Meta
- Is the rslashmonero experiment funneling our community back to Reddit inadvertantly?
Something to think about. It is pointless to interact with any of those posts directly here, so as a result they get no engagement. They're just links to Reddit, and I feel like they're just funnelling engagement back there. I can't help but notice, possibly incorrectly, that activity here sharply dropped as soon as that bot went active.
If we want the content here, wouldn't it make more sense to pull non self post content directly and post it as a first class Lemmy post here without linking to the reddit post?
If our goal is to make this the new Monero home, wouldn't a better approach be adding this site to the sidebar on the subreddit, or having automod inform every poster about it's existence? Is moving here even our goal anymore?
- Inline webp images in firefox
I view this website with Firefox, and the thumbnails and images (eg Monerochan Memes) don't display because they are webp. I have the "Don't accept image/webp" add-on active but this makes no difference. Is it possible to configure the website so another inline image format is available?
Edit: I notice that accessing via <https://mlmym.org/monero.town/?sort=Hot&listingType=Local> some thumbnails appear, while normally none do.
- Lemmy Feedposter: an easy to configure bot to post RSS feeds to Lemmycodeberg.org lemmy_feedposter
Feedposter is an easy to configure bot that checks RSS/Atom feeds and posts them to Lemmy.
I built this specifically for monero.town, but anyone can use it anywhere. It is pretty easy to configure, all the info is in the readme and there's an example configuration file to get you started using it.
Feel free to aso me any questions you want, recommendations, and also feel free to open issues in the repo.
- Telegram Channel for Meta
Mastodon/Lemmy tends to be unreliable due to it's immaturity and server problems. Having a Telegram channel for Meta would help interested parties to get info when needed
- We ARE on S3 bucket storage! Instead of 200GB, we now have 1TB (which is very easy to expand should we need it) 🎉
Shoutout to the pict-rs dev asonix for helping me with the migration ♥
https://git.asonix.dog/asonix/pict-rs
- Why you're seeing [deleted] on Reddit /r/Monero
From what I have learned, Reddit essentially shadowbans you, and it's likely because of your IP. If you register using a VPN, you'll be able to see your posts and comments, but others will only see 404s and [deleted]. You can see this first-hand here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/151aawx/merceneros_monero_services/
On Tor (accessing the onion address), you can surprisingly sign up and post, but signing in with a VPN somehow contaminates the account and your subsequent posts and comments won't appear, shadowbanning you.
- Why we were down last night.
Server showed as online on the hosting provider dashboard but it wasn't responding. After contacting support, this was fixed at some point.
This led to a config file being reverted because of a setting I didn't change earlier which led to the page only showing "Server error."
Everything should work again and in the future that config file shouldn't change by itself anymore. I still have no idea what the problem on the providers side was, let's hope it doesn't happen again :P
- meta@monero.town vs monero@monero.town
Whats difference between of them? I want to follow /r/monero alternative on Lemmy
- What kind of RSS feeds should be added to monero.town?
There is a lot we can do but it might become a bit spammy if we add too much. Some ideas would be:
- Monero ecosystem releases (Monero, GUI, Haveno, Serai, etc) either in a special releases community or the regular Monero one
- DarknetLive posts to the darknet community
- Crypto news to the cryptocurrency community
All of these feeds are of high quality and shouldn't completely spam us.
What do you think? Any other suggestions?
- FediRedirect: Usefull Firefox extensionaddons.mozilla.org FediRedirect – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download FediRedirect for Firefox. Redirects from a fediverse instance to your own instance
- Test post that is supposed to get mirrored to monero.town :)
Edit 2: This has been replaced with a bot that posts way more reliably, as well as locally to the instance.
#### Edit: This doesn't seem to work that well, will be upgraded soon.Posts made to r/Monero can now be seen on monero.town by subscribing to !monero@lemmit.online 🎉geteilt von: https://lemmit.online/post/157129
> ##### This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot. > The original was posted on /r/monero by /u/monerobull on 2023-07-10 19:36:45+00:00. > *** > If this works as planned, this post should show up in the feed of <https://monero.town/>, a monero-focused Lemmy instance. > > Comments made on either the reddit or Lemmy side don't get synced, just the post itself. > > If you can see this post on .town, congratulations, you don't have to visit reddit anymore 🥳 > >
- Lemmy.world and another instance have been compromised
A bunch of instances got compromised earlier today. Monero.town was not effected since this particular exploit requires a server to have custom emojis enabled.
geteilt von: https://lemdro.id/post/42872
> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1895271 > > > FYI!!! In case you start getting re-directed to porn sites. > > > > Maybe the admin got hacked? > > > > --------- > > > > edit: lemmy.blahaj.zone has also been hacked. beehaw.org is also down, possibly intentionally by their admins until the issue is fixed. > > > > Post discussing the point of vulnerability: https://lemmy.ml/post/1896249
- Onion instance (federation very limited)
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This instance doesn't share its backend with monero.town, in fact, it runs on an entirely different (and way less reliable) server.
