Goingdark

goingdark.social is a small Mastodon instance for tech people, privacy advocates, and FOSS enthusiasts who got tired of surveillance capitalism. A community for people who care about open technology and digital privacy.

This is a small operation maintained by people who care about keeping it running well. All infrastructure code and tooling lives publicly on GitHub if you're trusting someone with your data, you should be able to see how things are built.

Infrastructure: - Hosted on Hetzner Cloud in the EU - Running on Kubernetes - Automated backups and monitoring - Regular security updates

Reports are handled within 48 hours, usually faster. We follow the Mastodon Server Covenant, which commits to:

We block instances that don't align with our rules or present security risks. The blocklist is visible on the about page. Moderation depends on the community. if you see something problematic, report it.

Running this costs real money. If you find value in having a privacy-respecting place in the fediverse, consider chipping in:

Open Collective - transparent accounting, you can see exactly what comes in and what goes out

Contributions help cover hosting, infrastructure, and keep this place independent. No pressure, but if everyone who uses this kicks in occasionally, we stay sustainable.

Email: [email protected]
Fediverse: @[email protected]
GitHub: github.com/goingdark-social

This instance runs on principles, not profit. Privacy-respecting, independently operated, free from corporate surveillance. If that resonates with you, you're probably in the right place.