Eugen RochkoGood 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 
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. 
This kind of success is as exciting as it is terrifying. Nobody prepares you for this. Every moment I am second guessing if I’m doing everything I can with the given situation.
cybik 
@Gargron IMO that just means you're doing something right.
anemoia 🌿@Gargron you're doing great
smells of bikes@Gargron you're doing great with the flood. Thank you!
Shelter 🖖🏼🏳️🌈😷
Yael Grauer@Gargron you're doing great!
Tblu@Gargron Thank you and everyone else who's worked on this so very much though. It is a relief to so many people.
(((o))) Acoustic Mirror@Gargron Thank you for your work. You're doing a great job.
Neil@Gargron congrats on the massive influx of new users! Hoping to be a contributor in the near future.
Larry Anderson@Gargron Thanks for everything you're doing, Eugen.
Malcolm Bastien@Gargron We appreciate all the hard work and continued investment over these past few years!
mastodonroufakis@Gargron thanks ! Will definitely donate once my paycheck hits at the end of the month ;)
Moonlightsiesta@Gargron Really appreciate your dedication but do make sure you take care of yourself.
KnicksRIP@Gargron To quote a critically acclaimed piece of cinema,
"You can doooo eeeet" ❤️
Lorenzo T. R. Flores@Gargron You're doing great! Thanks for the effort.
Cameron@Gargron Only so many priorities one can manage within a given timeframe and it seems you're doing awesome. Thank you!
Rohana Rezel@Gargron You're a superhero, my friend!
Justin@Gargron You’re doing great. You’ve got this. Thank you!
Blake Reilly | Ekyllier@Gargron mate, just keep doing whatever you're doing. Mastodon is popping off rn
MissingANNo@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.
Dred@Gargron this is historic! We are all very excited about this and thankful for all the hard work to make this possible! :]
MadebyPaul@Gargron thank you
benedict 
@Gargron I’m 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!
Darrel J Delfin@Gargron You're doing great! 👍
Thank you for all your hard work!
Thank you for all your hard work!
Ondřej Pokorný@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.
Chloeg@Gargron Thank you so much for all the work you’ve put in on this. When things move really quickly and you don’t know if you’re doing the right thing, be guided by your own principals. Sometimes your brain has to ask your heart “is this the right thing to do?” And be guided by what feels right. You’ll be good.
benjymous@Gargron Are you publishing traffic stats anywhere? Would be fascinating to see the ebbs and flows!
hypnofox@Gargron you're doing great, everything works.
Marcel Schindler@Gargron Alter, hast du das echt um 4 Uhr morgens getrötet?
Da bist schlecht für mein Programmiererimage. Ich schlafe nachts noch immer lieber :)
Yaser ✅
janszoon 🐧@Gargron i think the most of the bird-site-refugees would love a mastodon-fail-whale variety every now and then.... So no sweat!
Katrien Vermeulen@Gargron Thank you for this 🙏 beautiful platform, please don't sell it to the highest bidding billionaires...
sj_zero@miauw @Gargron It literally can't be sold.
The fediverse isn't one website. It's thousands of websites with millions of users, operating on dozens of separate software projects, all having the ActivityPub federation protocol in common.
You can no more purchase such a thing than you can purchase "The Internet". It just isn't a thing that's for sale.
We've had different parts of the fediverse decide to "go private" and stop being part of the broader whole (and websites based on open source software that nonetheless disable activitypub support and federation from day 1), and it just means people have to move to different instances that still properly federate.
That being said, it's a two sided sword: on one hand, no one person controls it so it can't be sold. On the other, no one person controls it so if you're expecting unified moderation (and the possibility of influencing that moderation) beyond the instance you're presently on, you're out of luck. Each instance is a unique website run by its own admins, so moderation decisions are limited to either content on the specific website, or the import of content from other websites (and possibly the export of content to the same other websites).
The fediverse isn't one website. It's thousands of websites with millions of users, operating on dozens of separate software projects, all having the ActivityPub federation protocol in common.
You can no more purchase such a thing than you can purchase "The Internet". It just isn't a thing that's for sale.
We've had different parts of the fediverse decide to "go private" and stop being part of the broader whole (and websites based on open source software that nonetheless disable activitypub support and federation from day 1), and it just means people have to move to different instances that still properly federate.
That being said, it's a two sided sword: on one hand, no one person controls it so it can't be sold. On the other, no one person controls it so if you're expecting unified moderation (and the possibility of influencing that moderation) beyond the instance you're presently on, you're out of luck. Each instance is a unique website run by its own admins, so moderation decisions are limited to either content on the specific website, or the import of content from other websites (and possibly the export of content to the same other websites).
@miauw @Gargron No matter what, you've always got the "atomic option": Self-hosting. Then the only person who can sell out is you.
