@Gargron

@Gargron Thank you for your hard work!

@Gargron I can see it better ... thanks

@Gargron The instance itself is still running slow for me.

@Gargron Do you, by any chance, have an overview of currently in use machine types and their roles? as a DevOp I am curious about the setup.

@Gargron how do you join mastodon.social tho?

@Gargron awsome thanks for letting us know!

@Gargron The website is slow.

@Gargron

Had to figure due to high traffic, expect some high donations in the coming months. Congrats on the site boost.

I feel this server base of a Twitter-like setup is perfect for mutuals to stay connected but also mingle with new faces

#twitter #mastoadmin #mastoart

@Gargron T to the H to the N to the X

@Gargron Thank you! It actually seems like the entire mastodon.social server is pretty sluggish again today (I know you just upgraded it a few days ago, and I assume you're scrambling to beef up bandwidth/etc even more now). Beyond switching to a different instance or signing up for your patreon to help fund further upgrades (which I did the other day), is there anything else we can do?

@Gargron eek what a ride. Good job!

@Gargron Thank you kind sir, for all your hard work!

@Gargron Thank you!

@Gargron Thank you for your hard work, really appreciated. Do you start to see a limit for scaling mastodon in term of hardware usage vs user count or for now its still working (as long as hardware is available)?

@Gargron
Thank you!

@Gargron If this carries on you might be upgrading again sooner rather than later! 😅

@Gargron What Metric are you using to judge that? CPU load? measured reaction time?

@Gargron
Thanks, again!! 💪🏼

@Gargron What kind of user base size are you looking at on that server?

Plus, should it ever been automatically imposed, that no new users can sign up to a server after a certain threshold reached? To avoid a single server being too dominant?

Also, user accounts on servers, auto delete themselves after a time to free up space?

@Gargron you are doing an AMAZING job maintaining all of this!

@Gargron thanks Eugen. It feels like old Fido-Net times in the late 80s. Thanks for all your work

@Gargron thank you!

@Gargron Thank you for this safe place being created.

@Gargron Great, though I'm getting a Network Error failure on every toot I tap on in the web app, regardless of what instance it's on. It's a problem when I want to read a thread.

@Gargron Do you foresee a day when Mastodon moves off Ruby to another language?

@Gargron LA CARGA DE LAS IMÁGENES Y VIDEOS MEJORÓ MUCHO ... GRACIAS EUGEN ¡¡¡

👍👍👍

@Gargron thank you for your work!

@Gargron Thx !

@Gargron the way things are going, pretty much every instance host will need their own rack somewhere. It's a problem, but it could be worse.

@Gargron I would migrate off to a less populous instance but it would be a bit sad to lose my early posts (granted they're mostly tiny anyway).

What's the technical limitation that stops them from being movable?

@Gargron thank you!!!

@Gargron Good job! Many thanks, I really appreciate your standing for openness, your technical skills and your believe in humans freedom. Chapeau! ✊

@Gargron do you have a write-up or overview of your devops setup anywhere?

@Gargron Thanks!

@Gargron I'm curious why this server isn't included in the list of servers on the joinmastodon.org site?

@Gargron Is there a patreon for the mastodon.social instance or some other way to contribute?

@Gargron What can we do as a community to help you? :)

@Gargron thanks!

@Gargron Good work!

@Gargron
Much better indeed.
Thank you.

@Gargron hi, I usually do not upload videos or photos here because I think it would overload the server. How could I (think please I am a person with low skills in programming or so) help with that?

@Gargron thank you!

@Gargron I noticed. Thanks for your hard work!

@Gargron awesome

@Gargron awesome. Keep up the great work.

@Gargron Thank you!

@Gargron thank you

@Gargron thank you

@Gargron Thank you for all you do.

@Gargron grateful.

@Gargron excellent. On a different note, replies are taking a long time to load for me. Is this something known about? (On iOS app, if that helps)

@Gargron Hi, what is the best to help and support this site?

@Gargron not working here…

@Gargron yoooooo welcome to growth!

@Gargron thanks that explains it!

@Gargron thanks much!!

@Gargron thank you for your support and all your effort ❤💯

@Gargron
🌻🌞✨🌎✨🌙🌻

@Gargron thank you for creating this space!

@Gargron I've noticed that tapping on post hashtags just causes a timeout for me here on mastodon.social. I've tried other accounts on other instances and have had better luck - assuming this is because we're in one of the largest and more OG of instances, but just wanted to let you know via a lowly user's experience such as my own.

@Gargron Former network guy here: what loadbalancers are in use?

I'm simply curious. I'm working with Azure now in regards to cybersecurity.

@Gargron Thanks! for everything! These are exciting days for us newbies but they must really stress you out!

@Gargron when horizontal play mode will be supported on iOS?

@Gargron Thank you! Much appreciated.

@Gargron hello Eugen I have sent you a DM message from my other account, please read my message. Regards

@Gargron I've been trying to sign in at the phone App but it keeps telling me either the email address or the password are wrong.
I wrote down both and I enter them accordingly. I try to reset the password but the email to do so never arrives.

@Gargron Hey Eugen. Someday mastodon.social enrollments will be available to the general public?

@Gargron Thx, as a newcomer and techie I appreciate the effort and can imagine how great and demanding these days are for you.

@Gargron I'm a very senior DevOps eng with experience scaling rails apps. Do you need any help? Happy to volunteer.

@Gargron

@Gargron why is .social unavailable to join?

@Gargron Jumped on Patreon and did a year up front. Hope it helps!

@Gargron Thanks

@Gargron Thank you!!!

@Gargron mastodon.online is also having trouble. I've been struggling with trying to upload a gif for over an hour.

@Gargron when I add a photo or video to a new post, the Publish button no longer functions. Maybe I’m missing an obvious step?

@Gargron Just wanted to add my voice to all those thanking you for all the hard work and long hours you've put in since this started.

@Gargron thank you!

@Gargron thanks for being a welcoming port for those of us washed out in the Twitter storm. We owe you!

@Gargron hooray!

@Gargron great work! It's been more and more smooth throughout the day :apartyblobcat:

@Gargron They do indeed. Thanks!

@Gargron
It is pleasant here. Thank you.

@Gargron my claim to fame is breaking a load balancer once when doing volume tests on SSL transactions. Took a website out briefly that shared the load balancer, got lots of questions!

@Gargron Thank you!!!

@Gargron Good I want you to succeed!

@Gargron

Some new user feedback:

When setting yourself up as a new user, can you have an automatic server selection as the default (which maybe chooses the fastest server response time) & an advanced setting which allows you to choose your own server.

As you say, it really doesn't matter which server you choose so why make it the first question a new user is faced with? Most people have no idea what to choose...

#productmanagement #UX

@Gargron appreciate you! thanks

@Gargron mahalo.

@Gargron thnx

@Gargron Here in mastodon.online things went better with uploading. Now the problem is that the server is not connected with federal/local posts.

@Gargron new here...fingers crossed.

@Gargron Thanks!!!! 😊

@Gargron Hi Eugen! Is there a beginners guide to Mastodon? So excited !

@Gargron sadly not for me but I’m sure they will eventually and then you all can meet #pocketdog

@Gargron T'oya̱xsn. (Ts’msyen Sm'algya̱x for TY)

@Gargron Thank you very much. That new Twitter CEO must really be scaring people over there.

@Gargron how can we help support the node and your work best? Running our own nodes to spread the load or donating to help pay for upgrades?