Post #412702

2026-02-25 01:31 UTC

RE: https://mementomori.social/@rolle/116125657344469470 Now would be an excellent time for @Mastodon devs to prioritize the inclusion of tootctl-style status and media clearing options in the default Admin interface. These issues have been sitting open on GitHub for literal years at this point. Across the network, we need better and more accessible means of managing database and media storage sizes to keep costs more affordable and to reduce server closures. This need is only becoming more and more pressing as infrastructure costs climb.

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@Texan_Reverend@kind.social 2026-02-25 03:08

In case you're a non-admin user and not familiar with what those features are: Database storage holds all posts that a server has ever seen - everything posted there, everything that's ever passed through the Federated Feed, etc. Media storage is all the photos, videos, and audio files that have been included in posts - they are stored separately and effectively linked to by their respective posts.

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@Amorpheus@kind.social 2026-02-25 07:28

@Texan_Reverend @Mastodon I always wonder... why "host" media at all? Why not constrain media to external links? Imho, fediverses core feature is to provide a better way of sharing thoughts and insights by text, not hosting media. Pushing monetary pressure for quotas on such a service imposes a risk on its autonomy and stability. I must be unaware of some argument that contradicts me... care to enlighten me?

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@Malfunct@kind.social 2026-02-25 19:41

@Texan_Reverend @Mastodon yeah, sounds like something that should get fixed. Mastodon dies if the folks running servers shut them down due to cost. I can't fix Mastodon but I did increase my monthly pledge to try and help a little bit with costs.

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