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-rw-r--r--docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md2
-rw-r--r--docs/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md4
-rw-r--r--docs/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md24
-rw-r--r--docs/Running-Mastodon/Scalingo-guide.md13
-rw-r--r--docs/Using-Mastodon/List-of-Mastodon-instances.md39
-rw-r--r--docs/Using-Mastodon/User-guide.md12
-rw-r--r--docs/Using-the-API/API.md2
7 files changed, 76 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md
index af78f6235..dd69eb303 100644
--- a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md
+++ b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ So, you have a working Mastodon instance... now what?
 
 The following rake task:
 
-    rails mastodon:make_admin USERNAME=alice
+    rake mastodon:make_admin USERNAME=alice
 
 Would turn the local user "alice" into an admin.
 
diff --git a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md
index 799b8a64c..0de26230c 100644
--- a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md
+++ b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Mastodon can theoretically run indefinitely on a free [Heroku](https://heroku.co
 1. Click the above button.
 2. Fill in the options requested.
   * You can use a .herokuapp.com domain, which will be simple to set up, or you can use a custom domain. If you want a custom domain and HTTPS, you will need to upgrade to a paid plan (to use Heroku's SSL features), or set up [CloudFlare](https://cloudflare.com) who offer free "Flexible SSL" (note: CloudFlare have some undefined limits on WebSockets. So far, no one has reported hitting concurrent connection limits).
-  * You will want Amazon S3 for file storage. The only exception is for development purposes, where you may not care if files are not saaved. Follow a guide online for creating a free Amazon S3 bucket and Access Key, then enter the details.
+  * You will want Amazon S3 for file storage. The only exception is for development purposes, where you may not care if files are not saved. Follow a guide online for creating a free Amazon S3 bucket and Access Key, then enter the details.
   * If you want your Mastodon to be able to send emails, configure SMTP settings here (or later). Consider using [Mailgun](https://mailgun.com) or similar, who offer free plans that should suit your interests.
 3. Deploy! The app should be set up, with a working web interface and database. You can change settings and manage versions from the Heroku dashboard.
+
+You may need to use the `heroku` CLI application to run `USERNAME=yourUsername rails mastodon:make_admin` to make yourself an admin.
diff --git a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md
index f0dd7bd2b..90e9c0dea 100644
--- a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md
+++ b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md
@@ -12,9 +12,22 @@ map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade {
 }
 
 server {
+  listen 80;
+  listen [::]:80;
+  server_name example.com;
+  return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+}
+
+server {
   listen 443 ssl;
   server_name example.com;
 
+  ssl_protocols TLSv1.2;
+  ssl_ciphers EECDH+AESGCM:EECDH+AES;
+  ssl_ecdh_curve secp384r1;
+  ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+  ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
+
   ssl_certificate     /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;
   ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;
 
@@ -75,8 +88,9 @@ It is recommended to create a special user for mastodon on the server (you could
 
 ## General dependencies
 
+    sudo apt-get install imagemagick ffmpeg libpq-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev nodejs file git curl
     curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo bash -
-    sudo apt-get install imagemagick ffmpeg libpq-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev nodejs
+    apt-get intall nodejs
     sudo npm install -g yarn
 
 ## Redis
@@ -112,7 +126,7 @@ Then once `rbenv` is ready, run `rbenv install 2.3.1` to install the Ruby versio
 You need the `git-core` package installed on your system. If it is so, from the `mastodon` user:
 
     cd ~
-    git clone https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon.git live
+    git clone https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon.git live
     cd live
 
 Then you can proceed to install project dependencies:
@@ -132,7 +146,7 @@ Fill in the important data, like host/port of the redis database, host/port/user
 
     rake secret
 
-To get a random string. If you are setting up on one single server (most likely), then REDIS_HOST is localhost and `DB_HOST` is `/var/run/postgresql`, `DB_USER` is `mastodon` and `DB_NAME` is `mastodon_production` while `DB_PASS` is empty because this setup will use the ident authentication method (system user "mastodon" maps to postgres user "mastodon").
+To get a random string. If you are setting up on one single server (most likely), then `REDIS_HOST` is localhost and `DB_HOST` is `/var/run/postgresql`, `DB_USER` is `mastodon` and `DB_NAME` is `mastodon_production` while `DB_PASS` is empty because this setup will use the ident authentication method (system user "mastodon" maps to postgres user "mastodon").
 
