Ernie SmithJul 1, 2023

So let me break down how things are going on the internet today:

- Twitter: Rate-limited
- Reddit: Third-party apps dead
- Pornhub: Effectively just got banned in my state because of a bad law
- Bluesky: Slow as molasses because everyone’s on a single server
- Twitch: Hear they’re having problems, too
- YouTube: Working OK but sudden questions about them, too
- Mastodon: Running perfectly

We can make this work.

Show threadkkellerJul 1, 2023
@ernie in fairness, at some point one's Mastodon instance will have problems. I don't want to present Mastodon as a perfect utopia that never fails, giving users a false sense of what it can or can't do.
Show threadErnie SmithJul 1, 2023
@kkeller Certainly, and there was some legit downtime earlier this week. But it is built for these moments.
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Jul 1, 2023
@ernie @kkeller "having problems" vs "is being intentionally rendered useless" is an important distinction in this conversation.
Show threadTechyDadJul 2, 2023

@ajroach42 @ernie @kkeller As someone who has created and managed websites for 25+ years, Twitter appears to me to be "we're limiting folks because we fired all the sys admins and now the servers crash if you sneeze near them."

Mastodon crashes seem more along the lines of "we got popular very quickly so we need to switch to a beefier server. Then everything will be fine again."

If you need to have crashes, the Mastodon case is better than the Twitter one.

Show threadTurboQuokka
@TechyDad @ajroach42 @ernie @kkeller Also because they owe all their cloud providers money, and refuse to pay any of them.
Jul 2, 2023 at 6:20amWeb