Mastodon

Mastodon
Social networking, back in your hands
URL	https://joinmastodon.org/
Status	Special case
Archiving status	Special case
Archiving type	Unknown
IRC channel	#archiveteam-bs (on hackint)

Mastodon is a federated social network which is comparable in functionality to Twitter and part of the Fediverse. Due to the federation, instances are constantly joining the network or disappearing.

As of January 2019, it is not possible to properly migrate an account from one instance to another^[1].

Since May 2019, ArchiveTeam has not archived Mastodon or any other Fediverse instances; see the page of the latter for details.

Archival

Instances can be archived reasonably well by starting a recursive crawl from the "about" page, which contains a link to the admin profile. This may not cover the entire instance though. A more complete coverage requires first crawling the API to retrieve a full list of accounts on the instance, then starting a recursive crawl from those. The API as well as the ActivityPub endpoints also offer other ways to obtain a dump of the status data, e.g. by iterating over the public timeline or over the accounts' outboxes; this does not produce (easily) browsable archives but can be accessed much better programmatically.

Mastodon has a built-in feature allowing for automatic post deletion, instancewide ^[2] or at the behest of individual users ^[3].

Lists of instances

instances.social^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]} – As of 2019-01-15, this lists 6066 instances, a bit over 4100 of which are marked as down.
- The full list as JSON is available here^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}.
the-federation.info^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]} – Not only Mastodon but the entire Fediverse. Opt-in and therefore incomplete. As of 2019-01-28, 4298 nodes (instances) are listed in total, 2748 of them running Mastodon.
https://github.com/distsn/instances^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]} – Automated discovery through each instance's peers. Covers also GNU social, Pleroma, and Misskey.

Dead and dying instances

2024-05-18^[4] social.network.europa.eu, 18 users
2024-01-01^[5] cybre.space, 2.86k users
2023-05-09^[6] mastodon.lol, 18k users
2022-12-01^[7] mastodon.technology, 23.6k users
2020-11-1^[8]: snouts.online^[9], 3054 users, 2265852 statuses, Partially saved/Not saved yet
between 2019-10-09^[10] and 2019-11-16: mastodon.dregin.com^[11]^[12], 16 users, 98 statuses, Saved!, job:6t10b41nvx3gdl7pjsebx56dm
between 2019-07-14^[13] and 2019-08-11^[14]: www.bookbeezhive.com^[15], 101 users, 6345 statuses, Saved!, job:tthg1hszz9bjl1uwxzoy9a7w
2019-05-18: berries.space^[16]^[17], 3k users, 634k statuses, Saved!, job:11lu0srbwxroh7huboiej67wp, job:8grwhmq7awexfnuozbd6o29h9
between 2019-05-06^[18] and 2019-11-16: waytoo.online^[19], 3 users, 786 statuses, Saved!, job:au35hf4x8hwq290wf3v7nr4vt
2019-05-07: smusi.ch^[20], 548 users, 4776 statuses, Saved!, job:a1ylhltresype3wqgti7j75xq
2019-05-??: terrafirma.space^[21], number of users and statuses unknown, Lost
2019-04-28: friends.nico^[22], 48k users, 23.6M statuses, Partially saved, job:bnep6tuzykw7n2p00d1fzo8os, job:8fmcbfaimu9yxyw6o9ov41ewi, job:boyjduz4g0zwd6jkickjaclfo, job:36y6ladhmmtkfnthy4xljnh46, job:cxhzh6fdf1rvxqt952r3eo5h5, job:2p8yjkcv6gljavrs4n8m1uly8, job:3mqd2z115rjuv6hszk1ulf2s8
2019-04-26: muses.gallery^[23], 135 users, 2369 statuses, Saved!, job:dvgy39m1dh3kiacf72g6uy70
2019-04-16: prose.zone^[24], 125 users, 29k statuses, Saved!, job:77eyy43pwo1t6ss9cxmorqgfi
2019-04-22: humanities.one^[25]^[26], 71 users, 800 statuses, Saved!, job:ae3aq93csqv597wdzlatfjvj4
2019-04-??: djs.social, after first announcing a shutdown end of February^[27]^[28] and then announcing that the instance would stay online with changed rules^[29], it shut down sometime between 2019-04-13^[30] and 2019-04-22^[31]; 174 users, 2.9k statuses, Saved!, job:4v0owecf2yc17orqaavuggpdr
2019-04-??: lamp.institute^[32] disappeared between 2019-04-08^[33] and 2019-04-13^[34], 46 users, 84k statuses, Saved!, job:8kqsx32rlhdtclls5g1b37la2
2019-04-09: pleasehug.me^[35], 192 users, 15k statuses, Saved!, job:2nn2fx0ge4zf7az19gyfj5g10
2019-01-??: mastodon.rocks seems to have broken entirely sometime between 2019-01-23^[36]^[37] and 2019-02-03^[38] with the "about" page returning an error 500 page, and the SSL certificate expired on 2019-03-05^[39] and was not renewed as of 2019-03-24^[40]; 441 users, 2781 statuses as of 2019-01-15^[41], Lost
2019-01-19: ilovela.in^[42], 34 users, 18k statuses, Saved!, job:cme7xo8rj4oacpkbkll0tffga
2019-01-10: threddy.social^[43]^[44], number of users and statuses unknown, Lost
2019-01-06: theboss.tech^[45], 243 users and 724k status as of November 2018^[46], Lost
2018-12-??: apoil.org, number of users and statuses unknown, Lost
2018-12-??: webdev.network^[47], 144 users, 765 statuses, Saved!, job:3w7bgh9a2or69ke15dfyttzib
2018-11-01: unixcorn.xyz^[48], 1k users and 33k statuses as of May 2018, Lost
ca. 2018-10-??: bofa.lol, created 2018-08-17 according to WHOIS^[49], 630 users and 143k statuses as of 2018-09-05^[50], Lost
after 2018-05-10: spooky.pizza, number of users and statuses unknown, Lost
2018-04-30: witches.town^[51], 2.4k users, 1.3M statuses, Saved!, job:do3wklp5q85gm4pfkhqn76gj
2018-03-16: mastodon.rocks crashed and lost all data, number of users and statuses unknown, Lost
2018-03-07: hiveway.net^[52], 1.4k users, 5.5k statuses, Saved!, job:2i0bmlsqg80ugsyg7tyxp11x9
after 2018-02-04^[53]: social.arbleizez.bzh, Lost
2017-10-??: socially.constructed.space, number of users and statuses unknown, Lost
ca. 2017-09-??: fern.surgeplay.com, 163 users and 882 statuses as of June 2017^[54], Lost
ca. 2017-07-??: toot.works, number of users and statuses unknown, Lost
ca. 2017-06-??: pouet.sbaron.fr, number of users and statuses unknown, Lost
after 2017-04-??: wogan.im, number of users and statuses unknown, Lost
ca. 2017-04-??: masto.yellowkeycard.net, number of users and statuses unknown (probably single-user^[55]), Lost
ca. 2017-04-??: mastodon.cx, 1.7k users, 3.9k statuses, Lost