I spend more time on websites I own and operate than any other thanks to Activitypub. My feed features users from 130 other instances, and my interactions with them are identical to as if I were on the same platform asthem.
I spend more time on websites I own and operate than any other thanks to Activitypub. My feed features users from 130 other instances, and my interactions with them are identical to as if I were on the same platform asthem.
McHollander | Celtic Folk Bard@Gargron Hang in there. This must be very stressful but you made it happen so far.
MelvinPhaser@Gargron Looking forward to great stuff happening to this platform in the future!
oldjinx@Gargron Your doing fine, nothings on fire and everyone's enjoying themselves.
activenode@Gargron I can relate. When I was younger I had a music streaming service called StreamDrag. It was cool, had a few thousand users.
Then mashable.com featured it. And I wasn't prepared for it.
And back then there was no K8s or whatever to drag a slider for more power.
I can relate :)
But apparently, at this moment, everythings working fine.
@Gargron Give me a shout if you need a hand with testing new features. I work for Testronic who have a global team of professional testers that can be deployed at short notice.
thomkennon
abortretryfail@Gargron Don't forget to take a break for yourself.
Nika2022 🐶🎶🌐☕️@Gargron
You are doimg a great thing. My only advice is to stay true to yourself and your core values. I saw too many people changed because of success in a wrong way.
Rooting for you.
You are doimg a great thing. My only advice is to stay true to yourself and your core values. I saw too many people changed because of success in a wrong way.
Rooting for you.
fluxx@Gargron You're doing great! <3
Roh 👻
Deadly Headshot
Ofmine@dheadshot @Gargron @janboehm Jan Böhmermann is more a comedian and tv host. He also made songs, but he isn't a musician in first place.
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
https://mstdn.io
https://mastodon.world
https://mastodon.online
https://toot.site
https://uwu.social
https://social.chinwag.org
https://nicepeople.social
https://libertalia.world
https://mastodon.tedomum.net
https://meow.social
Another list of instances you can join
https://drake.network
https://mastodon.top
https://catcatnya.com
https://c.im
https://linernotes.club
https://is.nota.live
https://mastodont.cat
https://www.social.eu
https://pagan.plus
https://wandering.shop
https://froth.zone
https://graz.social
https://poa.st
https://fellies.social
https://eupublic.social
https://sfba.social
https://toot.cafe
https://kelnet.social
https://ontological.city
https://drake.network
https://mastodon.top
https://catcatnya.com
https://c.im
https://linernotes.club
https://is.nota.live
https://mastodont.cat
https://www.social.eu
https://pagan.plus
https://wandering.shop
https://froth.zone
https://graz.social
https://poa.st
https://fellies.social
https://eupublic.social
https://sfba.social
https://toot.cafe
https://kelnet.social
https://ontological.city
Werebeast IO
We welcome you to Werebeast IO! As a community-run server by LGBTQI-aware furries, therians, and otherkin, we endeavor to always maintain a safe space for individuals who identify as the aforementioned to thrive within. At Werebeast IO, we offer a social networking experience for all of our members whether your interests are either (N)SFW, and no matter what your background might be (provided it fits within the rules, that is!). Please read on to find out more about our instance and what makes us unique from the rest.
Another instances you can join :
https://sleeping.town
https://queer.party
https://this.mouse.rocks
https://mastodon.org.uk
https://toot.party
https://lgbt.io
https://mastodon.me.uk
https://mastodon.icu
https://kanoa.de
https://mastodon.lol
https://makerdon.lol
https://social.coop
https://masto.pt
https://melb.social
https://tooter.social
https://mastodon.nogods.be
https://mast.casa
https://mastodon.earth
https://stereodon.social
https://sleeping.town
https://queer.party
https://this.mouse.rocks
https://mastodon.org.uk
https://toot.party
https://lgbt.io
https://mastodon.me.uk
https://mastodon.icu
https://kanoa.de
https://mastodon.lol
https://makerdon.lol
https://social.coop
https://masto.pt
https://melb.social
https://tooter.social
https://mastodon.nogods.be
https://mast.casa
https://mastodon.earth
https://stereodon.social
I might accidentally type pleroma instances in the list. But no matter you register on mastodon or pleroma, we are connected, and can follow and see each other post.
It's like you can follow instagram from your twitter account, or follow twitter from your facebook account. And you can see each other post and you can also comment on it.
Amazing right?
Please re-post/retweet
Abid Nevesinjac@rohmatsb It was easier to say only https://joinmastodon.org/
Ami@rohmatsb @Gargron @janboehm I have just started to use Mastodon, and I am curious why there are a lot of different networks. I think breaking down the users lowers the chance of growing, and as a new user, it makes people confused, I was confused too and today I just said ok, I will write in the biggest network.