Wow... a lot of servers are being very slow right now! I guess more even more people are signing up on here ?
Mastodon.social and mastodon.online are being hammered especially hard.
Don't panic if your server seems unresponsive, this isn't normal on here, it's a temporary thing due to the influx of new members continuing to grow.
Normally there's a steady stream of new members and the servers work fine. This is an unusual unprecedentedly large event ?