Mike McHargueNov 7, 2022

It's actually pretty amazing that a open source product developed by a tiny non-profit, running on a network of servers self-funded by volunteer administrator and moderators has managed to absorb some portion of one of the world's largest for-profit social networks.

It's a miracle the whole thing didn't collapse or catch fire.

Great job everyone.

Show threadPaul
@mike This is the untold story - there is an assumption that Mastodon has the same scale as Twitter which it really doesn't, it's an actual democratisation of the internet which is amazing to see
Nov 7, 2022 at 12:15pmWeb
Show threadJessica StewartNov 8, 2022
@paulfrankh @mike
I just wonder how sustainable it can be. I don't know how people can go on monitoring a huge site for free...?
Show threadTalonNov 8, 2022
@YourSecondDraft @paulfrankh @mike by splitting it up into lots and lots and lots of tiny little sites instead. We for example only have around 130 people on this particular server. If it stays around there, it should be fine for a very long time!
Show threadWildflowerNov 12, 2022

@YourSecondDraft @paulfrankh @mike

Which is why ppl able to donate should donate

Show threadAmbigram ArtNov 12, 2022
@YourSecondDraft
It's not a huge site, it's many smaller instances.
Rather than scale up it can continue to scale out.