Hiiii everyone!

I'm not sure what the status of the instance is, but I'm afraid #Éirephant #IrishMastodon is loading very slowly for me today -

hopefully after a long day of trying self-care and lots of work, I'll be able to say hi back properly 💚 🤍 🧡

@Repealist_ yeah one of the notifications on the top was from the founder of this instance saying it had hit its limit and they had to bump it up
@Repealist_ I think it could be an increase of people joining.
@irishsocialist @Repealist_ most likely. More users = more activity = more stress on the system. The teen nerd in me does not envy instance admins trying to keep up.
@Repealist_ they are struggling with the sudden huge influx, which is totally understandable. I really feel for the team. They seem to be trying to take steps to scale up and I’m willing to be patient while they do that, but it’s a shame that so many people’s first experience is impacted - no doubt it will put some people off.