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update: fixed.

Note. For any #socialbc users. We have a security certificate renewal error this morning. Looks like an automated renewal didn’t happen. Might take a bit to resolve. Apologies.
#socialbc

update: fixed.

Note. For any #socialbc users. We have a security certificate renewal error this morning. Looks like an automated renewal didn’t happen. Might take a bit to resolve. Apologies.
#socialbc

RE: https://socialbc.ca/@jrenken/116824434781054955

WOOT
#SocialBC
v4.6.2 up and running!

RE: https://socialbc.ca/@jrenken/116824434781054955

WOOT
#SocialBC
v4.6.2 up and running!

We've updated #SocialBC to Mastodon 4.6! Here's a summary of the major changes: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/mastodon-4.6/

We've updated #SocialBC to Mastodon 4.6! Here's a summary of the major changes: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/mastodon-4.6/

OHH!! This is exciting! #SocialBC has been added to the official https://joinmastodon.org/servers list!!

Of course, the easiest way to sign up is to just head straight to socialbc.ca... but hopefully this will make it a little easier for people brand new to mastodon to discover us!

We are most easily found when people select ‘regional' and ‘public organization’.

Hooray!!

#Mastodon #OpenSocialWeb #Fediverse

OHH!! This is exciting! #SocialBC has been added to the official https://joinmastodon.org/servers list!!

Of course, the easiest way to sign up is to just head straight to socialbc.ca... but hopefully this will make it a little easier for people brand new to mastodon to discover us!

We are most easily found when people select ‘regional' and ‘public organization’.

Hooray!!

#Mastodon #OpenSocialWeb #Fediverse

updating to v4.6 on my #selfhost.... taking a long time just to update ruby to 4.0.5 lol.

It'll be awhile.
As for #socialBC
@jrenken is likely to update our server to the new release in the coming hours/days. (it will be much more responsive than my 10 year old iMac when he does)

#mastoadmin

updating to v4.6 on my #selfhost.... taking a long time just to update ruby to 4.0.5 lol.

It'll be awhile.
As for #socialBC
@jrenken is likely to update our server to the new release in the coming hours/days. (it will be much more responsive than my 10 year old iMac when he does)

#mastoadmin

@ChrisIstace I'm a dork, but this is something fun/unique about mastodon that I really like.

Custom emojis on a server. In honour of Justin McElroy's famous ‘brackets’, I made custom emojis for #socialBC from every flag from every local government and first nation that I could find.

like: :ladysmith: #ladysmith

or :northcowichan: #northcowich or :cowichanvalleyRD: #cvrd

Just start with a colon : then the name and end with a colon :

I usually pair it with the hashtag.

Nerding complete. :)

@ChrisIstace I'm a dork, but this is something fun/unique about mastodon that I really like.

Custom emojis on a server. In honour of Justin McElroy's famous ‘brackets’, I made custom emojis for #socialBC from every flag from every local government and first nation that I could find.

like: :ladysmith: #ladysmith

or :northcowichan: #northcowich or :cowichanvalleyRD: #cvrd

Just start with a colon : then the name and end with a colon :

I usually pair it with the hashtag.

Nerding complete. :)

@ChrisIstace I'm a dork, but this is something fun/unique about mastodon that I really like.

Custom emojis on a server. In honour of Justin McElroy's famous ‘brackets’, I made custom emojis for #socialBC from every flag from every local government and first nation that I could find.

like: :ladysmith: #ladysmith

or :northcowichan: #northcowich or :cowichanvalleyRD: #cvrd

Just start with a colon : then the name and end with a colon :

I usually pair it with the hashtag.

Nerding complete. :)

@ChrisIstace I'm a dork, but this is something fun/unique about mastodon that I really like.

Custom emojis on a server. In honour of Justin McElroy's famous ‘brackets’, I made custom emojis for #socialBC from every flag from every local government and first nation that I could find.

like: :ladysmith: #ladysmith

or :northcowichan: #northcowich or :cowichanvalleyRD: #cvrd

Just start with a colon : then the name and end with a colon :

I usually pair it with the hashtag.

Nerding complete. :)

@ChrisIstace I'm a dork, but this is something fun/unique about mastodon that I really like.

