#socialcoop
[Long unhinged/silly toot]

Just noticed that we've finally doubled our character limit on #socialcoop from 500 up to a much roomier 1k characters. Thanks to the tech working group for making this happen! To celebrate, I will now post the lyrics to "I love you, Octopus" by Dalmatian Rex and the […]
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social.coop
February 7, 2026 at 8:05 AM
(Also HUGE thanks to the tech comrades of @SocialCoop, especially @flancian and @eb, for figuring out increasing the character limit and saving me from the usual sad editing process cramming kite-flying announcements into 500 characters…)
February 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
@Anibyl Woo! Thanks to all involved! #socialcoop
February 4, 2026 at 7:16 PM
#socialcoop has 1000-character limit on posts now 🚀
February 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM
#SocialCoop the instance will momentarily go down as we try to bump the character limit to 1k :) Thank you for your patience!
February 4, 2026 at 6:34 PM
#socialcoop the instance will momentarily go down as we try to bump the character limit to 1k :) Thank you for your patience!
February 4, 2026 at 6:29 PM
@j12t @SocialCoop @mattcropp We are fiscally sponsored by a UK cooperative. See under "form a commons" here: https://wiki.social.coop/wiki/How_to_Make_the_Fediverse_Your_Own
How to Make the Fediverse Your Own - Social.coop
wiki.social.coop
January 29, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Legally speaking, what is social.coop? Is it incorporated? Anybody know?

If not incorporated, does that mean all members are liable, and there is no limited liability shield?

I can't tell from their wiki and about info.

/cc @SocialCoop @ntnsndr @mattcropp
January 29, 2026 at 7:44 PM
@ncoca @SocialCoop try #digitalsamba, a lot of functionality, based in Europe, offers end-to-end-encryption. https://www.digitalsamba.com/
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January 28, 2026 at 6:58 AM
So now that Meet.Coop isn't working (they shut down the @SocialCoop instance and don't seem to be able to bring it back) wondering if anyone knows of another #privacy or #cooperative alternative for video conferences.

#jitsi is fine and what I'm using now, but I would prefer something with a […]
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social.coop
January 28, 2026 at 2:22 AM
⚠️ We're upgrading #socialcoop to the latest version of Mastodon, v4.5.5. Apologies for the brief outage.
January 20, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Meet.Coop seems to be down for me, for more than a day.

anyone at @SocialCoop have any idea what's going on?
December 31, 2025 at 4:28 AM
@ntnsndr
How does #socialcoop approach infringement from people on other instances?
December 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@ntnsndr
Also, what does the community do immediately when someone starts breaking the rules and causing trouble?
Does the rulebreaker get put in a sort of "time out" until a decision gets reached?

#socialcoop
December 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@ntnsndr
I'm also interested in some specifics of what the rules mean:
Does the prohibition against transphobia cover respectful critique of the ideas of the transgender movement or is it just about actual hateful speech?
December 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
How does #socialcoop work?
They make decisions collaboratively. But what is the mechanism? What sorts of things do they vote on?
How do they avoid Sybil attacks? Voting on whether new members are allowed to join?
How are rules decided upon?
Is there a "constitution" of rules that can't be […]
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noc.social
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
#SocialCoop is going down momentarily to try to update to 4.5! :) We expect to be back within 1h.

Thank you for your patience, and please join our Matrix space for updates or concerns as usual: https://wiki.social.coop/wiki/Matrix
December 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
#socialcoop is going down momentarily to try to update to 4.5! :) We expect to be back within 1h.

Thank you for your patience, and please join our Matrix space for updates or concerns as usual: https://wiki.social.coop/wiki/Matrix
December 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
And now we're back! That should be the end of maintenance tasks requiring downtime today. Thank you for your patience, and thank you for being part of #SocialCoop !
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
And now we're back! That should be the end of maintenance tasks requiring downtime today. Thank you for your patience, and thank you for being part of #socialcoop!
December 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#socialcoop maintenance:

Reminder that the server will go down in ~30 minutes!

This might be a good time to take a look at threads and polls over at Loomio 😉 https://www.loomio.com/socialcoop/

For news and to get in touch with each other before it comes back in an estimated ~2h, please check […]
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social.coop
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
@stephanie I'm so glad to have a competent team running #socialcoop!
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