#MastodonDesignAnnouncement
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Hope everyone is well!
As stated is our previous announcement and in the email that everyone should have received, our server Content cache retention is now set to 2 years. As a reminder, this means that no matter if you bookmarked, favourited, or boosted a remote post (a post not from mastodon.design), or even if a post is a remote reply to a local post, all will be deleted once the number of days (730) has been reached, which is irreversible.
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If you want to find all your own posts, posts that mention you, and your favorites older than 2 years old, simply type before:2024-09-01 in:library in Mastodon search bar.
More info about Mastodon advanced search in this guide by Luca Hammer: https://lucahammer.com/2024/04/25/mastodon-advanced-search-guide-and-operators
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Even if it’s still too early to assess the long-term impact of our new Content cache retention policy on the size of our database, here is our current disk space usage:
Database: 37.75 GB / 40 GB (94.38%)
Media: 137 GB / 400 GB (34.25%)I hope we will not exceed the 40 GB mark, but it’s almost impossible to predict precisely how this will evolve over the coming months. I’ll keep you informed.
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I also added a new section to our About page to warn all newcomers about this new server setting: https://mastodon.design/about#content-cache-retention-period
Speaking of new members, let’s have a look at our server’s stats: https://fedidb.org/network/instance/mastodon.design
Monthly active users: 317 (+5)
Total members: 1,108 (+27) -
️ While waiting for the official release of the upcoming v4.3.0, which is currently in beta.1, our server is now running on Mastodon v4.2.12. For those interested, you can consult the changelog here: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.12
:fediverse_light: Following the recent proposal to use the symbol ⁂ to represent the fediverse by @FediverseSymbol, I added 2 new custom emojis (the dark and light circle versions) on our server. Feel free to use it!