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[โ€“] kite@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think we're going to see this more often as smaller hosts get overwhelmed with trying to deal with a growing user base. I've seen some posts already about a few struggling. I suspect more than a few people spun up instances without thinking things all the way through.

[โ€“] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah. A lot of people love the idea of federated group of people providing free service, but there is a cost to running servers at any decent volume.