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HELLO FRIENDS! Do you like updates? Here is an update.

I pride myself on running mas.to as a fast and reliable server. Over the last 48 hours it has been slow, lagging hours behind real-time and with periods of downtime. This is not the experience I want for our members!

There was simply no way to anticipate the colossal demand that hit us on Friday. It was huge! We have however now caught up and will monitor the situation. Weโ€™ll keep registrations closed for the time being.

Nov 20, 2022 at 9:04amWeb
Show threadLydia Conwell Nov 20, 2022
@trumpet Me no like slow.
Show thread[email protected]Nov 22, 2022
@lydiaconwell Neither do I! And you've been around for a while, you know we like to keep things fast on mas.to!
Show threadHenrickNov 20, 2022
@trumpet Iโ€™m picturing Trump screaming โ€œhugeโ€ while looking like a tangerine.
Show threadOssifrageNov 20, 2022
@trumpet I'm interested in the story someday when you have time to tell it.
Show threadwilberfanNov 21, 2022
@ossifrage @trumpet Extremely ditto from me...
Show threadTom BarkasNov 20, 2022
@trumpet Keep up the good work! Impressed
Show threadfroozyNov 20, 2022
@trumpet How many cups of coffee have you had since Friday ๐Ÿคช
Show threadms. lizNov 20, 2022
@trumpet we appreciate all your efforts, and thank you! 
Show threadRichard MaceNov 20, 2022
@trumpet
Thanks for the update! Full marks.
Show thread๐šƒ๐š˜๐š– ๐™ป๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š— Nov 20, 2022
@trumpet Thank you for all you're doing. Out of interest, how much is server load driven by the growth of the Fediverse as a whole, versus users on this instance?
Show threadLucasNov 20, 2022
@trumpet Thanks! I see that the toots autotranslation is not working yet.
Show thread[email protected]Nov 22, 2022
@lucascranach We moved to LibreTranslated (hosted on our own servers) so should be working again now.
Show threadBryn DaviesNov 20, 2022
@trumpet fantastic job, thank you so much for all your hard work. It is greatly appreciated.
Show threadJiล™รญ Fiala Total LandscapingNov 20, 2022
@trumpet go some numbers? Love to see the server back โค๏ธ
Show thread[email protected]Nov 22, 2022
@stooovie We're very close to 130k users now. That's 100k more than at the start of November.
Show threadIPBESNov 20, 2022
@trumpet Thank you very much for all the hard work and for the hospitality already shown to all of us new to the instance.
Show threadSimon WheatleyNov 20, 2022
@trumpet thank you 
Show threadJeremy GoochNov 20, 2022
@trumpet itโ€™s ticking along very smoothly this morning. Nice one.
Show threadRobert Longstaff ๐ŸŒงNov 20, 2022

@trumpet I really appreciate the hard work you put in to keep this server going!

As a reminder to everyone, you can help with the running costs here: https://ko-fi.com/trumpet

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Show threadJon FarmerNov 20, 2022
@trumpet Than you for your sterling efforts keeping the instance up. Much appreciated ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜Š
Show threadSplodgeeNov 20, 2022
@trumpet hello, newbie here. First off thank you for allowing me to join your community. Secondly, 24yrs in tech so thoroughly understand what youโ€™ve been up against. Thirdly, youโ€™re doing wonderfully! If anyone says otherwise theyโ€™re simple showing that ignorance never dissipates without learning & understanding. Thank you for doing all youโ€™re doing to keep things running ๐Ÿค“
Show threadRecurver ๐ŸŽฏNov 20, 2022

@trumpet

Good move... You're doing an awesome job!
It's a big thank you from me.