 ## Setup
 
@@ -180,7 +194,7 @@ User=mastodon
 WorkingDirectory=/home/mastodon/live
 Environment="RAILS_ENV=production"
 Environment="DB_POOL=5"
-ExecStart=/home/mastodon/.rbenv/shims/bundle exec sidekiq -c 5 -q default -q mailers -q push
+ExecStart=/home/mastodon/.rbenv/shims/bundle exec sidekiq -c 5 -q default -q mailers -q pull -q push
 TimeoutSec=15
 Restart=always
 
@@ -221,7 +235,7 @@ I recommend creating a couple cronjobs for the following tasks:
 
 You may want to run `which bundle` first and copypaste that full path instead of simply `bundle` in the above commands because cronjobs usually don't have all the paths set. The time and intervals of when to run these jobs are up to you, but once every day should be enough for all.
 
-You can edit the cronjob file for the `mastodon` user by running `sudo crontab -e mastodon` (outside of the mastodon user).
+You can edit the cronjob file for the `mastodon` user by running `sudo crontab -e -u mastodon` (outside of the mastodon user).
 
 ## Things to look out for when upgrading Mastodon
 
diff --git a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Scalingo-guide.md b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Scalingo-guide.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6552056a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Scalingo-guide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Scalingo guide
+==============
+
+[![Deploy on Scalingo](https://cdn.scalingo.com/deploy/button.svg)](https://my.scalingo.com/deploy?source=https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon#master)
+
+1. Click the above button.
+2. Fill in the options requested.
+  * You can use a .scalingo.io domain, which will be simple to set up, or you can use a custom domain.
+  * You will want Amazon S3 for file storage. The only exception is for development purposes, where you may not care if files are not saved. Follow a guide online for creating a free Amazon S3 bucket and Access Key, then enter the details.
+  * If you want your Mastodon to be able to send emails, configure SMTP settings here (or later). Consider using [Mailgun](https://mailgun.com) or similar, who offer free plans that should suit your interests.
+3. Deploy! The app should be set up, with a working web interface and database. You can change settings and manage versions from the Heroku dashboard.
+
+You may need to use the `scalingo` CLI application to run `USERNAME=yourUsername rails mastodon:make_admin` to make yourself an admin.
diff --git a/docs/Using-Mastodon/List-of-Mastodon-instances.md b/docs/Using-Mastodon/List-of-Mastodon-instances.md
index 7c8a33893..1f5be3a61 100644
--- a/docs/Using-Mastodon/List-of-Mastodon-instances.md
+++ b/docs/Using-Mastodon/List-of-Mastodon-instances.md
@@ -5,21 +5,48 @@ There is also a list at [instances.mastodon.xyz](https://instances.mastodon.xyz)
 
