schmonz.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.

This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.

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[?]Rav Sha'ul »
@ravshaul@mastodon.social

Who runs a server I can join? I'm strongly interested in trying

    [?]sam »
    @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

    Time for another blog post, about hosting a fediverse instance on my ancient Raspberry Pi. Obviously I had to share it on the fediverse.

    https://cablespaghetti.dev/hosting-a-fediverse-instance-on-an-original-raspberry-pi.html


      [?]The Real Grunfink »
      @grunfink@comam.es

      Hi. Next release will include a new field in server.json named favicon_url, that will allow to set the default favicon. For now, you can configure your HTTP frontend to serve $YOUR_HOST/favicon.ico to whatever icon you want.

        [?]thedaemon »
        @thedaemon@snac.9front.club

        how to change the favicon on snac? I seem to only be able to update it on the greetings page, didn't see any reference in the man pages.

          [?]fiery »
          @fiery@snac.bsd.cafe

          A question for my fellow users. I am using snac web interface which overall fits me very well, but I am missing a certain functionality (or maybe I just do not know how to do it?).The "followed hashtags" feature on snac seems to just generate a bunch of buttons, one for each hashtag, that I can click on and read the posts for that hashtag. I would like to have something more akin to what you see on other fedi clients, where the posts for that hashtag will be found together in your main feed, along with the posts for people you follow. Is that possible in snac web interface at all, or should I switch to some other fedi client?

            [?]sam »
            @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

            If you’re reading this you have been successfully migrated as a follower to my stupidly underpowered Raspberry Pi hosted instance. Let’s see how it does with nearly 700 followers. 😆

              [?]sam »
              @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

              Part of running a instance on a 256MB Raspberry Pi is working out how to do "stuff" without installing more packages than you have RAM for.

              Here's a script to backup to Backblaze B2 with just Jq as an additional dependency (and the included curl, tar, openssl etc.). It works so far...

              https://gist.github.com/cablespaghetti/01862b9d8252223719cbe2586145f686

                [?]stu »
                @lndn@snac.bsd.cafe

                Hi @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk you're running software correct?

                Is it easy to install?

                  [?]The Real Grunfink »
                  @grunfink@comam.es

                  A screenshot of a toot describing unpleasant world news in words. [SENSITIVE CONTENT]Hi, author here. The screenshot you provided shows that it's a boost by a user named Newk... if you are not following them, certainly it should not appear in your timeline. I've never seen this happen before, maybe it's some kind of strange bug. I'll investigate and get back to you if I find an explanation.

                    [?]Jonathan Matthews »
                    @jcm@snac.bsd.cafe

                    A screenshot of a toot describing unpleasant world news in words. [SENSITIVE CONTENT]I don't understand why has placed this toot in my "private" timeline (i.e. /username/admin). I don't follow the boosting account, and I don't follow any of the hashtags.

                    This isn't a question about blocking those specific hashtags or people - I know how to do that if I want. I'm trying to figure out how to drive snac so that I don't get unwanted toots thrust in my face that I didn't ask for. What am I missing?

                      [?]The Real Grunfink »
                      @grunfink@comam.es

                      When receives a post from someone you follow, it also tries to retrieve the posts it's a reply to, up to the first one, to provide some context (and show the conversation as a tree).

                        [?]Jonathan Matthews »
                        @jcm@snac.bsd.cafe

                        A oddity; why does my view of the timeline of toots from folks I follow show me replies from folks I follow but when they're talking to people I /don't/?

                          [?]Jonathan Matthews »
                          @jcm@snac.bsd.cafe

                          Ok - I'm giving (.bsd.cafe) a proper shake as my main fedi account. I still can't get the app to add it as an account, so I'm going to use the webUI for now.

                          If you're seeing this via a boost from my other account then please consider following the boosted account directly, as I won't be boosting its toots particularly often! ❤️

                            [?]thedaemon »
                            @thedaemon@snac.9front.club

                            How to block instances in snac2?

                              [?]The Real Grunfink »
                              @grunfink@comam.es

                              You're welcome, enjoy your !

                                [?]FediMeteo »
                                @admin@fedimeteo.com

                                All the instances have been updated to 2.78


                                  [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                  @grunfink@comam.es

                                  I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.78 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

                                  Hashtag following also allow URLs to RSS feeds of ActivityPub objects (like e.g. https://mastodon.social/tags/ThankYouTuesday).

                                  Users can now configure a webhook to receive an HTTP POST for every notification. This can be useful for implementing bots that react to activities, like autorepliers, chatbots or interactive textual games (see snac(1) for more information).

                                  The number of pending follow confirmations is shown next to the "people" link.

                                  Faster performance metrics (contributed by dandelions).

                                  Improved lowercasing in hashtags (contributed by postscriptum).

                                  A search-by-url tweak for implementations that return 200 for invalid webfinger queries (e.g. piefed).

                                  Mastodon API: added follow confirmation endpoints, fixed collisions in attachment file names.

                                  Fixed potential crashes in attachment uploads.

                                  https://comam.es/what-is-snac

                                  If you find useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.


                                    [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                    @grunfink@comam.es

                                    Hi, author here. The easiest way is to configure Caddy to serve a special file as /favicon.ico, overriding snac's default.

