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> Checking if the site connection is secure.

Ugh. I’ll take a look for the moment but the “secure” on that page (Cloudflare-provided I think?) has filled my weekly allotment of bullshit. Never going to be a regular as long as that’s on, sorry.

(There’s a special angry place in my heart for people who continue to devalue the word “secure” in the eyes of end users.)

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They are currently overloaded, already upgraded from a 16€/month server to a 67€/month one, but still having issues. Sudden influx.

If they want to grow and take on Reddit refugees there is no way they can do that if they are worrying about a $16/month server or $68/month server. They are going to require much more than that and if people are constantly waiting for content to load they will just go somewhere else; which lets be honest that means they will probably go back to Reddit.

I don't think they want to grow in that sense. And since this stuff is federated, you can use any other instance to subscribe to and interact with your subs.

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