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The nice thing about it is that since I'm on a different server it still works fine for me even when mastodon.social is falling over.
by stormbrew 4y ago
The nice thing about it is that since I'm on a different server it still works fine for me even when mastodon.social is falling over.
- zzzeek 4y agoright, but are you having problems /delays seeing statuses from folks who come from mastodon.social?
- gpm 4y agoPresumably? Short of coordinating with someone to check I'm not sure how I'd even notice. (I'm a different person than who you replied to, but have had the same experience, the instance I'm on is perfectly responsive)
- stormbrew 4y agoAs with sibling, it's possible but it hasn't happened in any way that bothers me. Seems like it's just CAP theory in action. I don't think consistency is the corner of that triangle to optimize for in this case.
- OctopusLupid 4y agoI am on a smaller server but I'm seeing delays from the big servers, yeah. I'm trying to advocate for people to find smaller servers (e.g. < 10k users) but it's something that really needs improving in the UX (that is, encouraging people to use smaller servers instead of joining one big server. I try to recommend https://fediverse.party https://fediverse.party or https://joinfediverse.com https://joinfediverse.com).