Other archives or attempts

2019-05-08: social.librem.one, number of users and statuses unknown, Saved!, job:4aruc15c0yjd7hs4112bms8l9
2019-05-01: social.librem.one, number of users and statuses unknown, Partially saved, job:niq8tzh55qp5ecml2f52kycp
2019-04-24: redwombat.social, certificate expired on 2019-04-20 and hasn't been renewed as of 2019-05-03, 3 users, 4k statuses, Saved!, job:84jbeob4ggd61pfzrmu6jaayq
2019-04-07: social.privacytools.io, 371 users, 714 statuses, Saved!, job:a2kfq84qzk4x03jq36cdchjfy
2019-01-16: mastodon.mit.edu, 523 users, 73k statuses, Saved!, job:eld9e7mlgqqzn6eez8o6d2cds
2019-01-15: comm.network, 17 users, 2.3k statuses, Saved!, job:477cfpmlf91qgzahcu3doz8i7
2018-09-05: girlcock.club, 208 users, 17.2k statuses, Saved!, job:e0eyw802j202q2xdtb5y7vluf
2018-09-04: catdon.life, 779 users, 44k statuses, Saved!, job:ij3sp1n9f9o8dz8aum7z2nlb
2018-09-04: mst3k.interlinked.me, 191 users, 207k statuses, Saved!, job:1wrz1h6fddtug7aboj3lm6u7e
2018-07-04: comm.network, Not saved yet, job:4syxicv0vopadoq2qoo5uu296 failed
2018-04-16: tenforward.social, 338 users, 12.8k statuses, Saved!, job:4n4gyhnp9i31dxtpyi8hbedhk

Outdated instances

Instances that are running old versions of Mastodon are likely to not be properly maintained anymore and may be at risk of disappearing. They are tracked at:

Mastodon/Outdated instances/2019-03-24

Instance homepage grabs

User:JustAnotherArchivist is regularly running !ao jobs for all known instances' homepages (= "about" pages for current versions of Mastodon) through ArchiveBot based on the instances.social list:

