If you want to avoid long timeline backlogs, spin up or join another instance. Fewer folks on the instance = less timeline backlog possibility ;-)

List at https://instances.mastodon.xyz/

@munin Do you join multiple instances? Will they merge at some point?

@MackMcHaleACN Think of it like email. If one provider's not working for you, you can go to another that works better.

Some folks are working on ways to migrate users, but I think that will likely take a while to work out the details.