Show threadMartha GuyNov 20, 2022
@trumpet thank you! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ˜˜
Show threadProf Stephen SerjeantNov 20, 2022
@trumpet Thank you for all youโ€™re doing! I know also there are costs, both your time and โ‚ฌ/$/ยฃ. Thereโ€™s an ad hoc kofi suggestion in the mas.to About but with the growth in numbers is this enough? Whatโ€™s needed for the instance to be permanently sustainable?
Show threadParolePerduteNov 20, 2022
@stephenserjeant @trumpet Kofi allows monthly recurring donations, as a start! I would be curious how much each member of Mas.to would have to donate to cover average monthly server costs (and some of Trumpets time), though.
Show threadParolePerduteNov 20, 2022
@stephenserjeant @trumpet Not that I think we should make every member donate! Financial situations differ, of course ๐Ÿ˜Š
Show threadBitPirateNov 20, 2022
@trumpet is it still running on a single server or did you split off some services?
Show thread[email protected]Nov 20, 2022
@bitpirate Weโ€™d previously moved twice to single larger servers. The one we were on was handling capacity perfectly well until the end of last week! We now have another server with the same specs and will move some services over to that!
Show thread[email protected]Nov 22, 2022
@bitpirate Just as an update we have some services overspilling onto a third server now!
Show threadMatthewNov 20, 2022
@trumpet seems much better today, great job, thank you!
Show threadOtterNov 20, 2022
@trumpet youโ€™re doing a great job ๐Ÿ‘ thank you! ๐Ÿ™Œ
Show threadWendy MundyNov 20, 2022
@trumpet thank you for all your hard work. Will send another tip later
Show threadAudrey FriedNov 20, 2022
@WendyMundy @trumpet how do I send a tip?
Show threadJudieLCNov 20, 2022
@WendyMundy @trumpet @AudreyFG https://ko-fi.com/trumpet
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Show threadAudrey FriedNov 20, 2022
@JudieLC @WendyMundy @trumpet Thank you!
Show threadR3beccafNov 20, 2022
@trumpet Iโ€™m amazed youโ€™ve been able to cope so well. Thank you for doing this
Show threadAugustThunderstormNov 20, 2022
@trumpet thank you for letting us all in your space. Sorry for all the headache we must have caused you ๐Ÿซฃ
Show threadangelafNov 20, 2022
@trumpet thank you
Show threadClareNov 20, 2022

@trumpet

I'm sorry we have caused this! We are Richard Armitage's fans ๐Ÿ˜€ also known as the Armitage Army, We are 1000's strong, so we are sorry to cause these problems for you!

We were (with RA) looking for another resting place as Twitter is no longer viable with Mr M at the helm and as I noticed from one of his ex employees was coming here, I suggested we try here and here we are.

We are sorry for causing so much trouble ๐Ÿ˜’

Show threadDr BlackberryNov 20, 2022
@trumpet I thought the high demand may be the problem. It's now soooo much faster. Thanks so much for your great work ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ˜€
Show threadCharleyNov 20, 2022
@trumpet thanks for all your hard work
Show threadEmma ByrneNov 20, 2022

@trumpet thank you for all your incredible work! Another Kofi coming your way

(No reply needed)

Show thread[email protected]Nov 22, 2022
@EmmaByrneAuthor Thank you!
Show threadSirebelNov 20, 2022
@trumpet As a flightless refuge, what can we do, beyond providing funding, to make this easier? Happy to donate technical time and experience if that helps. Scalability is my game in the real world.
Show thread[email protected]Nov 22, 2022
@sirebel I think we're good for now but I might need to give you a yell one day soon!
Show threadMs AB โ˜•Nov 20, 2022
@trumpet Love you ๐ŸŽบ ! Thanks for all you do. xx
Show threadSarahNov 20, 2022
@trumpet thanks Trumpet, really appreciate all you're doing. Keep on trumpeting...
Show threadRichard PierceNov 20, 2022
@trumpet You're doing a fab job, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who is very grateful. Thank you. <3
Show threadAdam_YNov 20, 2022
@trumpet no need to reply, just to say I'm a big fan of your work. Thank you.
Show threadTony CurwenNov 20, 2022
@trumpet epic.
Show threadDarcy ShoopNov 20, 2022
@trumpet appreciate you.
Show threadJason Walter ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธNov 20, 2022
@trumpet thanks for the hard work!
Show threadClockworkDollyNov 20, 2022
@trumpet Thank you for all you are doing. It canโ€™t have been easy with all the new accounts arriving, mine included. ๐Ÿ˜
Show threadRabbi Micah StreifferNov 20, 2022
@trumpet youโ€™re amazing. Thanks for everything you do!
Show thread(Matthew)=> ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ“–Nov 20, 2022
@trumpet Every time you think "Massive wave, this should be okay, can't be a lot more new people after this" there's another mass migration. It's a tough job! Thanks for doing it!
Show threadJason โ€œfluxayโ€ Lacy ๐ŸปNov 20, 2022
@mdstevens0612 @trumpet yes! Thank you for fighting the good fight
Show threadAndrew๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆNov 20, 2022
@trumpet Thank you for all you do. My experience here has generally been great.
Show threadGee MaceNov 20, 2022
@trumpet An overload of people coming from Twitter? I assumed that's what it was. Anyhoo, it's nice here. ๐Ÿ‘Œ