Something I think we can do better here:

Labeling people and putting them in their place was thought of as fun sport on the Bird site. But we should try to have a little more patience here.

Sometimes people just want to be a part of things -- if they are clumsy and we crucify them for trying, that doesn't speak well of us as a society.

Where viable and safe, gently engage instead of dismissing or categorizing people. See the individual. Let's not put up walls before we've even begun.

You may/may not have a lot to give, but try this, it will make you feel good: Go into a local school and pay off a child's past-due hot lunch debt. Also, write a note, but don't sign your name. Do it anonymously. It will make a difference. I dare you not to cry.

#Empathy #Kindness

So looks like it’s the former: Mastodon is simply overwhelmed right now because of new users. Hence cross posting is super slow.

To all users: PLEASE BE PATIENT. To fedi server owners: you’re not going to like what I’m about to say but it’s time to seriously spend money on servers and bandwidth. Mastodon is about to become real competitor to Twitter and we have to be ready for new users. #TwitterMigration