Managing Barista and Janitor

Managing Barista and Janitor (npub1tns…j3y9) is the Administration and moderation account for Wandering.Shop.

Getting an Invite: Look for folks with FrontOfHouse on their profile, or ask any user on our server.

Community/Moderation:
Natalie is looking for work. (npub1x2h…wths)
johanna, at the cafe counter (npub1qy4…5uw3)
MikeofMany (npub150u…hzj2)
[@q_aurelius](https://wandering.shop/@q_aurelius )

Tech/Systems:
Erik (npub1r05…mf0w)
Chris is. (npub1sur…rqfg)
Adam B (npub1gca…7nd9)

Founders/Emeriti: Annalee (npub14dk…g9qf) & phildini (npub1eye…c8r5)

Avatar: "Pachyderm Monday" by Christopher Michel is lic. under CC BY 2.0.
Banner: "The Cafe" by Peter Alfred Hess is lic. under CC BY 2.0.

Pronouns:: collective
Salary:: nope! volunteers
Probably:: A bit overextended
Caffeine:: likely

Public Key

npub1tns5znq9y3y5trvwy5crzlydyfppsrnpegwqmyyfp2jxcvvym85sfxj3y9

NIP-05 Address

proprietor_at_wandering.shop@momostr.pink

Profile Code

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Publishing to

nostr-pub.wellorder.net

nos.lol

relay.damus.io

Author Public Key

npub1tns5znq9y3y5trvwy5crzlydyfppsrnpegwqmyyfp2jxcvvym85sfxj3y9

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2026-04-20T04:58:03Z

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Last Notes

2026-03-19 23:49:53 UTC

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From that subtext, my ask: be kind to your mods/admins ... and everyone else's.
We're stuck trying to balance a lot of things that just don't even out sometimes. In the end for the activity pub forms of this network, it requires trust and collaboration, not just among your own communities' members (that's often the easier part, when you staff the virtual espresso bar for Wandering Shop), but for the wider network as well, that need have no particular care outside their own local timelines.

2026-03-19 23:44:33 UTC

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There's a subtext here, to my eye, though I'm pointing it out while admitting I have a motivated bias to do so:
Moderation in our social networks is kinda frickin' tough and often thankless. In our distributed social networks, we do some bits better, but some bits worse. One of the "worse" is, *nobody can get it "right" *. Because there is no "right". The very nature of the protocol stacks abdicates governance to whomever wants to step up to it. Or whomever has the resources to do it.

2026-03-19 23:40:11 UTC

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This is grad-school thesis level thinking on our social web interactivity, so it's not a quick read, but it's also quite readable (unlike a lot of grad-school thesis level writing). Worth having a tea and a read-through.
"The purpose of a protocol is what it does, and what the current generation of open protocols has produced is a commons without a governance framework adequate to the commons’ own complexity."

2026-03-19 23:37:32 UTC

This is a mod blurt probably not relevant to most fedizens who are content with where they are.
But for my colleagues who swap notes and cheat sheets on managing inter-instance or cross-protocol frictions, Laurens Hof's "Connected Places" this week was a complete banger. Worth reading for a little more understanding on why we pretty much can never sort governance out to everyone's liking. The Purpose of a System is What It Does, not what you *meant* it to do.
https://connectedplaces.online/the-purpose-of-protocols/

2026-03-18 21:46:58 UTC

ATTN: wandering.shop regulars and beyond ...
The Proprietor team is scheming up a tiny scheme to work on something we've talked about for years.
LIttle bit of a #mastoart boosting idea, little bit of a drive to find us some bespoke "branding".
I don't mind looking like a Creative Commons Licensed Latte, but we're one of the older and distinctly topical communities on the fedi and we still have default Mastodon graphics.
Follow us for updates by April 1. Not foolin'. Boost and share!

2026-03-04 21:18:57 UTC

RE: https://wandering.shop/@proprietor/116172886658433688
Here, I got asked right away so I went and found it. If your account is a Moderator with all the Moderation tools enabled, you should now see in your Profile sidebar that you have Moderation --> Username Rules --> big list of premade ones you can select, plus modify logic or add your own.
#note1zex…rje8

2026-03-04 20:52:52 UTC

Hey all - I'm unsure how many other #fediadmin accounts I reach out here, but if you didn't know, here's a #feditips for admins - you can now exclude certain text substrings from account names that users create when they sign up.
SO those of you running open-door registrations and not keeping up with the spammers intruding, one way you could help all of us is disallowing words like "masto*" "mastadon", "support" and "help" and "verif*" in account names.

