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Mastodon Migration Dec 16, 2022

Public Service Warning

Mastodon has a very big surge of new users right now. There's no way to tell if it will be sustained, but at this early point it looks similar to Nov 18 when Musk pulled the employee purge.

It is very challenging for system administration to accommodate so many new users. If your server starts to struggle, it is not broken and will get sorted out.

We're all in this together. It's our social network. Be patient. What we are building is amazing.

If you just signed up on a big instance and it is slow, consider moving to a smaller instance.

If you have decent technical skills, you can even set up your own instance -- it is fairly easy to do so. You will be helping Mastodon cope with the influx of refugees from the fowlsite.

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monoxane Dec 19, 2022

@charvaka @mastodonmigration Another thing to keep in mind if you're running your own is to use some Relays at the start. While there's no "officially sanctioned" ones and they're kinda hard to find, a lot of larger instances or groups have one. They will provide a firehose of content into your server making it feel like a much more federated experience until you get more naturally connected.