@Torin8 @named4wool Howdy, are you all up and running? We can only see one side of the conversation but are hoping you're not still having issues communicating with one another?
@insuminme@militaryhistori@home We created this account mostly to grab the name when we launched the site. We realised when people drop their handles for our site it tagged this handle and we wanted to be able to offer support on here if folks are having trouble.
@dbmoore Hey Dennis, are you having these issues on our server ( https://t.co/LwSK3nuswc ) or just generally on Mastodon? Just want to make sure if something is broken on our side that we can fix it or point you in the right direction :)
@sibelian62 @madaboutrocks @mastodon Hey Patrick, just to confirm those are two totally different sites. You should be able to visit https://t.co/Sktl4UDSer which is the correct server in this case :)
@The_ChrisShaw@Dr2NisreenAlwan@joinmastodon The issue is less with the upload itself and more with the server side processing which is included in the "Upload". When we're seeing high traffic or larger processing queues (Right now it looks like there's around an 8 min queue for new content processing) it can be delayed.
@serichards@The_ChrisShaw@joinmastodon Mastodon has the ability for accounts to verify the websites that they link in their profile. This is the main way users should check that individuals / companies are legitimate and who they claim to be.
@The_ChrisShaw@Dr2NisreenAlwan@mastodonapp Slow servers are, generally, a temporary inconvenience. Mastodon servers are currently experiencing an unprecadented spike in users.
If you still aren't happy with your home server after some time, however, you can always move your account to another.
@The_ChrisShaw@Dr2NisreenAlwan@joinmastodon should work fine at the moment (As long as it's under 100MB) however sometimes can take a short amount of time to complete the upload. If you're on mobile we've found some apps are less reliable at coping with this than others hence issues some users have reported [2/2]
@The_ChrisShaw@Dr2NisreenAlwan@joinmastodon Hi Chris - Sorry you've been having issues accessing the site and uploading images. We've found that the majority of the issues we've seen are in the evenings under peak demand. We are currently increasing our server capacity to cope with this. Image uploads (and video) [1/2]
@BearfaceBrenda@MunroBear @EricBear18 @nats_mindship @52_square @chomper_TC@MrFHBear As a note, if you find yourself not on the right server it is possible to "Move" to a new server without loosing followers and such so it's never a permanent decision just in case you were concerned with that!
@BearfaceBrenda @EricBear18 @nats_mindship @52_square @chomper_TC@MrFHBear@MunroBear We've found the official app for Mastodon isn't amazing, we tend to suggest Meta Text for those on iPhone. I'm not sure if it's any better at setting your pictures but we've had a lot of folks report it to be more stable and generally easier to use.
@BearfaceBrenda @EricBear18 @Snughug1@nats_mindship @52_square @chomper_TC@MrFHBear@MunroBear Howdy, right now it's 2 of us that are doing this around our full time jobs, unfortunately we have been fighting quite a few fires all at once with the increase in demand. We're working through e-mails as quickly as we can while keeping the site running, please stick with us :)
@Novawulfen@yuhline@joinmastodon If you know the full username of the person you want to follow you should be bale to put that into the search bar and find the person. For example yours would be @[email protected] so as long as you include both the @'s you should be good :)