Apologies for some of the recent “503” errors in Micro.blog. We’ve made some configuration tweaks today that should reduce or eliminate the problem.

@manton that’s part of why I pay for the service, so I don’t have to figure out and fix these kinds of things

@manton what I’m trying to say is “Thank you for continuing to work on making this a better and better experience”

@manton I figure it’s a sign of growth. I use it as an opportunity to do something I’ve been putting off.

@manton I was reading about Eugene Rochko struggling to cope with the recent boom in Mastodon membership and it just made me glad that Micro.blog is basically designed to always grow at a gradual pace. The “always-on” addiction of the web over the past 10 years is one of those things that I hope an increasing number of people will now reject.

@manton Thank you!

I work on server software, so I know this kind of thing can be stressful. Appreciate all the work going into MB!

@manton Thank you for all you do here. I’m always amazed at how you keep up with it all.

@mandaris I agree. @manton, thank you for making a great platform!

@ericgregorich @mandaris Thanks y’all!

@SimonWoods I read that too and feel for him… @jean and I were talking yesterday about how the Twitter fallout is a marathon, not a sprint. Maybe it’s even a very, very long walk. No reason to get burned out with lack of sleep.

@manton @jean I was going to say something about how I agree, not least because I’m convinced there was going to be even larger events soon enough… and then overnight Tumblr had issues due to an influx of new people.

Seems like it’s a good time to be an engineer handy with servers.

@pratik Agreed. Another reason I’m happy to maintain Micro.blog as my final attempt to have a personal digital identity; I would rather give up on the timeline-based web than partake in “quoting” culture.

@manton if this was Twitter, it would currently be full of #RIPMb memes. The fact it isn’t is why it will outsurvive the Bird