One thing about Twitter is that when it’s down, it’s down for everyone. When my Mastodon instance is down (like right now) I feel like it’s just me. You all have fun while I wait!

@jonkit I'm not hosting my own instance. I did that for a short while and realized I didn't want to maintain a giant, complex Rails monster for like 2 people. :)

@jack Mastodon uses Rails?

@sharding I think it's Rails on the backend and React or something for the UI.