Custom emojis on a server. In honour of Justin McElroy's famous ‘brackets’, I made custom emojis for #socialBC from every flag from every local government and first nation that I could find.

like: :ladysmith: #ladysmith

or :northcowichan: #northcowich or :cowichanvalleyRD: #cvrd

Just start with a colon : then the name and end with a colon :

I usually pair it with the hashtag.

Nerding complete. :)

@VE7WYC @[email protected] thanks so much Bill!

Just to be super clear/reiterate. I'm just chronically my own fun with my own personal instance at mstdn.chrisalemany.

#SocialBC is completely independent and not part of any of what I'm working on here in this thread.

I like doing this stuff though, and I like chronically as I go, and I really appreciate the encouragement and help from people here.

Mastodon is a great place :)

@VE7WYC @[email protected] thanks so much Bill!

Just to be super clear/reiterate. I'm just chronically my own fun with my own personal instance at mstdn.chrisalemany.

#SocialBC is completely independent and not part of any of what I'm working on here in this thread.

I like doing this stuff though, and I like chronically as I go, and I really appreciate the encouragement and help from people here.

Mastodon is a great place :)

RE: https://socialbc.ca/@aacUR8/116692344099351458

Hey #Fediverse! Please welcome new #SocialBC denizen @aacUR8 to the fold! 🙌

#Introductions #Mastodon #Fediverse #OpenSocialWeb

RE: https://socialbc.ca/@aacUR8/116692344099351458

Hey #Fediverse! Please welcome new #SocialBC denizen @aacUR8 to the fold! 🙌

#Introductions #Mastodon #Fediverse #OpenSocialWeb

the good news is, I believe I've confirmed that redis and postgresql *are* the major culprits behind the disk performance issues on my #selfhost #footiMac @[email protected] instance

(to be clear, this is not connected to or impacting #socialBC)

The bad news is that it will take all night probably for it to finish what it's doing anyway, which is running apt for a long needed update.

So it's going to be morning before that account returns, but at least now I have a path forward!

#mastoAdmin #selfhost

the good news is, I believe I've confirmed that redis and postgresql *are* the major culprits behind the disk performance issues on my #selfhost #footiMac @[email protected] instance

(to be clear, this is not connected to or impacting #socialBC)

The bad news is that it will take all night probably for it to finish what it's doing anyway, which is running apt for a long needed update.

So it's going to be morning before that account returns, but at least now I have a path forward!

#mastoAdmin #selfhost

Thanks to @jrenken for updating #SocialBC to v4.5.11 today!

onward! :+)

#Mastodon

Thanks to @jrenken for updating #SocialBC to v4.5.11 today!

onward! :+)

#Mastodon

#SocialBC #Kamloops NewsBot users: the hourly weather reports: do you find them useful or should I get rid of them or change them?

#SocialBC #Kamloops NewsBot users: the hourly weather reports: do you find them useful or should I get rid of them or change them?

#SocialBC NewsBot question:

FlowHockey posts; do you use it or should I lose it?

#SocialBC NewsBot question:

FlowHockey posts; do you use it or should I lose it?

#socialBC is back online. A victim of our success... growing disk space usage :)

#socialBC is back online. A victim of our success... growing disk space usage :)

Heads up for #SocialBC users.
We’ve been having some issues since yesterday afternoon where timelines are updating a visible but posting and interactions are not working or intermittent.

We're on the case and working on a fix.

Thanks for your patience.

Chris and the SOSSBC/SocialBC team

Heads up for #SocialBC users.
We’ve been having some issues since yesterday afternoon where timelines are updating a visible but posting and interactions are not working or intermittent.

We're on the case and working on a fix.

Thanks for your patience.

Chris and the SOSSBC/SocialBC team

@jsewell welcome to BC and #SocialBC Jeffrey!!

@jsewell welcome to BC and #SocialBC Jeffrey!!

As promised, I have implemented the suspension/block on mastodon.cloud. Folks on #SocialBC will not be able to interact with accounts on that server.

This was done due to ongoing issues with spam and un-moderated user additions from that un-regulated and defunct server.

The negative impact should be minimal as very few people followed accounts there or vice versa.

