Pixelfed is seeing a surge in popularity. Anyone that’s currently running one, have you run into any roadbumps, or have things gone smoothly? pixelfed.social has had scaling issues, but maybe it’s easier if you’re just federating to that instance instead of handling the load from user logins?
Reminder to donate if you’re using one of those servers btw:
https://mastodon.world/@paulschoe/113837760503316512
That #Pixelfed is now in the Top 10 of most downloaded APPs in the USA, also means that we, as a Fediverse community, have to come together.
If you see a link somewhere, PLEASE support your PIXELFED server. Even when it is just with $2, $10 or $50.
Their operational costs are surely skyrocketing and we have to make sure that this does not become a Fediverse debacle but a Fediverse success story.
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https://pixelfed.org/support-our-project
I joined .social and opened my account / profile. I can scroll the feed and see posts but every time i try and post the app hangs for a few minutes then crashes. I had assumed it was a load thing but it’s been nearly 48hrs now.
Same, a bit sad experience with login failures because the authentication process timeout. And slow refresh, hanging when scrolling… I am considering leaving social to go another instance. The point is like on Mastodon : if you are not on the main instance you will miss content, by design you get that split view of federated instances… It’s anoying.
Looks like it’s still a load thing:
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/113840500857115930
Try Pixelix.