Closing the back door on Tophhie Social
A couple of weeks ago I went looking for a gap in how Tophhie Social's infrastructure was set up, and I found one.
Tophhie Social
Our corner of the fediverse, powered by AT Protocol and a healthy dose of stubbornness. Hosted by Tophhie Cloud, built for community - and fully ready to federate responsibly.
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Post Incident Report: Tophhie Social – 23rd June 2026
A valid certificate, a healthy backend, a reachable endpoint — and a totally dead PDS. The culprit was a single Cloudflare toggle on a different domain, flipped two days earlier. A post-incident write-up on how every obvious signal lied.
Increased Bot Activity & What We're Doing About It
Tophhie Social has seen a sharp increase in the number of bots on our platform. Here's what we're doing about it...
Introducing: Tophhie Social Profile Preferences
We're providing a way for you to declare your Tophhie Social profile preferences.
Post Incident Report - Email Delivery Issues (2nd Jan 2026)
Here's the rundown of what happened...
Measuring Accessibility in Bluesky Posts: Introducing the Accessibility Score
We're introducing a new scoring system for Tophhie Social users and the accessibility of their Bluesky posts.
Tophhie Cloud API: Another Three Endpoints... 🌐
We're highlighting another two endpoints for the Tophhie Cloud API. Again, focusing on Tophhie Social!
Tophhie Cloud API: Two New Endpoints!
We've added two new endpoints to the Tophhie Cloud API, this time targeting Tophhie Social 💬
Tophhie Social: Attack Report Oct 2025
The Tophhie Social server was attacked on the 22nd Oct 2025. So, what happened?
Tophhie Social: October 2025 Debrief
Tophhie Social has been active and open for sign ups for around 7 weeks now... let's review how we're doing!
Announcing our Repo Deletion Process
It's your data. If you decide to leave us, you should be able to trust that we'll delete your data from our servers.
Migrating your Bluesky account to Tophhie Social 🦋
We've made it easy for you to migrate your Bluesky account to Tophhie Social! Find out how here...