Gregory's Server@reay @pludikovsky Over the past couple of days there was some noticeable latency and instability, but that wasn't the reason that I spun up https://thegem.city/.
I really believe in the idea of having regional / semi-local instances as a community building tool. I think the fediverse is going to be the thing that tips the scales towards hyper-connected local groups in a way that twitter, reddit, and next-door never really could be.
@nick @pludikovsky
Ah! Yeah, I've been noticing a lot of glitching on it when I've been trying to log on in the last couple of days. But given my not unusual tech problems, hadn't connected those two things.
I think you've got a solid idea making more local instances. If I had the tech knowhow (and importantly, didn't have said common tech issues), I'd consider doing the same.