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title: "1 Jahr ohai.social 🎉"
description: "Heute ist es so weit: ohai.social wird ein ganzes Jahr alt!"
date: "2023-11-08"
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Heute ist es so weit: ohai.social wird ein ganzes Jahr alt!
Wäre dieser Server ein Mensch, könnten wir uns jetzt an andere Menschen erinnern und unsere ersten Worte brabbeln.
ohai.social hingegen sprach die ersten Worte schon im Alter von zwei Stunden ins Internet:

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Über das Jahr sind auf ohai.social über 1 Million Posts veröffentlicht und 38,000 Accounts angelegt worden. Die aktuell ca. 3,600 aktiven Nutzenden haben dabei Kontakt zu nahezu 30.000 anderen Servern aufgenommen.

Unser dreiköpfiges Moderationsteam auf zwei Kontinenten hat im ersten Jahr insgesamt 945 Reports bearbeitet -- ungefähr 78 pro Monat und 3 am Tag. Von allen bisherigen Reports wurden 14% innerhalb von 60 Sekunden, 58% in 20 Minuten und 71% innerhalb einer Stunde bearbeitet. Der Rest waren größtenteils Sonderfälle, die wir erst als Team besprochen haben.

Die Infrastruktur für den Server und das Drumherum kostet Geld. Wir hatten daher direkt im November 2022 ein Patreon-Konto angelegt und waren positiv überrascht über all eure Unterstützung!
Mittlerweile decken wir gerade so unsere laufenden Kosten und müssen nur noch die höheren Kosten vom Serverstart aufholen. All unsere laufenden Kosten und Einnahmen publizieren wir transparent auf der [Spenden](https://about.ohai.social/donations/)-Unterseite unserer Homepage.

Wenn Ihr euch auch weiterhin am Erhalt des Servers beteiligen wollt, dann unterstützt uns gerne [auf Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/ohaisocial) ❤️.

Um den Anlass angemessen zu zelebrieren dachten wir, dass es an der Zeit ist dem Server ein ordentliches Logo zu spendieren. Eine Freundin von uns hat den Katzenhai im Header als neues Servermaskottchen für uns gezeichnet. Und der nächste logische Schritt wenn man ein neues süßes Maskottchen hat ist, dass man natürlich Sticker bestellen _muss_.

Da wir die Sticker nicht nur für uns selbst horten wollen, haben wir uns Gedanken gemacht, wie wir sie am besten verteilen können. Am Ende ist die Wahl auf ein extra Mitgliedschafts-Tier in [unserem Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/ohaisocial) gefallen:

Wenn Du dich für das 15$-Tier anmeldet und eine Adresse angibt, senden wir 10 der Sticker direkt zu Dir! Die Sticker sind ca. 6x6cm und es kann bis zum Versand eine Weile dauern, weil sie erst hergestellt werden müssen. Du kannst danach deinen Monatsbeitrag wieder senken, oder ganz kündigen, und bekommst trotzdem deine Sticker, keine Angst.

Auf viele weitere schöne Jahre mit euch!

Das ohai.social Team 🍾🥂

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title: "1 year of ohai.social 🎉"
description: "Today is the day: ohai.social is celebrating it's one-year anniversary!"
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Today's the day: ohai.social is celebrating it's one-year anniversary!
If this server were a human, it could now recall other people and would speak its first words.
ohai.social's initial words on the Internet were "Hello world! 🌏 👋" at the age of just two hours:

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Over the course of the year, more than 1 million posts and 38,000 accounts have been created on ohai.social. There are currently 3,600 active users that have interacted with nearly 30,000 other servers!

Our moderation team of three people from two continents handled a total of 945 reports in the first year -- about 78 reports per month, or three per day. We were able to handle 14% of all reports within 60 seconds, 58% within 20 minutes and 71% within an hour. The rest were usually edge cases where we deliberated as a group before coming to a decision.

All of our server and surrounding infrastructure costs money. Pretty early on, we created a Patreon account for the server and were pleasantly surprised by all your support! We now just about cover our operating costs, but still have to recover the financial backlog from the initially higher costs. We also disclose all of our ongoing costs and income in the [donations](https://about.ohai.social/donations/) section of our homepage.

