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 after Elon’s dump yard blaze, I’d be happy to contribute a modest regular sum. Just to piss him off, if for nothing else.
(really modest but nevertheless)