2026-03-03 01:55:16 UTC

Weeellll hey all.
We're having another wave of s(p/c)ammers reaching out to tell the unsuspecting and naive that they somehow need to contact "mastodon support" or click a link to "verify" their account or something.
Just a reminder that this is like random calls from "The Windows Department" or "your credit card security team" asking you for info. There is no "Mastodon support" or "verification", unless you are contacted from the account that matches the admin/owner of YOUR instance name.

2026-02-11 19:14:15 UTC

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If you could put yourself in the mindframe of a truly new-to-fediverse user who doesn't know what they're in for, what are your thoughts on the following:
1) pre-made short list of accounts to follow, whether automated subscription or "suggested follows".
2) A Welcome announcement such as CoSocial.ca does for new members.
3) If possible (might not be), setting their initial timeline view to the Local timeline not the (default: empty) home TL
4) Other thoughts?
thks.

2026-02-11 19:10:00 UTC

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We also have some (few...) utilities to suggest or promote initial accounts to follow. I don't think we have any that force a follow onto a new account by default (or if there are - we definitely never used that), and usually the only connection for a new user is the account that generated the invite they used.

2026-02-11 19:06:16 UTC

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@coop/116053173598590252
Hey Shop! I have a what-does-community-want question for you to ponder & provide a little feedback on.
When we have new users sign on, we don't make much of a to-do about it. Some other sites announce new accounts (see the quote post).
One of the barriers to people feeling welcome "in the Fediverse" has been the lack of any algorithmic or pre-set content or connections offered. People sign on, see either a blank screen, OR A FIREHOSE IN THEIR FACE!!!! and they don't come back again.
#note1pfy…74pj

2026-01-17 01:34:49 UTC

Hi all -
If you didn't spot the Sysops alert in the Announcements header, please be prepared for some blips over the weekend. There's an under-the-hood update needed and it's not one of the ones that we can sneak in while the coffee bar is fully operational.
Since it's been a while since we reminded folks of this: https://status.wandering.shop is something you can bookmark for a quick vital signs check.

2025-10-05 19:08:02 UTC

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Post-post-script: one might also consider being able to move across architectures within one protocol, such as the AP-fedi, "bridging" as well.
FYI: Mastodon has not reaaaaallly got this fully worked out yet. But others are forgeing on with it.
https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115310298122470268

2025-10-05 18:43:23 UTC

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As a post-script, if you would like to evaluate what bridging is and what it does for you, Bridgy Fed's architect is busy working on it as I'm blathering away at the keys here.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://snarfed.org/2025-10-05_55889
One of the Next Big Things in line, too, is interoperable migration. I'm keeping my eyes out for that to get happenin'.
The best way to tear down the worst of social tech is to make sure no one is ever stuck where they are. We're not perfect at that by a long way, but we are getting better.

2025-10-05 18:39:37 UTC

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Thus considering available or proposed bridging options, we will look at them with a lens very close to how we look at moderating in general.
Users may do as much or as little they wish, posting content or engaging in other activity, limited by:
Causing or risking harm to another user.
Causing or risking harm to our community.
Causing or risking harm to our system or other technical viability matters, eg, something that could cost us $$$.
On balance right now - bridging is good to go.

2025-10-05 18:35:13 UTC

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Admitting that all of us fall into some ideological faction to some degree - the general stance is that personal, or even collective, ideological motivations shall not be applied in how we offer our stated services nor how we govern our tech. In every way possible, at least until we hit the paradox of tolerance. we permit users to engage with other users and with other tech tools as best suits them, personally.

2025-10-05 18:30:01 UTC

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The available bridging today, other than whatever Meta lets their users access of AP-fedi, is generally a low-impact (for us) technology which is available to each user individually.
If you object to Bluesky and hold a view that no interaction with any ATProto user is acceptable to you ... ignore the bridge. You can block it, but that won't accomplish anything other than cutting off your access.
At this time, wandering.shop will not take action to cut thousands of users off from each other.

2025-10-05 18:27:28 UTC

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... and that was based on our community on balance being able to choose for themselves what to interact with, without undue burden in those other dimensions.
You may also recall we did start closing the windows a little bit when Meta's ideological position shifted, so that we will not permit threads.net content to drift in our public timelines and we preserved only direct connections.
We did similar with older twitter bridge systems that allowed read-only following of replicated accounts.