If you want to help maintain the server, please keep supporting us [on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/ohaisocial) or consider signing up if you haven't yet. ❤️

To adequately celebrate the occasion, we figured it was about time our server got a proper logo. A friend of ours drew the adorable cat–⁠shark in the header as a new server mascot -- And once you have an adorable mascot, the next step obviously is that you _have_ to order stickers.

Because we don't want to just hoard the stickers for ourselves, we pondered the best way to get them to the people and ultimately settled for a special membership tier in [our Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/ohaisocial):

If you sign up for the 15$ tier and provide an address, we'll send 10 of the stickers right your way! They're approx. 6x6cm / ≈ 2.3x2.3 inch in size, and delivery might take a while because they have to be manufactured first. After the first month you can then lower or cancel your Patreon subscription, you'll still get your stickers, don't worry.

Here’s to many more wonderful years with all of you!

The ohai.social team 🍾🥂

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author: ["lutoma", 'The ohai.social team']
title: "Two months of ohai.social – What's next?"
date: "2023-02-01"
summary: "Ohai folks! Two months have passed since the launch of ohai.social. Now that the rush of new users has slowed down, I figured a blog post about the future of the instance and our moderation policies was due."
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Ohai folks! Two months have passed since the launch of ohai.social.

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<a href="announcement.png"><img src="announcement.png" alt="A screenshot of a Mastodon post from account @[email protected], dated November 9 2022. The text reads: Since almost all Mastodon #instances that I used to recommend to friends (like chaos.social) have closed or limited registration amid the current user influx, I've decided to once again start operating a general-purpose one at https://ohai.social. I intend to keep it running long-term and it follows the Server Covenant outlined at https://joinmastodon.org/covenant. Feel free to invite friends there!"></a>
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The initial launch was a spontaneous decision. A long-time user of Mastodon, I was delighted to see it have ‘a moment’ as Twitter slowly went down the drain. Amid the massive influx of users, most public instances were overloaded—for a while, there were only two servers listed as accepting new registrations on joinmastodon.org.

In this context, I decided to (once again) start operating a public Mastodon instance. As it quickly grew to several thousand users, I was busy adding additional servers and infrastructure to keep it running smoothly. Along the way, I was joined by two amazing team members who have done a great job keeping ohai.social a safe and welcoming place.

Now that the rush of new users has slowed down, I figured a blog post about the future of ohai.social and our moderation policies was in order.

## Moderation

The moderation team is currently comprised of [three volunteers](/moderation/), and our goal is to eventually grow it to 5–8 people. The current workload is easily handled by the three of us, so this process is not something we are looking to rush.

The tenets of our moderation policy can be summarized as:

* Moderate as little as possible, but as much as necessary;
* Protect marginalized groups;
* Moderate intent, not mere adherence to rules;
* Be mindful of the [paradox of tolerance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance).

Good-faith Mastodon instances generally fall on a spectrum for moderation:

On one end, there are the so-called "free speech zones". ohai.social is definitely not such an instance, and we do not agree with the very American idea of a "marketplace of ideas" in which all possible speech must be permitted. If you are looking for this experience, ohai.social is not the place for you, and you are likely not a good cultural fit anyway.

On the other end, there are instances that have a lot of minute policies in place. A common such policy would be a requirement of content warnings for political content. There is absolutely nothing wrong with these instances. For many individuals, especially ones on the neurodivergent spectrum, it can be the only way they can use social media... We believe in self-determination when it comes to social media use. The downside of such policies can be.. inadvetently silencing marginalized groups or discourse on uncomfortable topics. So there is a definite weighing to be done.

But while, again, there is nothing wrong with these instances, this is not the experience we are trying to create with ohai.social. Instead, we are looking to be a general instance where topics such as politics can be discussed.

But this does not mean that we permit , and we do not welcome people who are contrarian for the sake of contrarian, or who constantly play "devil's advocate". When in doubt, we will err on the side of protecting marginalized group over permitting more speech.

