Pronounced hack-a-derm like pachyderm. (What is a pachyderm?)
Many accounts for non-users are restricted and/or invite-only on this server. This includes but is not limited to: companies, businesses, business-like entities, events, publications, projects, agencies, bots, and so on. Please refer to our Account Types Documentation and reach out to the admin team ( admin@hachyderm.io ) prior to creating an account if you are creating an account for anything other than yourself for personal use.
Here we are trying to build a curated network of respectful professionals in the tech industry around the globe. Welcome anyone who follows the rules and needs a safe home or fresh start.
We are hackers, professionals, enthusiasts, and are passionate about life, respect, and digital freedom. We believe in peace and balance.
Safe space. Tech Industry. Economics. OSINT. News. Rust. Linux. Aurae. Kubernetes. Go. C. Infrastructure. Security. Black Lives Matter. LGTBQIA+. Pets. Hobbies.
Learn more about our Community by looking at:
Hachyderm is funded via the Hachyderm project GitHub Sponsor page as well as other donation sources. Please see our Funding and Thank You documentation page for more information about additional ways to donate.
Hachyderm is actively moderated to protect our most vulnerable members. Our primary rule is Don't Be A Dick and all other rules are to capture common "whataboutisms" that we want to clearly state are included by Don't Be A Dick. Our server rules, including Don't Be A Dick, are explained on our Community Docs.
When making moderation decisions, our moderators abide by our Moderator Covenant. This is to both hold ourselves accountable as well as provide transparency, and build community trust, around how we handle issues that might appear to fall into "grey areas".
If you experience an issue that needs moderator action / intervention, please look at our documentation page for how to report issues to the moderators.
Technical issues with the Hachyderm site, including full / partial outages and features that are not working correctly, need to be reported to us via our GitHub Community Issue Tracker.
If you're new to Mastodon in general, we recommend taking a look at Mastodon.Help's brief explainer about what Mastodon is and isn't, as well as taking a look at fedi.tips for some How To Dos.
Although regular user accounts are only subject to regular server rules, specialized / entity / "novelty" / "focus" accounts have some additional restrictions. To learn more, please see our Account Types documentation page. A short summary of what to know:
For more information about all of the above, please see our Account Types documentation.
Unrecognized specialized account types will be suspended. Commonly suspended / unrecognized subtypes are:
This is not an exhaustive list. If you are unsure if the specific specialized account you have in mind is allowed, please reach out to us at admin@hachyderm.io.
Our logo was designed by the lovely Ashton Rainbows. (website, Instagram)
Thank you Ashton!
The Nivenly Foundation is the new (2023) parent organization for Hachyderm. You can join Nivenly's Discord here.