#MastodonCloud #FediBlock #Fediverse #moderation #OpenInstance

As promised, I have implemented the suspension/block on mastodon.cloud. Folks on #SocialBC will not be able to interact with accounts on that server.

This was done due to ongoing issues with spam and un-moderated user additions from that un-regulated and defunct server.

The negative impact should be minimal as very few people followed accounts there or vice versa.

#MastodonCloud #FediBlock #Fediverse #moderation #OpenInstance

Since I went nuclear on the Black Press owned outlets I’m definitely noticing a lack of local news for the smaller communities. Is anyone else feeling the absence of news from their particular town/region?

#SocialBC #BCNews

Since I went nuclear on the Black Press owned outlets I’m definitely noticing a lack of local news for the smaller communities. Is anyone else feeling the absence of news from their particular town/region?

#SocialBC #BCNews

Since I went nuclear on the Black Press owned outlets I’m definitely noticing a lack of local news for the smaller communities. Is anyone else feeling the absence of news from their particular town/region?

#SocialBC #BCNews

Since I went nuclear on the Black Press owned outlets I’m definitely noticing a lack of local news for the smaller communities. Is anyone else feeling the absence of news from their particular town/region?

#SocialBC #BCNews

Since I went nuclear on the Black Press owned outlets I’m definitely noticing a lack of local news for the smaller communities. Is anyone else feeling the absence of news from their particular town/region?

#SocialBC #BCNews

Hey #SocialBC folks!
I've posted an announcement on the webpage. You can find it under the speaker icon. The short version is:

As of May 1, 2026 SocialBC.ca will be de-federating from the Mastodon.cloud instance.

The instance has become defunct and still has open registation so is becoming a source of spam and other problematic content.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to the team.

Chris and the SocialBC Team

#MastodonCloud #Federation #Fediverse

Hey #SocialBC folks!
I've posted an announcement on the webpage. You can find it under the speaker icon. The short version is:

As of May 1, 2026 SocialBC.ca will be de-federating from the Mastodon.cloud instance.

The instance has become defunct and still has open registation so is becoming a source of spam and other problematic content.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to the team.

Chris and the SocialBC Team

#MastodonCloud #Federation #Fediverse

Found a little glitch with the #RosslandBC news feed this morning. I’ve narrowed the search scope a little bit to hopefully tighten it up. #SocialBC

Found a little glitch with the #RosslandBC news feed this morning. I’ve narrowed the search scope a little bit to hopefully tighten it up. #SocialBC

@chris
Happy to do it, I’m also a customer! 🙂

Fun fact: my social media browse now often includes a peek in on the #SocialBC local feed to see what’s going on around the province.

@chris
Happy to do it, I’m also a customer! 🙂

Fun fact: my social media browse now often includes a peek in on the #SocialBC local feed to see what’s going on around the province.

News bot update: with *most* of the Black Press outlets filtered out, the feed (at least from my perspective) seems much more relevant and manageable.

I discovered that the site (rss.app) I use to create the feeds has an upper limit on the number of filter terms I can use, and I’ve reached it, so adding any more keywords means removing others.

One day I’d like to move to a programatic solution, but I’m not much of a coder, so a bunch more learning would be required…

#SocialBC

News bot update: with *most* of the Black Press outlets filtered out, the feed (at least from my perspective) seems much more relevant and manageable.

I discovered that the site (rss.app) I use to create the feeds has an upper limit on the number of filter terms I can use, and I’ve reached it, so adding any more keywords means removing others.

One day I’d like to move to a programatic solution, but I’m not much of a coder, so a bunch more learning would be required…

#SocialBC

Question for folks here on #SocialBC (or anyone following the BC local news bots):

Do you find the duplication of posts across multiple bots annoying? I’m trying to decide whether to just outright block Black Press owned news outlets due to the way they blast out news stories across their many properties. Blocking them outright will result in some legitimate local news stories going unseen, but is that a price worth paying to stop results like the below?:

(Poll in next post)

Question for folks here on #SocialBC (or anyone following the BC local news bots):

Do you find the duplication of posts across multiple bots annoying? I’m trying to decide whether to just outright block Black Press owned news outlets due to the way they blast out news stories across their many properties. Blocking them outright will result in some legitimate local news stories going unseen, but is that a price worth paying to stop results like the below?:

(Poll in next post)