 | Name | Theme/Notes, if applicable | Open Registrations | IPv6 |
 | -------------|-------------|---|---|
-| [mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social) |Flagship, quick updates|Yes|No|
+| [mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social) |Flagship, quick updates|No|No|
+| [securitymastod.one](https://securitymastod.one/) |Information security enthusiasts and pros|Yes|Yes|
+| [mastodon.cx](https://mastodon.cx/) |Alternative Mastodon instance hosted in France|Yes|Yes|
+| [mastodon.network](https://mastodon.network) |N/A|Yes|Yes|
 | [awoo.space](https://awoo.space) |Intentionally moderated, only federates with mastodon.social|Yes|No|
-| [social.tchncs.de](https://social.tchncs.de)|N/A|Yes|No|
 | [animalliberation.social](https://animalliberation.social) |Animal Rights|Yes|No|
 | [socially.constructed.space](https://socially.constructed.space) |Single user|No|No|
 | [epiktistes.com](https://epiktistes.com) |N/A|Yes|No|
-| [gay.crime.team](https://gay.crime.team) |the place for doin' gay crime online (please don't actually do crime here)|Yes|No|
+| [fern.surgeplay.com](https://fern.surgeplay.com) |Federates everywhere, Minecraft-focused|Yes|No
+| [gay.crime.team](https://gay.crime.team) |the place for doin' gay crime online (please don't actually do crime here)|No|No|
 | [icosahedron.website](https://icosahedron.website/) |Icosahedron-themed (well, visually), open registration.|Yes|No|
 | [memetastic.space](https://memetastic.space) |Memes|Yes|No|
-| [social.diskseven.com](https://social.diskseven.com) |Single user|No|No (DNS entry but no response)|
+| [social.diskseven.com](https://social.diskseven.com) |Single user|No|Yes|
 | [social.gestaltzerfall.net](https://social.gestaltzerfall.net) |Single user|No|No|
 | [mastodon.xyz](https://mastodon.xyz) |N/A|Yes|Yes|
-| [social.targaryen.house](https://social.targaryen.house) |N/A|Yes|No|
-| [social.mashek.net](https://social.mashek.net) |Themed and customised for Mashekstein Labs community. Selectively federates.|Yes|No|
+| [mastodon.partipirate.org](https://mastodon.partipirate.org) |French Pirate Party Instance - Politics and stuff|Yes|No|
+| [social.targaryen.house](https://social.targaryen.house) |Federates everywhere, quick updates.|Yes|Yes|
 | [masto.themimitoof.fr](https://masto.themimitoof.fr) |N/A|Yes|Yes|
+| [mstdn.io](https://mstdn.io) |N/A|Yes|Yes|
 | [social.imirhil.fr](https://social.imirhil.fr) |N/A|No|Yes|
+| [social.wxcafe.net](https://social.wxcafe.net) |Open registrations, queer people, activists, safe as much as possible |Yes|Yes|
+| [octodon.social](https://octodon.social) |Open registrations, federates everywhere, cutest instance yet|Yes|Yes|
+| [mastodon.club](https://mastodon.club)|Open Registration, Open Federation, Mostly Canadians|Yes|No|
+| [mastodon.irish](https://mastodon.irish)|Open Registration|Yes|No|
+| [hostux.social](https://hostux.social) |N/A|Yes|Yes|
+| [social.alex73630.xyz](https://social.alex73630.xyz) |Francophones|Yes|Yes|
+| [oc.todon.fr](https://oc.todon.fr) |Modérée et principalement francophone, pas de tolérances pour misogynie/LGBTphobies/validisme/etc.|Yes|Yes|
+| [maly.io](https://maly.io) |N/A|Yes|No|
+| [social.lou.lt](https://social.lou.lt) |N/A|Yes|No|
+| [mastodon.ninetailed.uk](https://mastodon.ninetailed.uk) |N/A|Yes|No|
+| [soc.louiz.org](https://soc.louiz.org) |"Coucou"|Yes|No|
+| [7nw.eu](https://7nw.eu) |N/A|Yes|No|
+| [mastodon.gougere.fr](https://mastodon.gougere.fr)|N/A|Yes|No|
+| [aleph.land](https://aleph.land)|N/A|Yes|No|
+| [share.elouworld.org](https://share.elouworld.org)|N/A|No|No|
+| [social.lkw.tf](https://social.lkw.tf)|N/A|No|No|
+| [manowar.social](https://manowar.social)|N/A|No|No|
+| [social.ballpointcarrot.net](https://social.ballpointcarrot.net)|N/A|No|No|
+| [social.nasqueron.org](https://social.nasqueron.org) |Dreamers, open source developers, free culture|Yes|Yes|
+| [status.dissidence.ovh](https://status.dissidence.ovh)|N/A|Yes|Yes|
+| [mastodon.cc](https://mastodon.cc)|Art|Yes|No|
+| [mastodon.technology](https://mastodon.technology)|Open registrations, federates everywhere, for tech folks|Yes|No|
+| [mastodon.systemlab.fr](https://mastodon.systemlab.fr/)|Le mastodon Français, informatique, jeux-vidéos, gaming et hébergement.|Yes|No|
 
 Let me know if you start running one so I can add it to the list! (Alternatively, add it yourself as a pull request).
diff --git a/docs/Using-Mastodon/User-guide.md b/docs/Using-Mastodon/User-guide.md
index f78921c6f..acd02f24e 100644
--- a/docs/Using-Mastodon/User-guide.md
+++ b/docs/Using-Mastodon/User-guide.md
@@ -26,17 +26,17 @@ Mastodon User's Guide
 
 ## Intro
 
-Mastodon is a social network application based on the GNU Social protocol. It behaves a lot like other social networks, especially Twitter, with one key difference - it is open-source and anyone can start their own server (also called an "instance"), and users of any instance can interact freely with those of other instances (called "federation"). Thus, it is possible for small communities to set up their own servers to use amongst themselves while also allowing interaction with other communities.
+Mastodon is a social network application based on the GNU Social protocol. It behaves a lot like other social networks, especially Twitter, with one key difference - it is open-source and anyone can start their own server (also called an "*instance*"), and users of any instance can interact freely with those of other instances (called "*federation*"). Thus, it is possible for small communities to set up their own servers to use amongst themselves while also allowing interaction with other communities.
 
 #### Decentralization and Federation
 
-Mastodon is a system decentralized through a concept called "federation" - rather than depending on a single person or organization to run its infrastructure, anyone can download and run the software and run their own server. Federation means different Mastodon servers can interact with each other seamlessly, similar to e.g. e-mail.
+Mastodon is a system decentralized through a concept called "*federation*" - rather than depending on a single person or organization to run its infrastructure, anyone can download and run the software and run their own server. Federation means different Mastodon servers can interact with each other seamlessly, similar to e.g. e-mail.
 
