Instance Stability
Server Limits
I have currently set the Maximum Users to 250. If the Instance ever reaches that number of active users I will see how it handles the stress. I may consider raising that limit if all is fine. If I notice issues before getting to that limit I will lower the limit in order for the members of this instance to have an optimum experience on the Fediverse. I want my Instance to be available to as many users as possible though I will not take on so many users that the integrity of the Instance suffers and no one can have a comfortable experience.
For those of you migrating to the Fediverse please keep in mind that most Instances are maintained by an individual with a full time job. This is not my business nor do I make any money on this venture. I just spend money. I lease a Virtual Private Server (VPS) that I have configured to run this Friendica Instance. I alone pay this bill. So it is limited to my budget. I will let you know that my pockets do not run deep so it is what it is.
Currently I have a Rocky Linux 9 Server on a VPS with the following stats:
vps xl, 8 vCore, 16GB Memory, 320GB NVMe SSDThis is not my only server for Rogue Project as this one is dedicated to just my Friendica Instance. It is as much as I can afford at this time.
I first started this Instance when I left All Things Meta behind me. It was my intention to invite my family and friends to my Instance though that has not turned out as planned. I have considered taking my server down and re-purposing the VPS. Though just as I was getting ready to do that I started getting a few active users. I will not close my Instance so long as I have a single active user. So if you are concerned that the Instance may close then stay active. 😀 And that will not happen.
Please observe the TOS & RULES and have a great time on the Fediverse.
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in reply to Unus Nemo • •@Unus Nemo Good to know. I just joined this instance because I favor the Friendica format but was unable to find more than 3 active instances with more than one user, via the fediverse observer list, 2 of which are usable and 1 of which is frequently disfunctional.
I had every intention of staying active here, but checking for my posts here via elsewhere in the Fediverse, I find my posts here just aren't arriving in the fediverse web in timely fashion so activity is going to remain difficult for me as long as that's true; activity is dependent on interactivity, I'm afraid. You have my word that I'll do my best; I just miss my favorite bots and larger list of contacts.
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in reply to Radio Free Trumpistan • •@Radio Free Trumpistan
I cannot control propagation anymore than any other administrator of any Instance. It is the nature of the Fediverse. The only Instance that is going to immediately get your posts is the local Instance. The good news is that the more you interact with the other nodes (Instances) the faster the propagation will get with those nodes. That means interacting with other members of other nodes is important to building propagation speed. If you check how quickly your posts propagate to a node that no member of this Instance ever communicates with or has any contacts there then it may take a very long time indeed. It may even become so old before propagation that the node will just reject the post as out dated.
I do have a relay configured for the Instance though that will not guarantee a connection to a specific Instance, especially if they are not on that relay. As we get more members communicating with diffe
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I cannot control propagation anymore than any other administrator of any Instance. It is the nature of the Fediverse. The only Instance that is going to immediately get your posts is the local Instance. The good news is that the more you interact with the other nodes (Instances) the faster the propagation will get with those nodes. That means interacting with other members of other nodes is important to building propagation speed. If you check how quickly your posts propagate to a node that no member of this Instance ever communicates with or has any contacts there then it may take a very long time indeed. It may even become so old before propagation that the node will just reject the post as out dated.
I do have a relay configured for the Instance though that will not guarantee a connection to a specific Instance, especially if they are not on that relay. As we get more members communicating with different people across different Instances then propagation will increase for those Instances that are most contacted.
As far as Bots go, I have not had time to care about any thus far. Point out any that you think would be favorable and will not spam members. I will look into them. I am not against users having Bot Accounts, I am against Bots for Advertising, Religion or Politics. Also note that if you follow a Bot account from another Instance then you will see their activity in your Friends Conversation Tab.
You might want to check out Friendica World they are a much larger Instance with over a thousand users. Thus you will find propagation may be more acceptable with that Instance.
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in reply to Unus Nemo • •@Unus Nemo
Goodness--I wonder why the fediverse observer didn't mention Friendica World? I'm also wondering why I didn't get a notification that you replied. When I looked at my Settings, I saw only Notifications for email and push notifications to one's desktop.
I'll take this time to mention what I do like about your site--the Save to Folder feature actually works! You can add different folders to the group! And your Circles actually work too! Circles is one of the features that any given refugee from the now-defunct GPlus is fond of. And of course there are the fun bots I'm fond of, like Capybara Every Hour and the one a bunch of us have fun with, Endless Screaming ( @scream) because it's quite interactive when invoked. In other fave activities, I play Hashtag Games but that def requires the high propagation rate for interactivity. Thanks for your response.
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in reply to Radio Free Trumpistan • •@Radio Free Trumpistan
Any Bot Account you follow from your account on this Instance should work just fine. Though, I can see that propagation can be an issue. Though that will heal itself with use. The Algorithm that Fediverse uses for propagation is based on interaction. The more you interact with another Instance, the faster the propagation gets. There are other factors though that is the biggest player in the game.
Thanks for bringing up what does work, that is awesome to know. I do not use all Friendica's features myself and I would not know if they were broken. If you find broken features let me know. I will look into it. Sorry, propagation is not a feature that a single Instance 😉 can influence. Though if it is a failing piece of code I can certainly fix it.
The fact is I started this Instance within the first week of being on the Fediverse so I did not even know all of Friendica's features (and still do
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Any Bot Account you follow from your account on this Instance should work just fine. Though, I can see that propagation can be an issue. Though that will heal itself with use. The Algorithm that Fediverse uses for propagation is based on interaction. The more you interact with another Instance, the faster the propagation gets. There are other factors though that is the biggest player in the game.
Thanks for bringing up what does work, that is awesome to know. I do not use all Friendica's features myself and I would not know if they were broken. If you find broken features let me know. I will look into it. Sorry, propagation is not a feature that a single Instance 😉 can influence. Though if it is a failing piece of code I can certainly fix it.
The fact is I started this Instance within the first week of being on the Fediverse so I did not even know all of Friendica's features (and still do not) before I had an Instance up and running. There are other Addons I can enable though I have not at the moment as I do not know they would be useful. So at this point I have a minimal set enabled. Basically, only what I am using. Let me know if you have a use for a certain Addon and I can enable it for you.
You can see what is enabled here.
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in reply to Unus Nemo • •I certainly appreciate your efforts! Since I'm not a coder as such, I can't say that I am aware of all standard Friendica features to know everything that works or doesn't work, I'd be happy to keep in touch with what I find here, and compare to other Friendica sites have/had going (one is defunct, actually: Outsourced Math). For all its issues, your site so far is the best one I've been on.
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