2019-01-15: job:47hdn6nhv6ed9fvd7mzjuweqr
2019-02-03: job:132ttwrv8yg8mxk5hr0d8w73u
2019-03-08: job:btkyf4lv1ldln7ztfqaypb1r1
2019-03-24: job:4cs2unovzjjkyv0kdcuwnqsns
2019-04-13: job:377h9t2x30x8q9r8qbcbitiu4
2019-04-22: job:35o5vbnapwattts5snjt4uls9
2019-04-28: job:7ubr9t6k4l7xh19xyilygqk71
2019-05-05: job:efkjot1d6mpvphjasn1n8pkk3
2019-05-12: job:dy5f6i9tmdep5w3o2nzrbf6b
2019-05-19: job:22a28tmnp0s0sq8j4j7sro6wl
2019-05-27: job:e64uxjvpxab32cydg8ze56it2
2019-06-04: job:b1how24ydggvmxv90lrkenghb
2019-06-10: job:cqqrq2xdy10g7tejz33erb62v
2019-06-17: job:9pgmqb2iq7b5ifq64xpqzfxwq
2019-07-01: job:9vfkmobgbmnv3ee63wamy1mf9
2019-07-14: job:851s47v7cd1f0ejj06rfuzpq8
2019-08-11: job:9mvltsu5h23cg6k7l918hbzdh

References

Links

Official website^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[1] ttps://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/177

[2] ttps://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/875

[3] ttps://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/109367449562229972

[4] ttps://www.edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/press-releases/2024/edps-decentralised-social-media-pilot-end-successful-story_en

[5] ttps://cybre.space/~chr/cybre-space-eol

[6] ttps://mastodon.lol/@nathan/109836633022272265

[7] ttps://ashfurrow.com/blog/mastodon-technology-shutdown/

[8] ttps://snouts.online/@Sapphicgiraffic/105133310163251117

[9] ttps://snouts.online/@Sapphicgiraffic/105133310163251117

[10] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20191009151917/https://mastodon.dregin.com/about

[11] ttps://mastodon.dregin.com/@dregin/101841772024992131^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[12] ttps://mastodon.ie/@dregin/102033888477173336^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[13] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20190714012148/https://www.bookbeezhive.com/about

[14] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20190811222932/http://www.bookbeezhive.com/

[15] ttps://www.bookbeezhive.com/@PletchaPJWebb/101982288878668788^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[16] ttps://berries.space/@mods/102039498886510781^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[17] ttps://is.nota.live/@ida/102103468237073449^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[18] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20190506180209/https://waytoo.online/about

[19] ttps://waytoo.online/@hypirlink/102021347784209856^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[20] ttps://smusi.ch/@smusi/101844877814629349^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[21] ttps://mastodon.social/@mastohost/102028765248401685^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[22] ttps://friends.nico/@friends_nico/101827010188335801^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[23] ttps://muses.gallery/@giantrobotbee/101954430173985710^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[24] ttps://prose.zone/@kindness/101936000262244658^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[25] ttps://humanities.one/@lrhodes/101818106595113336^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[26] ttps://humanities.one/@lrhodes/101870169333337017^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[27] ttps://djs.social/@damien/101381657119712906^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[28] ttps://djs.social/@tipsandtricks/101387593257993357^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[29] ttps://djs.social/@damien/101549632451437412^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[30] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20190413170337/https://djs.social/about

[31] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20190422202227/http://djs.social/

[32] ttps://lamp.institute/@amy/101860606687776398^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[33] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20190408175646/https://lamp.institute/about

[34] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20190413174519/http://lamp.institute/

[35] ttps://pleasehug.me/@Kirschn/101891650141822033^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[36] ttps://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://mastodon.rocks/@Glenn^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[37] ttps://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://mastodon.rocks/@UBports/with_replies?max_id=101419312194725348^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[38] job:132ttwrv8yg8mxk5hr0d8w73u

[39] ttps://crt.sh/?id=1003316809^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[40] ttps://crt.sh/?q=mastodon.rocks^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[41] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20190115160206/https://mastodon.rocks/about

[42] ttps://ilovela.in/@tA/101404667036176695^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[43] ttps://twitter.com/ThreddyTheTrex/status/1083482118095687681^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[44] ttps://mastodon.xyz/@MrJimmy/101391264142311165^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[45] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20190107100851/https://theboss.tech/^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[46] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20181112130414/https://theboss.tech/about^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[47] ttps://webdev.network/@akmur/101259121075585625^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[48] ttps://unixcorn.xyz/@unixcorn/100661126190416872^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[49] ttps://www.whois.com/whois/bofa.lol^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[50] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20180905070653/https://bofa.lol/about

[51] ttps://witches.town/@TheSupreme/99790692010452099^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[52] ttps://hiveway.net/@hiveway/99637137678915164^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[53] ttps://framapiaf.org/@franckridel/99466298851989160^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

[54] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20170615132342/https://fern.surgeplay.com/about/more

[55] ttps://mastodon.social/@bkeej^{[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]}

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Lists of instances

Dead and dying instances

Other archives or attempts

Outdated instances

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References

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