Remember: Running a Mastodon server well isn't free or even cheap. If you have the means, consider financially supporting not just the Mastodon project generally, but also your local instance.

There's likely to be another stampede of new users here, and while more voices will make this system richer and more useful, it will inevitably also put a strain on existing resources.

@mattblaze this but I'd say prioritize your local instance over the Mastodon project. Eugen is getting enough money as it is, and most of the other people involved aren't getting paid by that money.
@raphaelmorgan @mattblaze yeah i don't think the Mastodon dev needs more money, and i do support two instances i have accounts on on Patreon, it's only a little bit of money but it's something