@Gargron for anyone that reads this and wants to help, consider a monthly donation thru Patreon.

Monthly membership starts at $1.

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@Gargron is there an expected downtime when switching to Fastly??

Don't just thank @Gargron Support him and this instance! https://www.patreon.com/mastodon

@dansup OMG how did I miss this!?!?

@feditips is this part right ?

"On some people’s Mastodon profiles you’ll see a padlock icon 🔒 next to their names. This means they have follow requests switched on for their account,"

"switched on" ??? Don't you mean off?

@Gargron As long as there's the option to not allow your toots to be QT'd.

@Gargron This needs to be a shirt. You'll make enough to cover a years server cost.

@Gargron it's also your mothers birthing day. Make sure you wish her well.

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!!!

@Gargron whats the current total?

@dansup Wow I'm sorry. That really sucks.

We put a lot of trust and faith in our families and when we feel excluded, we start to lose both trust and faith in the people that we love. And that's a difficult feeling to have.

Give yourself some time to sort this out. Maybe talk to some of them and ask them why?

Whatever you do, be kind to yourself. Make sure that you take time out to breath and center yourself.

You're stronger then you think you are. You got this.

@Gargron thank you. I plan on donating soon. You've more then earned it.

@FediFollows

You keep spelling my name wrong and I keep telling you that I don't play classical guitar.

It's @Mrfunkedude

Get it right! 😉

@dansup that overloaded?

@Gargron I can’t think of a better way to stick it to both Twitter and Musk than by becoming a monthly donator.

I'm glad I became one today.

My deepest, thanks to you for creating this and putting in all the hard work that you do. I honestly wish I could’ve given more. You deserve it.

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@Mastodon Wow. That's a lot of work. Thank you so much for all of your hard work and effort. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have this great place to come to.

To everyone else reading this, if you'd like to thank the team, a great way is to become a sponsor. For as little as $1 a month you can help support all of their current and future updates.

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@Gargron Totally believe you. You need to get some rest. Please make sure you take some time out, even if it's just for 20 min, to center yourself.

I appreciate all that you do. Thank you.

@dansup @loops I'm withholding judgment until the final app comes out, but I have a lot of questions.

What will discovery be like?

How will you handle the server load?

Is this just going to be vertical PeerTube?

How will you search between instances?

Will there be Public/Federated/Home timelines?

I'm looking forward to seeing the results!

@dansup Anyone else think that sounds like a porno title? That can’t be just me can it?

@dansup How do I get on?