🎺.☕️ ANNOUNCEMENT:
I will be upgrading toot.cafe tonight to a beefier instance, and then I will open up registrations again tomorrow so that more friends can join.
My goal is to reach something around 600-1000 people. If we mostly get JavaScript/Node/web/etc folks and that becomes the culture, then great, but I'm also open to just allowing whoever in.
My main goal is that we reach a critical mass where it's a bit easier for newbies to get started. Small instances are a tad lonely.
@nolan an instance for web /JS folks? I'd join that in a heartbeat... except I'm already on some tech oss instance (which is great btw)
is it me or is the instance-as-network a bit of a wrong abstraction?
I have many interests. selecting an instance based on one of my interests seems... off.
I'd rather select an instance for its performance, reliability, longevity, moderation and trust factors.
And I should be able to join with interest-based sub-networks regardless of instance.
@teleclimber I kind of came to the same conclusion as you. I'm not sure how valuable an instance is for unifying people based on a shared interest, but I think it could be valuable if they're unified based on *pre-existing connections*
Somehow I convinced a lot of my awesome colleagues in the JavaScript/web/open-source/etc community to join this instance, and a bunch of us already know each other and so it feels easier to enforce norms, choose a good CoC, etc.
Nolan Lawson
Olivier Forget