More broadly, __use of ohai.social is a privilege, not a right__, and we reserve the right to boot anyone who diminishes everyone else's experience. We are also not going to invest our free time into amplifying speech we personally deem unconscionable. This does not mean we are going to ban everyone who says anything we disagree with, but there is a line that must not be crossed.

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### Moderation stats

From the start of ohai.social until the end of December we have handled 238 reports about users or posts. [time frame? 238 until end of nov. 366 until today]. 95% of reports were handled within 5 minutes after creation. The biggest cause of delays in moderation decisions are complex situations that require investigation and discussion.

As you can imagine, we often encounter unexpected situations that are not a 1:1 match with one of our rules, but still require handling. In these cases, we make ad-hoc decisions as a team. We are currently working on a moderation guidelines document in which we plan to outline the specific handling for such edge cases. It is our hope that we can add to this document over time and use it to be consistent and fair in our moderation of the instance.

We will also publish these guidelines once we feel they are in a reasonable state.

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## Donations

Servers and infrastructure cost money, and ohai.social is no exception. Luckily, we have been able to lean on our community and have received a lot of donations through our Patreon without ever really advertising it—Thanks a lot! While it does not yet cover our full expenses, it has been a huge help.

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(Costs in Nov were 440,86€.)
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| Month | Expenses | Donations |
| -------- | -------- | --------- |
| November | €440.38 | €148.86 |
| December | €450.00 | €300.00 |

If you would like to support us through Patreon, please visit https://www.patreon.com/ohaisocial.

## The future

Right now, ohai.social is legally operated by a pre-existing company owned by the main admins of the server. We set it up this way out of practical considerations: The company already had infrastructure, insurance, an accountant, and other such necessities in place. However, this does __not__ mean that we view ohai.social as a "product" or for-profit endeavor.

Instead, we are looking to establish a [registered non-profit association](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_association_(Germany)) that can serve as the operator of the instance in the long term. Because of the substantial paperwork and legalese this entails, it's not something we want to rush, but it is definitely planned.

Following the news of the sale of two larger Mastodon instances, people are understandably anxious, so let's clarify a few things:

* We have no profit motive for ohai.social, and we will never sell the site.
* There will never be advertising or user tracking on ohai.social.
* It is our intention to keep the site operational indefinitely.

If you have feedback or questions, you can reach us at @ohai@ohai.social or at [email protected].

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title: "1年間のohai.social 🎉"
description: "今日は記念日です:私たちは一歳の誕生日を迎えました"
date: "2023-11-08"
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今日は記念日です:私たちは一歳の誕生日を迎えました!
もしこのサーバーが人間だったら、今頃は、生まれて初めて、最初の言葉を話す頃です。

しかし、ohai.socialはインターネット上に産まれて2時間後、初めての言葉を話しました:

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ohai.socialが誕生して以来、ohai.socialには100万以上の投稿が公開され、38,000アカウントが作成されました。3,600人のアクティブなユーザーは約30,000の他のサーバーと連絡を取り合っています。

私たちの3人の管理チームは、最初の年に合計945件のレポートを処理しました。これは月に約78件、1日に約3件です。
レポートから処理完了までには通常30分もかかりません!この成果は、私達3人の管理チームが2つの大陸に分布しているために達成できるものです。すべてのボランティアモデレーターと、コンテンツを報告してくれた皆さんに、大きな感謝を表します。

運営サービスにはお金がかかります。
そのため、運営開始間もない2022年11月、Mastodonサーバー用に、[Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/ohaisocial)アカウントを作成致しました。
サポートしてくださっている皆さんには本当に感謝しています!

現在、私たちはMastodonサーバーを運営するための費用を引き続き募っております。
サーバー運営をするための費用には、まだまだ追いついておらず、返済していかなければなりません💪

私たちのすべての運営費と収入の詳細については、私たちのウェブサイトで透明性のある方法で公開していきます。

サーバーの維持管理のために、ぜひ[Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/ohaisocial)での支援を引き続きお願い致します❤️

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