Also, Mastodon needs a better handle on its "range" of scale: a lot of the core contributors of Mastodon get focused on the performance of the two massive "flag

Also, Mastodon needs a better handle on its "range" of scale: a lot of the core contributors of Mastodon get focused on the performance of the two massive "flagship" instances (mastodon.social/mastodon.online). Those have far different scaling needs than most of the smaller instances and sometimes the admin work needed for smaller instances gets overlooked because the "flagship" scale handles it just fine.