Sakurajima Updates - November 2024

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Now that Sakurajima turns two years old, here are some brief updates for November.

Botsinspace Shutdown​

It is announced that botsin.space is being shut down sometime next month.


If anyone need a new home for Japanese Media/Culture related bots, we do allow them, although there are certain guidelines you have to follow. We currently have 6 active bots on our server.

From the about page:

While bots are allowed, note that your bot can only make up to 4 public automated posts in an hour (1 post every 25 minutes). No more than 16 unlisted posts in an hour. No repetitive posting (posting the same thing repeatedly) is allowed for public posting, if repetitive, keep it unlisted.

If you flood the local timeline, we may limit/suspend your account temporarily and you may appeal once you resolve the outstanding issues.

Note: This rule does not apply to apps that auto-shares blog posts or RSS feeds. Non automated posts made does not count towards this limit either.

Note 2: We do not allow bots that solely share only AI content (e.g. bots that share AI generated images or powered by ChatGPT)
Bots are required to be labeled as automated.

If your bot regularly uploads video, please be mindful as that can raise the cost of object storage. If you plan to have a bot that uploads videos, you should consider donating monthly or linking it externally (yes, you should be able to provide a player from your site to play the video from the preview)

(Note that I do plan to move only the Mastodon Object storage to a more flexible (one that charges by the TB) one at the end of this year, or early next year because Mastodon caches media, which is why the Object Storage for Mastodon is big)

If your bot shares artwork that you don’t own, you are required to credit (provide link to original) to the post.

Shorter Addresses for use with Bluesky Bridge is now available​

For users on our server; if you bridged your account with the BlueSky bridge and you want a shorter handle (<username>.sakurajima.moe or <username>.sakurajima.social) for your bridged account, you can request one if you have donated in the past.

Instructions are here:
https://forums.sakurajima.moe/resources/using-a-shorter-domain-for-bluesky-bridge.22/

If you want to use your own domain, see:
https://fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky-enhanced

Muting Behavior on Sakurajima Social​

The muting behavior is now changed on Sakurajima Social. Note that when you block a user, it will also mute the user to hide their posts due to how Misskey is set up. The default behavior has been changed on the Sakurakey soft-fork to hide replies made by users that you muted. (Note, you will need to refresh for the mutes to fully take effect.)