                                      [?]PurpleJillybeans :PrideDisk: »
                                      @PurpleJillybeans@kind.social

                                      frens: what is the "correct" way to use a custom favicon? I've read and reread the docs and I'm not seeing anything about it. Is it something I'd have to do at the proxy level? (using Caddy BTW)

                                        [?]Justine Smithies »
                                        @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

                                        Oh so it seems color emoji not displaying on is a thing. I wondered why I never saw the handshake icon for followers on and now I know why.

                                        A quick fc-list | grep -i emoji does indeed show the correct font is installed.

                                        /usr/local/share/fonts/noto/NotoColorEmoji.ttf: Noto Color Emoji:style=Regular

                                        https://www.reddit.com/r/openbsd/comments/1atanzd/color_emoji_not_shown/

                                          [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                          @grunfink@comam.es

                                          Does anyone have a screenshot of Gargron's first Mastodon post?
                                          I don't have such a gem, but I have here the first post. Yes, I know the relevancy is astronomically inferior, but not for me 😆

                                          https://comam.es/snac/grunfink/p/1666208448.560042

                                            [?]stu »
                                            @lndn@snac.bsd.cafe

                                            Good afternoon fediverse and friends on

                                              [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                              @grunfink@comam.es

                                              does; it tries for entrypoints for all links in a post's text.

                                                [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                                @grunfink@comam.es

                                                Hi, author here. Yes, the list of posts by an account is not shown through the Mastodon API, as it could be slow. Maybe someday.

                                                  [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                                  @grunfink@comam.es

                                                  I'm sorry, but no ( author here).

                                                    [?]Justine Smithies »
                                                    @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

                                                    I use to populate my feed. Just type in a hashtag that you wish to follow and then copy and paste the link into the follow section on .

                                                    https://relay.fedi.buzz/

                                                      [?]lorenzo »
                                                      @lorenzo@snac.bobadin.icu

                                                      Is it possible to block federation with entire instances not for single user but for the whole instance in ?

                                                      In the docs i can't find anyhing about it.

                                                        [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                                        @grunfink@comam.es

                                                        I announce the release of version 2.77 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It just reverts a feature included in previous version; links in posts were also included as attachments, but, while harmless and on spec, it made posts look ugly in some platforms, and what the world doesn't need is more ugly things.

                                                        https://comam.es/what-is-snac

                                                        If you find useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.


                                                          [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                                          @grunfink@comam.es

                                                          The last release fixes a problem with the Mastodon API. Now, apps (or webapps like Phanpy) properly work as the "inifite scrolling" has been fixed.
                                                          Thanks, Stefano. To be fair, the merit for this fix goes to @cheeaun@mastodon.social (Phanpy's author), who brought to my attention where the problem was.

                                                            [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                                                            @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                            The last release fixes a problem with the Mastodon API. Now, apps (or webapps like Phanpy) properly work as the "inifite scrolling" has been fixed.
                                                            Thanks, @grunfink - this was one thing that kept some of my friends away from self-hosting with snac, and now I can help them to have their own digital home.

                                                              [?]lorenzo »
                                                              @lorenzo@snac.bobadin.icu

                                                              @menel@snikket.de Can I ask you witch relay are you using for your instance?

                                                                [?]lorenzo »
                                                                @lorenzo@snac.bobadin.icu

                                                                [?]FediMeteo »
                                                                @admin@fedimeteo.com

                                                                All the instances have been updated to 2.76


                                                                  [?]lorenzo »
                                                                  @lorenzo@snac.bobadin.icu

                                                                  In love with


                                                                    [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                                                    @grunfink@comam.es

                                                                    Hi, author here. The xs code is specially crafted to parse the JSON files in use in the ActivityPub protocol, which are a) mostly small, and b) they have very few numbers, so the string to double conversion happens almost never.

                                                                    Regarding the enum numbers: they are surely arbitrary, but the rationale there is that they are all ASCII control codes (so: less than 32) that should never happen in a JSON file (and, if they occasionally appear, they are converted to their Unicode representations). The correspondence is:

                                                                    XS_TYPE_STRING 0x02 ASCII: STX (start of text)
                                                                    XS_TYPE_TRUE 0x06 ASCII: ACK (acknowledge)
                                                                    XS_TYPE_FALSE 0x15 ASCII: NAK (negative ack.)
                                                                    XS_TYPE_LIST 0x1d ASCII: GS (group separator)
                                                                    XS_TYPE_LITEM 0x1f US (unit separator)
                                                                    XS_TYPE_DICT 0x1c ASCII: FS (file separator)
                                                                    So, yes, they are arbitrary, but make some fucking sense, or at least a little bit.

                                                                    CC: @lizzy@social.vlhl.dev

                                                                      [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                                                      @grunfink@comam.es

                                                                      does indeed support access (bearer) tokens:

                                                                      https://comam.es/snac-doc/snac.1.html#Implementing_post_bots

                                                                        [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                                                        @grunfink@comam.es

                                                                        I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.76 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

                                                                        Added Webmention support for links (Markdown-style or direct) written in a post.

                                                                        Added new command-line options for list maintenance.

                                                                        Display custom emoji in more places (contributed by dandelions).

                                                                        Mastodon API: fixed infinite scroll in many clients (thanks to cheeaun for giving me the clue), added /api/v1/accounts/.../lists endpoint (contributed by dandelions).

                                                                        Email notifications can now be sent via libcurl SMTP instead of spawning the /usr/sbin/sendmail program. To use this new feature, some additional server configuration is needed, see snac(8) (contributed by shtrophic).

                                                                        https://comam.es/what-is-snac

                                                                        If you find useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.


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