“𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭?
𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩?
𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦.”
18” x 3”
6’5”
𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦…?
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Ugh, looks like mastodon.world isn't smacking down this scam spam wave as well as the big dot social did last night, so I'm putting them on Limited for a bit. #RPAdmin
#RPAdmin: So, a quick 🧵 on CWs.
What I ask, at minimum, is that people on retro.pizza make a good-faith effort to pause before posting something that they want to share because it made them angry and put a content warning on it. Just go with your gut: Are you posting it because it made you mad […]
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The front yard had been just as serene as Andorus had liked it, until he heard the knock at his door.
“Yes?”
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RE: https://sfba.social/@drahardja/115908542368696091
#RPAdmin: I’m leaving this up to user choice, but if you bridged to Bluesky and want to unbridge, here’s the instructions:
#RPAdmin: I’m preemptively putting a Limit on that new Forkiverse server because everything about it screams “security/harassment time bomb”. Not a full Suspend (yet), just a limit.
RE: https://retro.pizza/@trixter/115514546582322391
Okay, NOW we’re on 4.5, which you can tell because I’m using a quote retoot to post about it! #RPAdmin
Hey Retro Pizza, as of today we are on Mastodon 4.5!
What does that mean?
Most significantly, you can now quote-boost! If you'd rather people not quote-boost you, you can change that under Preferences > Other.
Also this version is better about pulling remote replies to remote posts, which is […]
When I do my next revision of the server rules, I should make sure to clarify that it's perfectly acceptable to express positive feelings about the deaths of horrible people, unlike SOME social media platforms. #RPAdmin
I don’t plug the server donations too hard because we’re paying our bill hosting bill with what I’m already getting, but the extra that’s my “tip” for keeping things running is actually a huge help with as tight as my budget is these days and right now at the end of the month when I need to “run […]
Looks like there’s likely to be a big Mastodon software update next week, so if everything suddenly looks strange and frightening, that’s why! 😅 #RPAdmin
mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/115...
Alright Retro Pizza, I’m off on a birthday overnight camping trip! Poke @Meadhbh if anything catches fire. #RPAdmin
I’m thinking I should probably add something to the server rules about generative AI — not sure I want to call a blanket ban, but it’s definitely worth noting in the rules that the community is pretty firmly opposed to it so any use needs to be in a limited, thoughtful context. #RPAdmin
The renewal for the retro.pizza domain this year is going to be $58.99. 😭
FORTUNATELY we still have enough people donating through Patreon/Ko-Fi/PayPal to cover it on top of the actual hosting so this isn’t a call for funding, just venting and possibly a cautionary tale about fancy domains […]
Looks like the queue has processed, so text search should be functional again and we should have access to all the stuff that happened on other servers while we were down.
I’ll email the new host about increasing the character limit tomorrow!
Let me know if you encounter any lingering […]
WELCOME BACK RETRO.PIZZA! There may be some weirdness for a few hours as the server wakes back up from its journey but we are once again posting! #RPAdmin
I want to reassure everyone that any downtime for server migration will *not* interfere with Monsterdon. #RPAdmin
All right, here we go (and just before Monsterdon picks up): A State of the Pizza about the server hosting issues, open for comments from anyone:
#RPAdmin
https://www.patreon.com/posts/state-of-pizza-131027549
Here's what I'm thinking for now:
Unless there's significant opposition, I'd like to limit the remote cache to two years and see how much that helps. This will mean any bookmarked posts you have that are older than that will disappear. You won't be able to see posts from other servers that are […]
And… retro.pizza is over the hosting limit for the database again, which is going to add another $50 to the monthly bill (but that hosting tier should hold us for a while). I need to sit down tomorrow and write up a post explaining what’s going on with this, but the short version is the older […]
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I put a Limit on the account that was only ever posting links to a Twitch stream that was occasionally all Hogwarts Legacy. I don’t like to blanket-ban things because I trust people to be able to engage responsibly with problematic material, but that wasn’t what that was. Plus […]
The new Retro Pizza logo! It's a vaporwave purple and pink grid-horizon background, a photo of a square-cut, thin-crust pepperoni and sausage pizza, and a teal and purple metallic "Retro Pizza" text logo in the center.
There, finally got around to lovingly hand-crafting a new server "thumbnail" graphic out of available free graphic design resources and also the dinner I had a few weeks ago. Image editing software is my big computer blind spot. #RPAdmin
Donations are right about $30 short of the server hosting bill again this month, someone remind me to do a big "Hey, Mastodon servers are run like an NPR station, please chip in if you can!" post for the newcomers later this afternoon.
Maybe I need to offer tote bags...
Also I'm looking […]
HEADS UP PIZZA FOLKS: Masto.Host is migrating us to a new server sometime in the next 24 hours and they project about an hour of downtime! #RPAdmin
#RPAdmin: It's back! The State of the Pizza for February 2025! On Patreon and Ko-fi, but you don't have to be a member to read either one. Also CW for vague uspol anxiety talk.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/state-of-pizza-122747357 […]
#RPAdmin: Speaking of reports, how are folks on Retro Pizza feeling about having things open with the big servers lately, vs. putting them on Limited? I know there were a couple spam attacks on some big servers recently, and mastodon.social is still a target, but their mods are responding […]
#RPAdmin: I have added a new custom emoji, because of Reasons. :molotov:
#RPAdmin: I added a bit of a FAQ to the bottom of my Director's Cut of the server rules, and also I updated the link to it in the Rules section of the site here because I forgot to do that when I changed my Neocities site to a custom domain name because I am a very smart and cool person who is […]
#RPAdmin: We have had a LOT of new folks sign up over the last week! Welcome to Retro Pizza, everyone, and welcome to the Fediverse!
#RPAdmin: With yet another new round of new users migrating to Mastodon, I'm going to experimentally lift the Limit on mastodon dot social and see how it goes. I've been trying to balance keeping communications open with how bad a spam target they are, we'll see how it goes.
