new mastodon server

By Dominique Stansberry, 28 April, 2025

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App Development and Programming

Hello everyone!
I’ve set up a Mastodon server at:
👉 https://md.tappedin.fm
It's still fairly new, and I’m in the process of completing setup and other improvements, but I'm inviting all of you to join, test, break, and explore if you’re interested! 😄
✅ Logging in with clients such as Mona works just fine. Once you sign up, you’ll be able to log in with your favorite apps and post right away.
🛠 Current known issues:

Editing and saving profile photos sometimes doesn't work reliably yet.

Editing custom link labels on profiles is a little buggy. But I'm actively working on fixing these!

I also run a podcast site together with another host over at:
🎙️ https://tappedin.fm
Sometimes posts from our main account
@[email protected]
are automatically published from WordPress as well. Feel free to follow if you like!

I was thinking it would be awesome to set up a Mastodon instance specifically for AppleVis users if there’s enough interest.
If the community prefers a dedicated AppleVis server, I can easily spin up a new instance just for that. 🚀
Since I’m developing tools to automate Mastodon server creation, setting up a new server for any purpose would only take a few minutes!

If you're an AppleVis team member or user and want to join for testing, you're more than welcome.
Or if you'd prefer a server specifically dedicated to the AppleVis community, just let me know — I’m happy to help make it happen!

You can also follow my personal account here:
📢 @[email protected]
The Tapped In Podcast covers a wide range of topics — currently exploring things like the Lost City of Atlantis, with many more interesting channels and feeds planned for the future.
Eventually, we also hope to feature AppleVis content within our podcast feeds as a dedicated channel that people can subscribe to!

Any questions?
Feedback?
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Thanks so much for your time and for considering joining.
— Dom
P.S. For those curious:
🐦 TweesCake also works well with the server so far, and even subscribing to the podcast feed at https://tappedin.fm/feed/podcast works perfectly!
Extra note:
If the AppleVis team or any group wanted to connect a domain (or subdomain) to a Mastodon server, I can easily set that up too.
You'd just need to either:

Point your domain to the server (by changing A record or nameservers),

Or I can create a special subdomain for you.
Once that's done, I can set it up with:

Your own cPanel hosting account,

Full admin access to your Mastodon instance,

Custom email addresses if needed,

and tools like WordPress, Composr CMS, and more if you want a website attached too.
Basically it would be your own Mastodon community, fully managed and connected to the Fediverse.

(If anyone wants to explore this option, just reach out! It's pretty simple on my side to set it up.)

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By Dominique Stansberry on Monday, April 28, 2025 - 07:08

If you're interested in more official access, like managing your own space or custom domains (e.g., [email protected] pointing to the Mastodon server), I can help set it up!

“We can point custom domains via nameservers, or create cPanel accounts if needed.”

“Admin access can be provided if you bring your own domain, or help manage new AppleVis-based sub-instances.”
Just let me know if you want to test it, create an account, or start your own connected project!
Thanks again for the support! — Dom 🎙️✨
And if know one cares, that's fine too. No hard feelings.

By Dominique Stansberry on Monday, April 28, 2025 - 07:13

Just a quick fyi:
You may be prompted for email verifications. As of right now, those are turnd off, as they were not working when I anicially set it up, so can login right after account is created as of right now but may change in future if i get it working.
HTH