@seb @Gargron

THIS!

So. Much. This.

For a lot of #Under1000 instances the local timeline is the whole point of their mastodon experience and the lack of one in a client app is a showstopper.

Also the local timeline has little to do with "discoverability" either it's about "community building". People who use small instances can use the local timeline to stay up to date with what is happening "in their neighbourhood" without having to manually follow or make a list/group of everyone on their instance.

@ink_slinger @keithzg I've been running this place for 2.5 years and I'm still mystified as to how my federated timeline "coalesced" out of the ether, without relays, especially during the early time I was the sole user (active or otherwise).

I think the fediverse would be even better if every instance was #under1000 or #under100 because that makes content moderation so much easier and less emotionally draining.

Hi it's #WanderWednesday again where I wander around the fediverse looking at small #under1000 sites!

No real theme today just a few cool places:

https://mst3k.interlinked.me - Hang with Joel, Crow and Tom Servo...er @Elizafox , @luciferMysticus and @awilfox

https://social.chinwag.org - Hang out at @mike 's virtual pub in Australia

https://tenforward.social - Hang out at @guinan 's virtual pub on a starship

Share your favourite small places on #WW !

Happy belated #WanderWednesday everyone!

Here is the "edible edition" featuring #under1000 sites with "edible" names:

https://banana.dog run by @debugninja@banana.dog - featured before but it is funny and fits the theme lol

https://mastodon.sandwich.net by @jrenken - a sleepy little instance by a smallish hosting company with a great domain name

https://social.linux.pizza by @admin Free toppings...I mean Free Software!

#WW

Happy #WanderWednesday #WW everyone! Let's wander around the small sites of the fediverse!

"Animal edition"

https://freedom.horse by @ElfLord where the horses roam and sh!t(post) free!

https://birb.site by @minego where good birbs and their friends hang out!

https://banana.dog by @debugninja@banana.dog funny doggos--woof woof bark!

What are your favourite #under100 #under1000 places?

@derek @DirtyJose @minego nice to see #under100 and #under1000 sites showcased!

I have started to use #WanderWednesday #WW to post about small instances that I've wandered across on Wednesdays cuz why not?

Hi! It's a bit late for some of you but this is #WanderWednesday where I wander the fediverse to look at small #under1000 and #under100 instances!

https://floss.social by @downey with a focus on Free software

https://ganesha.masto.host by @ShaunBartone for good karma

https://refactorcamp.org by @vgr for thought provoking discussion and observations

https://cga.graphics by @derek a vaguely retro tech instance with a cool name

Share your favourite small space!

Hmmm maybe it shouldn't be lumped in with Friday... maybe #WanderWednesday to showcase #under1000 and #under100 sites to wander through?

#FollowFriday #FF is upon most of us in the world but instead of @ ing people I think I'll suggest checking out small #under1000 and #under100 instances--cozy communities often centred around (but not limited to) special interests, like:
https://linernotes.club for music
https://retro.social for nostalgic tech
https://elekk.xyz and https://tabletop.social for games
https://mst3k.interlinked.me for a safe inclusive place to sh!tpost and just have fun

Any other smol servers you like?

#WritingExchange meta question: how large should the community get?

Today we're at a cozy 453 users. I'd like to stay in the #under1000 club, but I'm wondering if we should cap registrations at 500 instead of 1000. What does everyone think?

another interesting #under1000 (for now) instance, this time for creative coding / visualization people. :)

https://vis.social

@scott

Still vacillating on this one. I have a high temptation (and overwhelming laziness) to just make this my primary and hope for minimal complaints when I make not-exactly-art-related posts. But I really like a few of the instances I found with #Under1000 (and input from @Curator and @gaditb ... thanks, btw).

I'll probably come to a decision some time tomorrow. Then I'll see about sorting out import/export details and try to avoid giving up in a fit of lethargy.

Wheeeeee!

https://freeradical.zone/ is way #under1000.

for anyone creating a backup and want to use this as a way to try new instances, remember that there is a fair number of smaller instances mentioned over at the #under1000 tag (even through from understand that now some of them are now slightly over 1000 :D)

While .social and octodon going down at same time is an unusual situation, this is why we have backup accounts, hiccups do occur sometimes.

sorry to disappoint @xentiirtv but mastodon.art doesn't keep the record for most amount of characters allowed. :D

That record goes to (to my best knowledge at least )

https://imaginair.es with 10000 character limit.

It is a small instance for writers admin: @wxcafe

tagging this with #under1000 while at it. :)

cc:@maloki

Here is another instance with #under1000 users that I ran into

https://dice.camp : for tabletop gamers

admin: @olde_fortran

remember to share small instances! lets continue to decentralize.

Mastodon.acc.sunet.se is an #under1000 instance run by the Academic Computer Club at Umeå University in Sweden.

ACC provides mirrors for #Debian, #Ubuntu, #Gnome, and #GIMP, and hosts servers for the #Gimpnet, #Freenode, and #OFTC #IRC networks.

The mastodon.acc.sunet.se instance is general interest with open registration for anyone who wants to try #Mastodon. :)

https://mastodon.acc.sunet.se/about/more

@drequivalent@mastodonsocial.ru @eylul For Portuguese speakers, http://masto.pt is hosted by @hugo, and http://masto.donte.com.br by @renatolond

On masto.pt where I am, although there are above 200 users, only a couple talk regularly, and due to immigration to western europa, I speak French from time to time.

#under1000

Hi all you new tooters! Don't get discouraged if you have trouble joining and following on the big giant instances since things are hopping right now. It will settle down.

If you are looking for a peaceful port away from the storm try out a small #under1000 instance...like mine lol (or others...it's all good!). You can still be a full participant in the federation on any public instance!

https://coales.co

#under1000
https://hulvr.com
Tiny, brand new instance spun off from community blog site hulver.com