Shoutout to all the Mastodon servers bouta get slammed. Donโ€™t forget to tip your admins, Mastodon doesnโ€™t have ads
@swilua It already slowed down for me quite a bit in the last hour!
@swilua There's no "about to", it's already happening! ๐Ÿ˜…
@swilua As a fundraiser I wonder how we create a culture of giving to kepp this ecosystem going. Maybe something like a tradition of "on the 16th of each month, everyone should kick in 2 usd (or eur) to your server operators if you still like Mastodon."
@Willeaston @swilua patreon has its problems, but it works for this kind of thing
@fuzzysteve @swilua Right! (Although, each server admin will likely make their own local choices.) I'm thinking more of ... Bernie Sanders had his "chip in $27" meme ... what could we create that becomes the Mastodon equivalent? #fundraising #mastodonmeta
@swilua Great idea. Iโ€™m new to the fediverse, so not sure how to do this. How do I find the admins and how do I tip them?
@DahliaForAll if I see a good tutorial I will post it here. So far Iโ€™ve seen the occasional post on my feed from the admins and thatโ€™s how you find them but Iโ€™m still learning this site!
@DahliaForAll @swilua @atomicpoet just posted a link, heโ€™s an informative follow ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป happy tooting

@DahliaForAll

You'll find them at the about page of an instance. In your case https://mstdn.social/about

@swilua

Mastodon ๐Ÿ˜

A general-purpose Mastodon server with a 500 character limit. All languages are welcome.

Mastodon hosted on mstdn.social
@DahliaForAll the admins for your instance are here: https://mstdn.social/about . for each of us, the bit after our user name is the instance we're on, and that is the home page for your server. Most of them have an about page with rules, how to contact, and how to help or tip
Mastodon ๐Ÿ˜

A general-purpose Mastodon server with a 500 character limit. All languages are welcome.

Mastodon hosted on mstdn.social
@colossus @DahliaForAll thatโ€™s weird, I paid someone some money but itโ€™s hard to know where it goes. stuxhost Hope itโ€™s legitโ€ฆ
stuxhost is legit. It belongs to stux, your instance's admin and overall a great person both technically and personally. He's having a hard time with hosting and energy bills and he would be very glad to have a bit more funding, that's why he created stuxhost
@swilua Also, don't forget that most are on #patreon and you can support them there too. Nothing is free in life so let's help them out. I contributing $10/month to my server admin(s).
@swilua @kescher still would like to volunteer my time, I don't have much money ;-;
@swilua new here, glad I found you!! Loved you on Twitter
@briejw7 @swilua
I donโ€™t think I saw you on twitter but Iโ€™m following now!
@briejw7 @swilua
Following you both. Also new here.
@briejw7 @swilua
Good lord! I replied 3x but itโ€™s not showing themโ€ฆonly that you have 3 replies. Damn my head hurts. About to have 4 replies now but theyโ€™re all invisible lol.
@swilua I have no idea how that works
@swilua itโ€™s looking like theyโ€™re going to have to get to growing quick & fast in a hurry. Glad to be here early ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ
@swilua Toss a coin to your admin, oh servers of plenty...
@swilua who is my admin and how do I tip them?

@Gabrielle @swilua

On the server/implementation I'm on it is in the
"... " tab
near "About",
in "Funding"

@swilua Yeah, just made it in by minutes. Twitter is also getting slammed. A Billion or so odd requests to do a dump of their Account Archives.
@swilua ๐ŸŽตToss a coin to your admin, oh tooters of 
@swilua why will they get slammed ?
@truthofLindsay @swilua because people think the bird app is on its last legs. Sacking your tech ppl probably not a great idea if u need tech ppl to keep it running
@swilua soon they'll start having ads. It's never forever.
@Nonso @swilua Itโ€™s open source. Thereโ€™ll always be a new server to jump to thatโ€™ll ban or defederate ads
@swilua
One of my Twitter friends just tried to sign up & this current server *home socialโ€ that weโ€™re on isnโ€™t even available anymore??? Someone please advise. Iโ€™m new here too & have no idea how this app works lolol.
Is this server no longer allowing new subscribers?
@swilua Not gonna lie the interface for this app is very intimidating and complex. Most people are coming here from Twitter and thereโ€™s a good chance theyโ€™ll be warded off considering how different everything is. Tbh I donโ€™t see people staying here in the long run, doesnโ€™t seem that user friendly. Lots of bureaucracy.
@finallyman @swilua Once you get the hang of it, itโ€™s not so bad. In fact, Iโ€™m finding I actually like this a lot more than Twitter so far. I can find and engage with content easier, and my own content seems to be reaching more of my intended audience on my other handle.
@swilua
Yes, it is really empty...if you are use to FB. nice! ๐Ÿ˜Ž
@swilua love a follow back
@swilua specially .social it's impossible to join in
@swilua mastodon servers: be good to your mothers!
@swilua are you serious? No ads here?
@swilua saw Ruud saying that mastodon.world saw around 6k people joining the server earlier this morning
@swilua what is the best way for newbies to learn how to tip?
@Kategl @swilua if you go to your mastodon serverโ€™s about page they likely have a donation link. E.g. bottom left if youโ€™re on web.
@LoudSilence @swilua I am signed up via patreon. Is there a way of making lump sum donation as an extra?
@LoudSilence @Kategl you can ask them directly if they donโ€™t have a way posted I think
@swilua great point! Canโ€™t imagine how busy they will be ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
@swilua excellent tip and thanks for the reminder - sorry for the dumb question, but is there an easy way to find out who your admins are on a particular server?

@ruthwarewriter @swilua

If you are already logged in your instance: Just open a private browser window and go to the startpage of your instance: https://mastodon.world

Mastodon

Generic Mastodon server for anyone to use.

Mastodon hosted on mastodon.world
@swilua Look to see if the server you use for your handle has a Patreon for support. I dare say most do.