Edit: Subscriptions aren't working since remote instances don't know where to send their posts (doesn't work with onion addresses). This means that only manually searched posts actually show up, making the whole instance pretty useless ._.
You can still view monero.town and the rest of the fediverse through federation. You can either put communities into the searchbar and subscribe to them (Example !monero@monero.town) or put entire links to posts from other instances into it to make them show up here.Since this instance is on Tor, it can federate inwards (pull content from other lemmy servers) but CAN'T federate outwards (interacting with posts on other servers). You can still comment and vote but only people on this instance will be able to see this. You are essentially siloed with a one-way window into the outside world.
For now, registration is open because I don't want to manage applications on two instances at once. Don't abuse this or it will be shut.
Matrix join the matrix room for live discussions/questions: #monero.town:monero.social
- Monero.Town is now running on Lemmy v18.1 🎉
Here is the changelog.
This upgrade brings a ton of bugfixes and performance improvements.
It also broke the nice custom theme we had 😅 I'll try to iron this out but for the time being we will change back to a default theme.
- Meta FAQ
How do I participate on Lemmy instances outside my own?
If it's already discovered (see the next section on that) you can go directly by URL in this format. https://yourlemmy.server/c/coolcommunity@coolserver.com or by searching for coolcommunity in the search bar. You will stay logged in with your home server this way but can vote, comment, post using your current identity on that other server meaning you don't need a separate account. Neat right?
Discovering: Hey I can't see [x] newly started community on my server! I can't find [y] popular community from my small server! What gives? (IMPORTANT)
Some communities might not appear from All, until any logged in user of that server searches for it in the lemmy-ui (web) searchbar.
For example, to "discover" coolcommunity @coolserver.com from instance yourlemmy.server, you would type "!coolcommunity@coolserver.com" within yourlemmy.server's search bar and wait 10 seconds. Ensure that community has at least one post that can sync, and even then it may take a while to actually appear in some cases. If you set the filter to "communities", enter the community in that format and press search and nothing happens, that means it is discovered. If it says No results, try again after 10 seconds, check that you have spelled and formatted correctly.
That causes your server to "discover" it and will start syncing posts and be searchable and also available on apps like Jerboa. Only after it is discovered can you use a URL link to it in this format: https://yourlemmy.server/c/coolcommunity@coolserver.com I coined the term discovering here but in essence it's initiating federation and post-fetching from that community.
I signed up but nothing happened/Some notification came up but I missed it. What do I do next?
This server has a manual approval process. Usually requests are approved within 30 minutes but it can take up to 12 hours to get approved. Try logging in after an hour, if it works you are successfully registered. You won't get any notification at all of your approval unless you inquire about your application through outside channels like the monero matrix rooms.
How do I find more communities?
The communities page or searching for communities.
Help! Why can't I see any/many posts and comments on an active thread?
Check your Language settings. Select English, Undetermined and your native language(s) using Ctrl+Click in the webui.
Where are the "Hot" and Important posts on Lemmy?
Whichever server you decide with, you can use the All page from the home of your server, sort by Hot, New, Active. Just keep in mind again, if your server has few "discovered" communities you won't see much outside your own server. Subscribe to major, active communities that you might be interested in then you can look in your "Subscribed" page as your feed for buzzing posts.
Statspage on number of Lemmy users etc.?
Sure! FediDB, this page is also useful to find new servers to join.
Anything else I need to know?
Please be careful with what you share on the internet. This should be common sense as even content on Reddit can be archived before deletion.
This post is based on this Lemmy FAQ.
- Federation status, 2023-07-02
I'm excited to see Lemmy have more adoption and interest. However, I'm running into some issues where my account on this instance is unable to see and join communities on some other servers.
What main Lemmy servers is this server federated with? What main ones are we not federated with?
- Can the admins add other languages to the server settings?
Since the only option here is
undetermined
, users can't select any other languages in their own settings.This works fine for posts on this instance, but it means we can't view posts on any other instance that have been tagged with any language other than undetermined, including English.
- What is publicly viewable and to who on lemmy?
Upvotes, downvotes, comments are available to the general public.
For IP logs is it only the admin of the instance account is created on that could view it? Or is it also the mods on the instance? Can every other admin or mod from another instance view the information?
What about for saves and messages?
By default admins of each instance can access everything from accounts that were created there, but unsure of the access available to everyone else. Would be fun to learn what federation with other instances and participating in them reveals to the admins/mods of those other instances.
- Monero.Town is back (and on Lemmy v18) 🎉
As some of you may have noticed, monero.town was only available for people signed into a Lemmy mobile app for the past few days.
