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

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    13 hours ago

    How big of servers are you using? Is the load just from syncing with pixelfed.social?

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        13 hours ago

        Pretty impressive you’re running it on a pi, even with how nice the 5 is 👍

        Are you running all of the services at grey.fail on the same pi?