Meg17h ago

PSA: Something to keep in mind when inviting people to a mastodon server you're on is that if your server is quite small, taking on even one multi-thousand+ follower account might result in a significant increase in the cost and difficulty of running that server. Even just the migration itself might be a costly event.

People with a lot of followers should be really be careful themselves about moving to a server, and check in with the admins about if they're willing to take on the increased load, but it's also good to keep that in mind when suggesting your server that you have no part in sysadmining to your favorite fedi celeb.

Show threadGeePawHill17h ago
@megmac It's a good point. What, in your view, constitutes "a lot" of followers? I have ~6k, for instance.
Show threadMeg16h ago
@GeePawHill I think that's in "check with the admins" territory. It's also a good idea from a "vibe check that the server is well run" perspective anyways.
Show threadMeg
@GeePawHill though relative scale also matters obviously. Like there are different degrees of "small server" too. If there's already a bunch of 6k follower accounts but there aren't many accounts total it might be less of an issue.
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