Matt Royer
Taylor Lorenz*people gather in my yard to watch my house burn*
me: wow, i've never had this many visitors before
I stole this tweet from Ryan Mac but this broken app won’t let me attach images anymore it’s buggy as hell
[old] stefan 🙌@taylorlorenz massive growth at the sad office party. no VC so no media hype.
Zach Everson@taylorlorenz Probably the server load rather than the app. Happened to me when I joined around the first big migration.
Clair (KD3BCC)@taylorlorenz Don't use the official app it's barely useable right now and it's very limited. I'd recommend you use the web or a 3rd party app like Metatext.
@taylorlorenz and if you use Android, I'm sorry, but I don't know any of the names of the apps for that platform. Metatext may be available for it, I'm just not sure. I'd have to defer to someone else.
Just Russ@chigh @taylorlorenz I like Tusky, so far.
Kori Maleski 🐘
RamsHornStudios@taylorlorenz you joined the largest instance that's seeing the largest influx of users.
There are journalism-centered instances that are probably more stable right now.
Aaron Huslage@taylorlorenz You might be better served on the server journa.host run by @adamdavidson
@huslage @adamdavidson no I wanna be here among the masses!!
@taylorlorenz @adamdavidson The masses are everywhere.
CapybroMost fediverse servers are run by one or a very small handful of people. They don't have the resources to scale like Twitter. Everyone piling into the same few instances is going to bring those instances down. That's why you're experiencing performance issues. It's also not really in the spirit of fediverse -- it's supposed to be distributed.
SYRiNX 
@taylorlorenz @huslage @adamdavidson - All the servers are interconnected so you see all the same people and posts no matter which one you use. That's the whole point.
Nick Judd, Chicago dad@taylorlorenz @huslage @adamdavidson the server admins are volunteers funded by donations, does being here vs on a server WaPo subsidizes on your behalf mean you're costing them time & money (as they are not selling ads against the engagement you create)? I assumed that was the case in an earlier post, but I deleted it, because actually I don't know but it would be interesting to find out.
Falselogic
@infosec_jcp 🐈🃏 done differentlyTry the web browser version using Brave 🦁 browser Taylor 🧐
Dora E. H. Crow@taylorlorenz I noticed I had to reduce my file size to successfully upload an image... (I was uploading it in a reply)
tom hardly@taylorlorenz its the server. they are getting exponentially more new accounts daily. let them catch their breath
@hurley @taylorlorenz - There is no "the" server. The entire point of a distributed decentralized network is that there are many servers operated by different people. If one server isn't working for you, just try another one.
Stu Miniman 
@taylorlorenz in the same vein - the "Nero" quote is spot on https://norden.social/@mosmann/109363572589720592
rsudev
buddy@taylorlorenz mastodon kind of sucks
Cranky David@taylorlorenz
*mastodon experiences 18% growth in users overnight*
taylor lorenz: I can't upload pictures! it's broken!
girl, settle down and touch grass.
3RingCircus@taylorlorenz I’ve been getting a 403 error since I signed up, every time I try to load an image from my iPhone.
@3RingCircus @taylorlorenz - Then try a different server. The whole point of a distribution decentralized network is that no one server dictates the experience.
mytrainwrecks@taylorlorenz I found I have to keep images below 2mb to get the publish button to be usable 🤷♂️
Alex Nobert@taylorlorenz Don't worry there's no shortage of uninformed men on this platform to "explain" (speculate)
@nobert @taylorlorenz oh…techmansplaining
Cforman@taylorlorenz This : In a month (since 18 Oct), hourly ‘new-user’ pace here has accelerated by two orders of magnitude on a ‘distributed, volunteer’ platform (no one entity responsible for a particular user experience, uptime or much else for that matter) — and VERY visibly and transparently. This is worthy of note and MANY deep dives about implications. You may want to consider one thing it isn’t worthy of: Scorn. See: https://social.kiesow.net/@dkiesow/109365284629463555
Ned Yeung@taylorlorenz I've been warned not to use the app, at least not the "official" one. I just use my browser.
Mike@taylorlorenz with the fact that 1,000’s are migrating from #Twitter to here, slow and clunky is understandable. I have experienced a few difficulties since adding Mastodon, but I am willing to give it some time, this is a good place!
R Provost, PhD@taylorlorenz Lots of new users today could be overwhelming your server.
Ali Alkhatib@taylorlorenz fwiw i like "Toot!" - its $3.99 but it's easily worth it (in my opinion)
a petty bo͝orˈZHwäthere's a browser for that
Tony@taylorlorenz the "official" app on iOS (at least) is pretty buggy, indeed. Metatext is way better, image posting works consistently for me using that.
Jason (no more, no less)
Fluffy_Fox@taylorlorenz What can I say? it was totally lit.
Jeffrey P. Bigham 🔥🔥@taylorlorenz is there any independent verification (possible) of twitter traffic? big "trump inauguration" energy here i think.
Benj Soule🫂💙HumanityFirst🌅@taylorlorenz no funni gifs because it's slow atm
Lynne Jackier@taylorlorenz
Great analogy.
Great analogy.
Morgan Davis@taylorlorenz Stick with a web browser here until the app ecosphere improves.
About staying here "where the masses are" ... common misunderstanding. Think of this like email and you're on Hotmail. You can still email anyone on the Internet. But moving to Gmail may be the better choice for reliability, features and user interface. Your address will change, but mastodon can accommodate moving between instances.
@taylorlorenz he’s so SMRT 😂
RyanAdair@taylorlorenz very good lol
VAWeisman@taylorlorenz This is just perfection. The fact that Elmo Husk laid off the team that monitors badge authorization then locked down all the office buildings to “prevent sabotage” and had to call the head of that team (WHO HE HAD JUST LAID OFF) to let him into the building because he locked himself out is peak karma. The former employee tweeted about it.
Kai Hope@taylorlorenz yes, this is so true