this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2023
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Did mastodon die, without funding?
Many instance have gone down due to costs being too high
A big issue there has also been single-user admin/mod teams. Running a site of several thousand active users is not something just one or two people can do, especially when you also have to screen remote content that's streaming in.
You can always shut down user registrations if the server's reaching the point of financial sustainability.
This is something that needs to happen more - The whole point of the fediverse is that you don't need any high population instances. Look at the situation with lemmy.ml - they're hitting major infra issues as a result of their high user count, but they're still accepting new users (as far as I can tell). Just close the doors and post a list of reccomended other instances with similar focuses.
You can still access all the same content, regardless of your instance, or even platform
Lemmy.ml is also a stresstesting site if i understand correctly.