So, things are getting kind of interesting.
In the last few hours the new user rate has jumped from around 1000 per hour to more than 2500 per hour. While this is a big increase, it is nothing like back on Nov 18, when the average was over 10,000 new users per hour.
Still, this does feel like a new surge. Mastodon struggled back in November with the last wave. Let's hope we're ready for what comes next. Big shoutout to the amazing admins and moderators all over the world!
So, definitely a wave.
For the last eight hours Mastodon has been averaging over 3000 new users per hour, on track for 75K new users today. Overall, thanks to the amazing work of instance operators, the system seems to be running well, however there is definitely more lag than usual.
This new user rate, while high, is nowhere near what Mastodon experienced on Nov 18, when a quarter million users joined in one day. Still, this influx is very taxing on system administration.
The last hour was over 4000 new users.
Definitely a bit of a slowdown across the network, but holding steady.
We are seeing the amazing resiliency and capacity of a distributed open system. Right now thousands of systems administrators all over the world are adding computing and storage resources and streamlining their operations to accommodate more people. This type of rapid response is impossible for monolithic corporate tech systems. A new era in social media has dawned.
Mastodon Migration
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