 As such, anyone can download Mastodon and e.g. run it for a small community of people, but any user registered on that instance can follow and send and read posts from other Mastodon instances (as well as servers running other GNU Social-compatible services). This means that not only is users' data not inherently owned by a company with an interest in selling it to advertisers, but also that if any given server shuts down its users can set up a new one or migrate to another instance, rather than the entire service being lost.
 
 Within each Mastodon instance, usernames just appear as `@username`, similar to other services such as Twitter. Users from other instances appear, and can be searched for and followed, as `@user@servername.ext` - so e.g. `@gargron` on the `mastodon.social` instance can be followed from other instances as `@gargron@mastodon.social`).
 
-Posts from users on external instances are "federated" into the local one, i.e. if `user1@mastodon1` follows `user2@gnusocial2`, any posts `user2@gnusocial2` makes appear in both `user1@mastodon`'s Home feed and the public timeline on the `mastodon1` server. Mastodon server administrators have some control over this and can exclude users' posts from appearing on the public timeline; post privacy settings from users on Mastodon instances also affect this, see below in the [Toot Privacy](User-guide.md#toot-privacy) section.
+Posts from users on external instances are "*federated*" into the local one, i.e. if `user1@mastodon1` follows `user2@gnusocial2`, any posts `user2@gnusocial2` makes appear in both `user1@mastodon`'s Home feed and the public timeline on the `mastodon1` server. Mastodon server administrators have some control over this and can exclude users' posts from appearing on the public timeline; post privacy settings from users on Mastodon instances also affect this, see below in the [Toot Privacy](User-guide.md#toot-privacy) section.
 
 ## Getting Started
 
@@ -160,13 +160,13 @@ Toot privacy is handled independently of account privacy, and individually for e
 
 **Unlisted** toots are toggled with the "Do not display in public timeline" option in the Compose pane. They are visible to anyone following you and appear on your profile page to the public even without a Mastodon login, but do *not* appear to anyone viewing the Public Timeline while logged into Mastodon.
 
-**Private** toots, finally, are toggled with the "Mark as private" switch. Private toots do not appear in the public timeline nor on your profile page to anyone viewing it unless they are on your Followers list. This means the option is of very limited use if your account is not also set to be private (as anyone can follow you without confirmation and thus see your private toots). However the separation of this means that if you *do* set your entire account to private, you can switch this option off on a toot to make unlisted or even public toots from your otherwise private account.
+**Private** toots, finally, are toggled with the "Mark as private" switch. Private toots do not appear in the public timeline nor on your profile page to anyone viewing it unless they are on your Followers list. This means the option is of very limited use if your account is not also set to be private (as anyone can follow you without confirmation and thus see your private toots). However the separation of this means that if you *do* set your entire account to private, you can switch this option off on a toot to make unlisted or even public toots from your otherwise private account. Private posts are not encrypted. Make sure you trust your instance admin not to just read your private posts on the back-end.
 
 Private toots do not federate to other instances, unless you @mention a remote user. In this case, they will federate to their instance *and may appear there PUBLICLY*. A warning will be displayed if you're composing a private toot that will federate to another instance.
 
 Private toots cannot be boosted. If someone you follow makes a private toot, it will appear in your timeline with a padlock icon in place of the Boost icon. **NOTE** that remote instances may not respect this.
 
-**Direct** messages are only visible to users you have @mentioned in them. This does *not* federate to protect your privacy (as other instances may ignore the "Direct" status and display the messages as public if they were to receive them), even if you have @mentioned a remote user.
+**Direct** posts are only visible to users you have @mentioned in them and cannot be boosted. Like with private posts, you should be mindful that the remote instance may not respect this protocol. If you are discussing a sensitive matter you should move the conversation off of Mastodon. 
 
 To summarise:
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Toot Privacy | Visible on Profile | Visible on Public Timeline | Federates to ot
 Public | Anyone incl. anonymous viewers | Yes | Yes
 Unlisted | Anyone incl. anonymous viewers | No | Yes
 Private | Followers only | No | Only remote @mentions
-Direct | No | No | No
+Direct | No | No | Only remote @mentions
 
 #### Blocking
 
diff --git a/docs/Using-the-API/API.md b/docs/Using-the-API/API.md
index bc5ca3de4..e09d8ac9c 100644
--- a/docs/Using-the-API/API.md
+++ b/docs/Using-the-API/API.md
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ Returns a [Status](#status).
 
 #### Getting status context:
 
-    GET /api/v1/statuses/:id/contexts
+    GET /api/v1/statuses/:id/context
 
 Returns a [Context](#context).