baraag being down so long shows the importance of multiple fediverse instances existing tbh
the more multiple smaller instances there is, the less disruption there is to posting this stuff
it's especially relevant since there's like, 3 big instances that host all the lolisho/cub art on fedi, misskey, baraag, and aethy
i can't think of that many smaller instances that are still active, besides rodent.life
so, as i've said before, i heavily encourage people to make their own instance! i'm not even the most technically minded, i just happen to be pretty good at handling a terminal and know some basic things about server maintenance. (number 1 rule is to backup constantly and to put them in many different places)