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The migration for Sakurajima Social to a RHEL based server didn’t quite work out. To make my job easier, I will be moving the existing VM to the new host using Xen Orchestra. This will take a bit longer. While the server is on the same datacenter, it will take about 2 hours and 10 minutes to...

With February almost done and the “Snowcrete” finally melting away, here are some updates for March that haven’t been shared already. Sakurajima Social Server Migration Sakurajima Social will be moved to the second server we just added to host additional services and future service expansion...

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One can hope... and bring back forums?

The support forums for our services like Mastodon, Pixelfed, etc are now replaced by the ticketing system. The content of those forums are now archived and read only.

With some advancements in personal data stores (PDS) being easier to set up along with account migration process being easier than before, we are almost ready to start public testing of Sakurasora, our version of Bluesky, but independently run and not rely on any of Bluesky’s controversial...

For those looking for an alternative to Discord, we are planning to provide a potential chat server alternative to host your community. Note that since Sakurajima is an Japanese media and culture centric community, we want to give priority to the following: Creative communities/groups that...

You might have know that Discord is requiring all users to go into invasive face cans or providing identification. I know that people will not be comfortable with this. https://bsky.app/profile/wario64.bsky.social/post/3megnvmuvws2g While we only have a basic chat feature added to the forums...

There will be planned downtime to move Sakurajima extra services to the new dedicated server. This will affect the following: Forums Pixelfed Relay MAL Updater OS X project website (Hachidori, Shukofukurou, Kanimanabu, etc) Yoshino Garden (WordPress blog hosting) AniBlogTracker Services will...

Now that we are in the first day of February, here are some upcoming updates for Sakurajima New Server and Sakurajima Social and Sakurajima Misc Services Server Move We have added a new dedicated server, which we will use to move the extra services (Forums, Pixelfed, WordPress) and Sakurajima...

With Discord enshittifying, we are providing alternatives through Sakurajima Forums to allow users to move their Discord communities to alternatives we have. Note: These options should only be used for Japanese media/culture centric groups, unless you are already a member of our forums or...

Welcome to 2026. Here are some updates. Plans for Sakurajima Still planning for a move to a bigger server if possible to have enough space for future growth and merge the seperate VPS that is sitting out there in OVH. The move will probably happen in February and there will be some downtime to...

It’s that time of year again as we head to the holidays and the end of the year. I want to give a little update on what is planned for this month. Possible Server Move I am contemplating a server move to a bigger one due to the fact we are using a lot of storage due to three years of activity...

On October 28th 2022, I started Sakurajima as an alternative to Twitter when it was taken over by Elon Musk. Since then, we have grown quite a bit, although of course the number of active users have stagnated over the past year. We have expanded our services beyond Mastodon and the Forums since...

On Monday, we reported that the dedicated server that hosted other Sakurajima services like the relay, Pixelfed, Forums, Yoshino Garden (WordPress blog hosting), and AniBlogTracker went down due to an SSD crash. Most services are now back online. This includes: Official Website Relay Pixelfed...

Last evening, the personal server which not only host my blog, but also other small services related to Sakurajima such as the mirror bots, relay, Pixelfed,Yoshino Garden, and AniBlogTracker went down. After logging into the management interface, it appears the SSD has stopped working...

We will be having our own version of Bluesky called Sakurasora (Sakurasky) relying on the Blacksky relay. However, the app, feeds, and additional moderation will be done on our end (with the addition of using Blacksky’s moderation). The main Sakurasora feeds will contain Japanese media...

While this update is late, here are some updates for this month. Fundraising Update Here is our update on the fundraising goals as of September 12th. Currently, we are at 44% of the $108 monthly goal ($47 a month from Patreon), from 50%. That goal is our monthly costs. However, our monthly...

Here are some updates on our projects we have planned for the future. They won't be happening immediately, but probably 4-6 months from now. Sakurajima Bluesky PDS Server plans We have been planning to host our own personal data store (PDS) server for a while, but there is no easy way to...

Centralized social media lead to a decline of things like blogs, forums, and IRC chat rooms, because of connivence and everyone on one platform instead of accounts on every forum community. Maybe there will be a breaking point where people will just seek out alternatives