JayAug 30, 2018
io_err 

"mastodon was down"

nah y'all, https://mastodon.social was down! other mastodon instances were fine!

consider getting accounts on smaller instances and so we can have a network of nice little communities. mastodon works best when moderation is distributed among many instances!

Aug 28, 2018 at 2:35amWeb
Show threadio_err Aug 28, 2018

here's how to find a good instance:

https://instances.noct.zone/

or if there's an instance in your area, consider joining that one!

https://rva.party Richmond VA (shameless plug)
https://pdx.social Portland OR
https://a2mi.social Ann Arbor MI
https://mspsocial.net Twin Cities (MN)
https://jawns.club Philadelphia PA
https://lazy8.social NYC, queer tech rebels
https://chaos.social German, mostly CCC hackers

Cool Instances

Show threadbenjamin melançonAug 28, 2018
@io (sorry everyone i'm mentioning still haven't figured out if there's a way to quote-and-post so i'm abusing the reply functionality) @hanabel a suggested resource for finding a good instance, https://instances.noct.zone/
Cool Instances

Show threadSilence of the Dems 🐼Aug 28, 2018
@io I hope someone told Mastadon to cheer up.
Show threadKay Ohtie 🎈🌡🐺Aug 28, 2018
@io Were there actually headlines saying mastodon was down? D:
Show threadLyn Black🍁Cat πŸ‚Aug 28, 2018
@io ... laughing at self 'cause I have a backup masto.social account and when Tootplanet was down I totally forgot about it. "Woe masto is gonnnne..."
Show threadbenjamin melançonAug 28, 2018
@io hi @hanabel i'm hoping you can see the ... uh, toots ... i'm replying to! About how the cool stuff is happening on other instances (or neighborhoods as @jalcine and @alexhillman suggest) rather than mastadon.social which is for has been for better or worse functioning as sort of a default landing place
Show thread410 GONEAug 28, 2018
@io grgron must close mastodon.social subscriptions to solve this.
Show threadUnknownAug 28, 2018

@io That's true! I'm part of Fosstodon and I had no idea Mastodon.social was down.

What happens in that case though? Once the instance gets up again it syncs all the missed toots from the fediverse? Or just continues from where its state before going down?

Show threadA Tray of BeesAug 28, 2018

@io Mastodon is very similar to IRC. Your favorite IRC server goes down that doesn't mean FreeNode dies. It means you go to a different server to get back on.

Consider using a smaller instance. You should also look for instances that are located closer to you with a lower TTL. You can export your favs/blocks/follows and import them into an account on the smaller instance so nothing appears different to you at your second home.

Show threadπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Ster πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆAug 28, 2018
@trayofbees @io How do you export favs/blocks/follows?
Show threadA Tray of BeesAug 28, 2018
@ster @io Go into your settings (click the gear right above where you type), and one of the tabs is Data Export
Show threadπš›πš˜πš˜πš@πš‘πš™πšŒ:~#Aug 28, 2018
@io HEY RICHMOND! *waves from DC*
Show threadio_err Aug 29, 2018
@0xKruzr HI DC! come visit soon!