderm!
We just released Part 3 of our Community Care series: When Connection Isn't Enough. Specifically we discuss setting and holding boundaries, and reaching for tools that protect your energy when a conversation has nowhere good to go.
Full blog post here:
https://community.hachyderm.io/blog/2026/06/25/a-minute-from-the-moderators/
Happy June, and we hope you're enjoying your summer! (And Mastodon 4.6)
Hello, #hachyderm --
We're slowly rolling out Anubis (https://anubis.techaro.lol/) as a mechanism to reduce the impact of AI/LLM scrapers. Our goal is to have this fully rolled out by the end of the week, barring any unforeseen issues.
As a point of reference: So far, we've rolled it out to our Japan region and about 95% of requests to that region are getting blocked. :blobfoxsignforbidden:
As we roll out, if you think you've been impacted by a change we've applied, please reach out to us at https://github.com/hachyderm/community/issues.
Thanks to @cadey@pony.social for making such a neat tool! 
Cheers,
The Hachyderm Infra Crew
In case it helps / as a gentle reminder:
For those creating new accounts or migrating, telling us why you're joining really helps! If you're migrating from another server, please also include your handle and the other server. If we're aware of any tight turn arounds, we can take that under consideration too ❤️
Hello, Hachyderm!
We've paused the rollout of Anubis (AI/LLM blocker), as it seemed to be Anubis-ing a little too aggressively! Friendly humans were getting blocked a bit more than we expected. We're going to review and tune our configuration before rolling it out further.
Thanks for Hachyderming & experimenting with us! :blobfoxscience:
Cheers,
Hachyderm Infra Crew
Hello everyone! As it's the end of the month, it's time once again for the Moderator Minutes! In our last Moderator Minutes we started our Community Care series. This month is Part 2, which draws on writing from Ngọc Loan Trần, Maisha Z. Johnson, Kai Cheng Thom, and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha to look at what drives the impulse to act when we see something distressing online, and what happens when that impulse runs ahead of intention. Due to the depth and breadth of the resources for this blog post (included at the end), this is actually our March *and* April Moderator Minutes.
https://community.hachyderm.io/blog/2026/04/27/a-minute-from-the-moderators/
We are continuing discussions about these in our Zulip! If you're in our Discord, please make sure to ping us to be added.
Enjoy! 📚
Hello, #hachyderm!
This morning we took our first South America CDN node live. Folks in South America will now get routed and cached via that node.
As part of our ongoing resilience plan, we'll look to expand this further throughout 2026 to provide a better experience for folks around the world.
Happy Hachyderming!
... and maintenance is complete. Enjoy the fresh, new postgres 18 database server! :postgres_logo:
Hello, Hachyderm --
Today, we'll be doing a bit of maintenance on our database servers starting at 16:00 UTC. We're setting aside two hours for the upgrade, but the actual maintenance should go much faster than that -- we're just being careful. :neofox_science: :neocat_science:
As always, after the maintenance, if you notice any issues, please raise an issue at https://github.com/hachyderm/community/issues.
Happy Hachyderming,
Hachyderm Infra Crew
Hey, #hachyderm --
We totally forgot to publish the availability of the `hachyderm.general` #ansible collection we announced at #fosdem a few weeks ago!
We started by publishing our #postgresql roles that we use to keep the Hachyderm database servers happy and healthy. Included are modules to:
- build postgresql servers in both primary and replica configurations
- configure pgbackrest for full and incremental backups
- publish metrics for consumption by prometheus
Modules are available on Ansible Galaxy at https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/hachyderm/general/.
Happy Hachyderming (and Ansible-ing and postgresql-ing)!
Hello from moderation and welcome to the end of February, which means it's time for this month's Moderator Minutes. This month is Part 1 of a series focusing on Community Care in Online Spaces. Specifically, we're focusing on how we can grow together, not apart, as we try to build healthier norms.
https://community.hachyderm.io/blog/2026/02/26/a-minute-from-the-moderators/
Hello everyone! Our first Moderator Minute of the New Year is about preserving our energy as we preserve our third spaces with our spoons and our time.
As we've been on manual sign ups for about half a year, we also have an update for some of the common questions (and answers!) we've encountered in the process.
https://community.hachyderm.io/blog/2026/01/20/a-minute-from-the-moderators/
Thanks for growing with us over the past year. We wanted to offer 3 small updates for our wonderful community of hackers, misfits, and data privacy aficionado.
1. We are making progress establishing our non-profit co-op parent org, @nivenly@hachyderm.io . More updates soon.
2. We welcomed our 45,000th #Hachydermian last week!
3. if you haven't already, and also consider watching the video on Hachyderm that @nova@hachyderm.io presented earlier this month https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KU10K3EXK4
Reminder to Fedi admins that are moderating the spam wave that started last week: @iftas@mastodon.iftas.org has been maintaining a list of instances, keeping track of which are still impacted, and doing outreach to the impacted instances to assist:
There's also this resource for helping prevent spam account sign ups: a list of a few thousand disposable domains:
https://github.com/disposable-email-domains/disposable-email-domains
