Gregory's ServerGood morning friends, this server is once again suffering under a heavy load of traffic and I am once again working on making it work better. Please be patient :tiredcat:
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  @Gargron It looks like cloning yourself might help. :eo_thinking:   @Gargron  @Gargron You got this! :catjam: For our writers' personal accounts, we're encouraging them to join other instances. Seems like the main instance is strained with new users and also exploring smaller instances is a cool experience.   @Gargron ich bin zuversichtlich und mir gefΓ€llst hier π feines Ding und π good job  @Gargron Would like to know what kind of problems you are facing? The over-provisioning of server is usually a good idea, but honestly, don't have a clue about the infrastructure this instance is running on. @Gargron Nice job at all. :) I'm slowly leaving Twitter and so far Mastodon rocks π Sadly twitter is turning to something terrible. I noticed a lot of right wing americans became more hateful and racist. Maybe Musk gave them courage . So I'm hoping mastodon and others instances will be new way of social network.  @Gargron Thanks for working on it. I canβt seem to post pictures, though? Neither in the iOS client nor in Mobile Safari. @Gargron Better yet find another instance. You don't have to all crowd mastodon.social. Come on people  @Gargron Thank you Eugen! I signed up for your Patreon at $10/mo. Hope this helps! @Gargron Thanks for the hard work. Looking forward to see how the community keeps evolving. It took 10 hours but the timelines finally caught up. @Claire and I identified a few performance issues that only become evident once there's a ton of activity. I can't believe @janboehm actually signed up in the meantime. Hi! I like your music! Sorry the website was slow today. :cate:    Please repost this, or you can also reply and write your instance address. Newcomer, a lot of instances you can join on. The main server is currently slow because a lot of new user registration. https://toot.io This kind of success is as exciting as it is terrifying. Nobody prepares you for this. Every moment I am second guessing if Iβm doing everything I can with the given situation.   @Gargron @Gargron thanks to this project people have options. π The onboarding experience is quite rough on the appside when the toots are empty and you follow no-one. Local & Federated views would help a lot in this regard.  @Gargron congrats on the massive influx of new users! Hoping to be a contributor in the near future.  @Gargron We appreciate all the hard work and continued investment over these past few years! @Gargron thanks ! Will definitely donate once my paycheck hits at the end of the month ;) @Gargron Really appreciate your dedication but do make sure you take care of yourself. @Gargron Only so many priorities one can manage within a given timeframe and it seems you're doing awesome. Thank you! @Gargron mate, just keep doing whatever you're doing. Mastodon is popping off rn @Gargron you do what you can and let the community help pick up the slack. This shows you and the community behind Mastodon have a good project for others to turn to. @Gargron Iβm more than happy weathering the storm of growing pains if people like you are as hardworking as you seem to be! More people are rooting for you than not! @gargron You are doing a great job! I imagine it to be a mix of huge happiness/exitement but with anxiousness. This must be hard and will ease in some time I think. You will look back proudly!  @Gargron One thing I'd appreciate is updating the translations on https://joinmastodon.org ... People are translating it but it's not getting pushed to the live site. @Gargron Thank you so much for all the work youβve put in on this. When things move really quickly and you donβt know if youβre doing the right thing, be guided by your own principals. Sometimes your brain has to ask your heart βis this the right thing to do?β And be guided by what feels right. Youβll be good. @Gargron @Claire Thanks for accommodating us newcomers! Maybe I'm missing the bigger picture, but the need to select a specific community when signing up introduced friction to my onboarding... I get that the whole concept is federated accounts, but even understanding the principle I almost gave up after browsing through a few dozen options. @Gargron Are you restricting new signups on mastodon.social? I'm getting 403 errors in the app when trying to create a new account.  @Gargron Have a nice day! Thanks for the hard work. :blobcaticecream: @Gargron sorry weβre slowing the server down. I have a feeling the #twitterexodus is just beginning. Hopefully we donβt crash the server!!π€π€π€ @Gargron I hope once things for you are running smoothly again you find the time to write about this tech journey what you did and what you learned. |
@Gargron Just wondering: Is that due new accounts or there is someone trying to throw a wrench in the whole federation by flooding the main instance?