Melissa BearTrix
Droppie [opensoc]@MelissaBearTrix @msdropbear42 @MsDropbear42 @msdropbear42 oooh.... oooooooooohhhhh! ta bigly!
but, wot to do? if i were to try yet another one, i fear my fedi-peeps might lynch me!
i shall think about it some more... muhahahahaha...
Droppie [farcebk] 🐨♀🌈🐧🦘@msdropbear @MelissaBearTrix @MsDropbear42
well ... sigh!!!
maybe my hand is now being forced on this to go ahead & create an account on this new local server/instance friendica.au, coz... this morning, once again, out of the blue my #opensocialspace instance is running like its electrons are swimming thru cold treacle. every interaction is s l o w, topped off just minutes ago by this outright service failure:
Gateway Timeout
The gateway did not receive a timely response from the upstream server or application.
Apache/2.4.58 (Ubuntu) Server at friendica.opensocial.space Port 443initially this
opensocial.space server was wonderfully responsive & reliable, but more lately, over the past several months, randomly several of these faults have beset it, which is sad.given i ofc already have this mostly*-lovely farcebook.space friendica account on the kind & generous Mel's private instance, logic would suggest i simply once more make it my daily fedi. that seems tempting especially since the relatively recent software upgrade solved almost all the initial problems. it's just that...
* the one remaining problem i've been unable to solve, is this tiny instance simply does not federate well with the large amount of #hashtags i follow, so heapsa posts i get in my Masto, Sharkey, & FriendicaOpensocialSpace accounts, just do not appear in my #farcebookspace timelines; rats.
my concern with trying the new strayan friendica instance is that if it's also only a small instance, maybe it also will federate poorly re tags, in which case... fryingpan/fire. alas, to state the obvious, if i don't try it, i'll never know. sigh [to nick the old NT tourism ad; if i never never go, i'll never never know].
cc: @raroun @MsDropbear42
Raroun@MelissaBearTrix @MsDropbear42 @msdropbear42 Hey! Sorry for the timeouts – we're literally killing ourselves keeping this running on volunteer power.
Just a heads up though: following tons of hashtags needs serious server muscle. If friendica.au is also small, you might hit the same limits there. It's not you, it's just resource-heavy for indie instances.
No hard feelings if you need to switch, but wanted to set expectations realistically! 🙏
Just a heads up though: following tons of hashtags needs serious server muscle. If friendica.au is also small, you might hit the same limits there. It's not you, it's just resource-heavy for indie instances.
No hard feelings if you need to switch, but wanted to set expectations realistically! 🙏
@raroun hi & thx for replying with the insightful info i'd not previously known / understood. now i feel pretty bad, belatedly realising that all this time it's been my fault, without ever knowing it! damn. prolly now i need to rethink my whole fedi approach, as the last thing i want is to be wandering around wreaking havoc on all the instances i try, & being a burden on all the admins. maybe even i should just give up on friendica & go back to mastodon, & just try to be happy with its UI + functional limitations? hmmm, much thinking to do now... 🤔🥺
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