Aha sorry i misunderstood. :)

I have increased the rate limit from 6 to 10 now, will see if it improves things.

I dont really want to add cloudflare in front of the instance. Then we are depending on them all of a sudden.

Leta tune the rate limiting a bit and see if we are happy.

Its about self censorship also i think. By making an example of a public figure, you make the audience self censor their thoughts in public.

People want to fit in and they dont want to upset others, so it works.

We dont use cloudflare so thats a bit strange. Can you show a screenshot when that happens?

Haha now I know what you meant. :)

Naah, we are still in perfect shape, 0 instances blocked and 0 instances blocking us: https://federation-checker.vercel.app/

Compare with lemmy.world for fun. I mean, I understand a super large instance needs to do what it needs to do though. But there are nice bonuses to being small.

Just spread the word about the instance if you like the hands off approach to moderation. :)

Yeah most likely. But it should be faster now. What do you think, notice any difference?

:) Its not but now I have to check that out!

The username is just a joke really. The entire office culture of managers and how they see themselves as very important, often just making the place worse for employees. :)

Cant let the bots win!

Yeah that was the exact issue. I figured I could just forward the real ip from the incoming connection to the container, but couldnt get it to work.

There must be a way, I will keep looking.

Very annoying. But big thank you for sending me that message about the slow server! :)

This will be fixed eventually, just need to figure out a good config I think.

Probably the best option, yes. I like photon, its pretty fast also. :)

I think you are right. Its just sad but it is true.

Americans dont really know how to judge a persons character… Look at the choices for the last few decades… They have all been horrible people, except maybe Joe Biden who was unable to function instead.

Yes, Jon seems like a good person but I dont think good people are attracted to career politics. Its for the snakes and the lizards.

But yeah, he would be a good fit if he wanted to sacrifice his happiness for that role. I think he is way too smart for that.

Trump, though, has shown little interest in discussing either of his former friends, and on Tuesday rambled on for seven minutes and 41 seconds, generating 1,281 words, about Obama and his top aides, claiming that they had illegally begun an investigation about the help he received from Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to win the 2016 presidential election.

LOL. :)

Honestly i think its just the endgame now for America. Trump gave tons of money to build up a massive secret police (ICE) and while they may come “only” for foreign criminals right now, they will be used against Americans in the future. It simular to Hitler and how he went after jews in the beginning.

Also the entire thing with Trump about bringing as much of production within their own borders, feels like he plans for the country to become more and more isolated from other countries in the future.

I think its a good time to look at options to get out of the United States if you can.

I think we are wasting our lives to a certain degree. As kids, we expected more from life than sitting in front of a computer to feed the family. And sitting at a computer is seen as one of the “good” jobs.

Lol yes.

Yeah I have given up on the system but you are right, its not much to gain from that attitude. I just cant change it for myself. Too much experience watching these guys.

You make a fair point though.

What did he promise?