It looks like the Lemmy software had a bug that was exploited to DoS instances which of course happened on evening #1 of Monerokon. In an attempt to fix this DoS issue, I upgraded to Lemmy version 18 which required additional, badly documented changes to the config. Since I didn't have a laptop with me, there wasn't all that much I could do besides the initial analysis. That is why it took until today for me to fix the issue. I hope this wasn't too big of an inconvenience to anyone 😅
Lemmy is still very new software and these are some of the growing pains. Please be reassured that I won't randomly abandon monero.town and will do my very best to never have to do another migration like house->town again.
- monero town web ui broken?
When i attempt to load monero.town from firefox i get "server error". I tried in a private tab to see if my login cookie may have something to do with it, but nope. The server clearly works on the back end as i can load and respond to posts just fine
- lemmy server 0.18.0 releasedgithub.com Releases · LemmyNet/lemmy
🐀 A link aggregator and forum for the fediverse. Contribute to LemmyNet/lemmy development by creating an account on GitHub.
When will the upgrade be done here? I know jerboa 0.0.35 requires this version to not throw errors
- Warning message on Jerboa
Hey @admin, just thought you should know, when I updated my Jerboa app to 0.0.35 I got this message.
- I cannot see the content of some, but not all, communities that are outside of Monero.town.
What causes this and is there anything I can do about it?
- Proposal to change the layout of the sidebar links and wallets.
I think the sidebar is missing some relevant information, particularly the links and wallets section. I propose it be replaced with something like this.
Information
Wallets
A list of popular wallets can be found here.
Mining
The easiest way to get started with mining is by following the Gupax guide. More advanced users can read How to mine on p2pool.
Exchanging
A list of popular exchanges and swaps can be found here.
- Are these posts and comments permanent or is there some type of expiration date?
I only ask because I've noticed more than 3 posts are either hidden or gone. I'm assuming I haven't already got banned in some way, but I'm also kinda confused how this lemmy federation crap works. Can I sub to non-monero lemmy communities with this profile or do I have to host my own instance to do that? sorry for being smolbrain
- For those new to the fediverse how did you find out about monero.town?
I searched for a possible /r/monero alternative to see where monero people from reddit might have gone and then had come across this thread
https://old.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/13vxry6/addressing_a_misunderstanding_my_misguided/
>This comment has been removed in protest of the Reddit API changes of June 2023. Consider visiting https://monero.town for a privacy preserving alternative to Reddit.
- Improved default theme & Monero themes
The default theme now fills more of the screen on desktop and makes it easier to follow comment chains.
If you are logged in, you can now select from three new Monero-colored themes:
- Lemmy_Orange
- Lemmy_Orange_dark
- Monero-Town_dark
In case you didn't know, Lemmy let's you use all kinds of custom themes via browser-exertions if you don't like the current selection. You can check out some pre-made ones here :)
- Image settings on this instance have been optimized 🎉
Storage is one of the biggest concerns in regards to instance resource usage, the new config should significantly improve storage efficiency via the following:
- Uploads are now limited to a maximum of 1 MB
- All uploads will now automatically be converted to the webp format and original file is discarded
- Anybody considering running a news bot that posts on this site?
I could build it, but I don't currently have a VPS or other server to run it. A bot that posted whenever Revuo Monero, The Monero Standard, etc would go a long way towards making this place the only place you need to go for Monero news and information.
- future of r/monero
If you still have a reddit account I would suggest option 4. However I can't vote since I already purged mine. https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/149nnrd/vote_on_the_future_of_the_monero_subreddit/
- Wipe your reddit history, shill monero.town (or lemmy, or whatever)
If you’re considering leaving Reddit, consider also salting the earth on your way out!
Check out PowerDeleteSuite, a plugin that can edit/delete posts in a user’s history. https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite
Just follow the install instructions on the page and let it rip. You can act on or exempt specific subs, act on age, exempt by status, etc. It will also export deleted and modified comments to a CSV for your own use.
I nuked my accounts, editing most comments to “This comment has been removed in protest of the Reddit API changes of June 2023. Consider visiting https://monero.town for a privacy preserving alternative to Reddit.”
- [Edited] New and improved optional theme 👍
This new theme makes posts more readable and leaves less empty room. It is also orange colored!
To enable, go to the top right, to settings and select Lemmy_orange!
Improved darkmode theme is the next goal.
>This post was edited, the orange theme didnt work well with mobile and thus isn't the default anymore :)
- Quick Questions about Federation and Lemmy
Yo, sup! I have some quick questions about Federation and Lemmy.
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How are the comments that I make on other instances stored? Are they stored on the monero.town instance, and only accessible to other instances when they connect to monero.town?
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If so, does that mean that the rules for this instance apply across all the lemmy instances I interact with (because all my comments end up getting hosted on this instance)?
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- Not federating correctly?
For some reason i am totally unabl to subscribe to any lemmy.ml communities. I just get a "subscribe pending" message.
- Thank you for your support!
Thanks to your anonymous Monero donations we are now running on a server powerfull enough to properly support the Monero community and have a domain that isn't blocked on half the internet <3