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 "502 Bad Gateway"

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@zigg They've apparently been up and down - that error seems to show up when the backend ruby stuff has come unjoined from the frontend nginx. IME that means they'll prolly be back in a few minutes after the processes restart.
@zigg I was able to grabe a screenshot of part of their list if you want to suggest something to people https://mastodon.hasameli.com/media/9393jX0bN3NIOgT0MEo