We’ve updated #PNWZone to Mastodon version 4.3.5. Release notes are available here https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.5

We’ve updated #PNWZone to Mastodon version 4.3.5. Release notes are available here https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.5
Hi, again.
Deleted my spuddle acct here but apparently my iquitoz acct was mysteriously connected to it and it too was deleted. Wish that was made clear.
Need to check HD to see if partial “Following” and “Followers” lists are still available. It’s like Starting Over… again.
https://youtu.be/dfbAAiL5ec8?si=8-IOkXZN5LmRXWTR
Thanks so much for all those that have donated as well as inquired about the finances of #PNWZone. To share some stats... From Nov-Jan, we averaged $86/month in donations. Our expenses are about $300/month. We currently have about 220 monthly active users. If 50% of folks gave just $3/month then we'd be good to cover costs with and build a small reserve. No obligation if your not able to, but if you have the means, the US tax-deductible donation page is at https://hcb.hackclub.com/donations/start/pnw-zone
Hey #PNWZone users. We've been doing some analysis of our top users and 50% of our top 30 users are all bots that are mirroring Twitter accounts through https://www.sportsbots.xyz/
Given our donations aren't covering our costs, we're going to disable these mirrored accounts starting Feb 25, 2025 to save some cash. Please feel free to directly follow those accounts on Twitter. Thanks!
We're now on Mastodon version 4.3.1 here at #PNWZone. Minor fixes in this release.
Details here: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/113345421273761855
@jeff @conspitstop @donnaonthemountain @mako @Jimblomquist @KathleenC @CaryHall @ericg @grooms @lee I’m sorry to hear about the Sanjuans.life shutdown. All are welcome over at #PNWZone. Take a look at who we are and our code of conduct to see if it jives with you. https://pnw.zone/about
You can also browse our local timeline without needing to migrate. https://pnw.zone/public/local
And lastly, no matter where you end up, here’s a helpful guide on the migration process. https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/
We've completed the Mastodon 4.3.0 upgrade on #PNWZone!
Please ping me if you see anything that isn't working quite right. A rundown of the major changes is described over in this blog: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/10/mastodon-4.3/
Hey #PNWZone! We're looking to perform the Mastodon 4.3.0 upgrade on Friday, Oct 18th @ 5am. We expect there will be downtime during the upgrade process, so we appreciate your patience, but also hope you aren't online that early in the morning
The Mastodon team released a big update to the world today. Here at #PNWZone, we will be upgrading our server in the next week or two. With this many changes in a single release, we like to lag just a tad behind to avoid any unforeseen issues that may be found out in the wild.
You can read about some of the upcoming changes here.
@wellschmaltz Can you link an example post that is doing that? The #PNWZone server currently caches remote images, but I only keep them locally for 7 days (soon to be 14 days). If they are deleted from the cache then my server will go back to the original post and request the image again. Outside of a little delay, that should work fine assuming the original image is still available for us to download and cache again.
@Washbeachboy Welcome to #PNWZone!
PNW.Zone has been updated to 4.2.10 with all the latest security updates (after a brief 5 minute outage! - apologies for that!). Happy 4th!
https://mastodon.social/@update_notifications/112728864603392441
@peter @greenexpanse welcome to the #PNWZone community!
#PNWZone is accepting US tax deductible donations again! Hack Club is our new fiscal sponsor.
We have over 200 active monthly users. If we could get just half our users to donate $3/month then we'd be in great financial shape with the ability to start building up some reserves.
If you're in a position to help, please consider setting up a monthly donation today at:
@CurtisLBray Thanks very much for hosting rail casual! Pleased to be on #PNWZone.
#PNWZone had about a 30 minute outage where you could only read posts, but not interact or create new posts. We're catching up on the backlog of activity from remote servers. There may be some minor interruptions while we finish recovering from the outage.
@rail_casual welcome to #PNWZone!
Please see our update on the future of donations here at PNW.Zone. More updates will be provided as we find a new way to accept future donations.