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@uxmark@mstdn.ca · Jan 31, 2026
I just made a one-time donation of $120 — the equivalent of $10/month — to #mstdnca. It's the third year I’ve done it, so at this point I think that @chad@mstdn.ca knows he can count on me. If an alternative to corporate surveillance platforms is going to thrive, it's up to us as participants/members of our community to make sure that it's sustainable. Mastodon is the best alternative for me, and #mstdnca is the community that I’ve been a part of for over three years now. Whatever server/instance you’re on, please consider providing financial support to that instance. (Edited for clarity to add those last three words!) And please consider sharing your knowledge/expertise with your admins to help make your server/instance work. The more capacity and resilience a community has, the better! https://mstdn.ca/@chad/115990168925809640
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Hey Canadian Mastodonauts - here's where we're at. We had some instability the last few days, and it's because the PostgreSQL server (the long term memory for our community) needed more resources. Giving it more resources means we spend more money, so we went from USD$240 to USD$431/mo. This is, of course, unsustainable. We're working hard to get this database moved in-house, so we can eliminate this cost, but we need to purchase an SSD and supporting hardware to do it. We were grateful to receive a $250 donation from a community member. This would just about cover a 1TB NVMe drive, but we'd really like to put a 2TB drive in there to shut this database up for years to come. At the moment, we have two months of reserves, and we should have three, so we're about $ 1,250 short of our goal. If you can contribute, I'd be very grateful. PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TUYC2QUKR2HQS Check out our shop if you're interested in merch! https://shop.mstdn.ca/ #mstdnca
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@chad@mstdn.ca · Feb 02, 2026
Update: I think I've accepted all of the beta test e-transfers. I was able to set up auto-deposit directly into our Mastodon Canada account. It shows my name, but rest assured, it goes into our dedicated chequing account. I will be updating the instance About page with this development, I know many were waiting on this. Again, I'm humbled by how many find their third place here and believe in a federated, distributed future. #mstdnca
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@chad@mstdn.ca · Jan 31, 2026
Hey Canadian Mastodonauts - here's where we're at. We had some instability the last few days, and it's because the PostgreSQL server (the long term memory for our community) needed more resources. Giving it more resources means we spend more money, so we went from USD$240 to USD$431/mo. This is, of course, unsustainable. We're working hard to get this database moved in-house, so we can eliminate this cost, but we need to purchase an SSD and supporting hardware to do it. We were grateful to receive a $250 donation from a community member. This would just about cover a 1TB NVMe drive, but we'd really like to put a 2TB drive in there to shut this database up for years to come. At the moment, we have two months of reserves, and we should have three, so we're about $ 1,250 short of our goal. If you can contribute, I'd be very grateful. PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TUYC2QUKR2HQS Check out our shop if you're interested in merch! https://shop.mstdn.ca/ #mstdnca
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@chad@mstdn.ca · Jan 31, 2026
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115989801184595302 Applied! ✅ :mstdn: #mstdnca
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We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations. Our intent for this experiment is to recommend the closest server geographically that is in the correct language during the sign-up flow. We will be running this experiment on our iOS and Android apps only to start. 1/6
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@paul@oldfriends.live · Jan 31, 2026
Is #mstdnca having issues again? I am noticing my Sidekiq morgue is filling up again with their failed jobs... I know they just went through a DB migration recovery last weekend that took time to recover. #MastoAdmin @chad@mstdn.ca
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