When one instance of mastodon goes down, do the other instances in the fediverse stay up?

How do you all embed links with pictures and stuff? I tried posting a link to my bandcamp but it only shows the link and not the album art? #TwitterMigration #Help

I need all my #TwitterGays and #transtwitter oomfies to respond so I can build my follow list back up. #Twitter #TwitterMigration

What's the difference between the different servers? #TwitterMigration

Hi! New here since #elon decided to kill twitter and ban everyone cool