Eugen RochkoApr 7, 2017
If I am feeling more free soon I want to write down all the tips & tricks for scaling Mastodon to 40k users that I've learned so far
Show threadHishamApr 7, 2017

@Gargron here's some more encouragement: I modded the usercount bot to count the sum of instances.mastodon.xyz:

@mastodonusercount

You're doing a fantastic job here! Thank you again :)

Show threadCaleb MaclennanApr 7, 2017
@hisham_hm Not sure if you check mentions from the bot account, but it would be nice to backfill a couple data points to give the graph a zero baseline: https://mastodon.social/@alerque/1866594
Show threadHishamApr 7, 2017
@alerque Hi! I thought about it but the graph wouldn't be too readable, and I don't want to add fake data. In any case, I think it will look better over the next few days as the time window fills. It'll probably make it look less strange than it currently does. Let's see! Thanks for the feedback, it's appreciated :)
Show threadCaleb Maclennan
@hisham_hm I understand it will even out, but even a month from now wouldn't it give better perspective on the history of Mastodon if the graph at least had 0 on the Y axis? It wouldn't be fake data to also start the X axis on the date of first working Github code posting or something like that. In any event thanks for the bot.
Apr 7, 2017 at 10:33amWeb