2025-10-05 18:21:09 UTC

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My expectations of a technology deployed on my network are very aligned with my expectations of the users I support (on my node, or interacting with my community).
It must not cause harm, or present risk, even risk by omission, to any of my system (the tech), my user community (the humans, collectively), or vulnerable individuals.
There are always some judgement calls to make and always some new learnings to learn. For example, you may recall wandering.shop did not join the fedipact ...

2025-10-05 18:17:13 UTC

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My view of bridging as a concept is - YES. Let's do that. One of the best ways to disempower the profit-taking techoligarchs who are commodifying our communications is to make sure we can communicate without them. Make the protocols *irrelevant* to what the everyday user wants to do on any social space - connect, communicate, engage in genuine interaction with others.
My view on specific implementations of specific tools is slightly more technical and discerning.

2025-10-05 18:13:50 UTC

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For those who haven't heard more than the concept exists, "bridging" is not a specific node, tool or entity but a networking concept that describes functions of communicating across otherwise incompatible protocols. It's the thing that happens when someone fluent in Cantonese engages a translator to produce a written document in English.
It's essentially what is done with Meta's Threads.
And with the developments from what is now @npub13rs…s8u8 , which is stewarding [@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ )

2025-10-05 18:08:32 UTC

While I'm waiting for a boarding pass to download from my online checkin, back to share a thought/reminder for our community and broader ones about some of my instances' choices on federating, bridging, blocking, etc.
There's been another tempest in the Bsky teapot I won't waste electrons explaining.
It's led to a few, I suspect in total an insignificant number, of users considering moving to AP-fedi spaces.
It's also led to AP-fedi users asking admins to do something about "the bridge".

2025-08-31 18:34:28 UTC

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Consider taking this opportunity to invite any of your friends/contacts/connections to move away from meganodes like mastodon.social and join a smaller and less chaotic community!

2025-08-31 18:33:15 UTC

Hey friends!
The current spam wave is not abating despite the best efforts of many - it's getting to be a lot to keep up with.
Since mastodon.social is the source of most of the scam/spam/phishing accounts I'm seeing reported, we are going to put that instance into "Limit" status for a while.
"Limit" does not break existing follow/follower relationships but it keeps their public TL posts off our TL and vice/versa, so we're all less exposed to this nonsense.

2025-08-31 16:15:01 UTC

Friends, I just boosted a #feditips post & boost about the latest wave of “your account needs to be verified” phishing that is going on.
We have some pretty reliable confirmation that the links being sent out are malicious, DO NOT CLICK THEM. Report the post.
The other great advice in that boost is to know your mod/admin accounts. You can find them on the “About” page for any instance, even when not logged in.
We do not deputize random generic names from other instances to “verify” anything.

2025-03-10 20:16:32 UTC

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Appreciate you bringing it to her attention!
Even if we cannot technically use Mastodon verification, given the size of the& scope of the shop, the admins/community could back an official profile that refers back to her GoodReads space and just hosts a statement on where an online presence is/isn’t valid.
But as you’ve noted, the community regardless will be aware of impersonation attempts anyway & can stay on top of the fakes.

2025-03-08 04:32:12 UTC

Does anyone hereabouts have a connection to Lois McMaster Bujold?
I gather from a recent report we handled, that she has a recurring impersonator, who has now discovered the Fediverse.
Was looking for a way to reach out to a rep or someone and ask if they want a verified placeholder account “on Mastodon” to redirect stumblers-upon to her legit blog/fan sites.
But her agency seems very hostile to any contact that isn’t via letter mail with SASE for return.

2025-03-06 22:55:16 UTC

PSA for my friends …
And those of you who have been encoutering “Nicole, but you can call me Fediverse Chick …”
https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/what-are-pig-butchering-scams.html
“Pig Butchering” is an exponentially growing scam model, being carried out by trafficked people. It rolls a whole psych warfare + romance + free crypto money scam together with some sort of grandpa-scam entree, and they’re in for a long game.
Mastodon Admins are trying to get rid of “Nicole”, but its a hydra.
DO NOT ENGAGE.

2024-12-16 22:48:43 UTC

Hey out there Fediverse ...
For our information here at Wandering.Shop, is anyone aware of instances/servers that ARE actively looking to take in displaced bot accounts?
Looking for #fediTips, general knowledge if you have it, or any new official bots-and-fun instances, that we can refer folks to when they ask us.

2024-09-07 18:17:57 UTC

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Much appreciated! And absolutely true, every contribution helps, we are grateful to get them.