Notices by Mike Johnston (thamunsta@mastodon.nervesocket.com), page 2

@BeAware I made a filter for any posts that have either of the two domain names. Works pretty good but ya it always confused me why anyone would bring that crap here. I understand that some posts only exist there and I'm fine not seeing those lol I have zero fomo

@BeAware ya that's all posts which is what I mean that it's too bad we don't have more "surgical" means of deleting. I'd probably prefer if I didn't delete posts I favorite for example. At any rate yeah in the next few days you should see tons of space restored 💪

@BeAware yeah I only keep 30 days media retention. If I want to see an image or video beyond that I'll just go to the remote instance 😂 it's so much data
Today I cleared out about 200k posts though. Freed up ~5gb of database after doing a VACUUM. Probably not worth the effort but it was a fun experiment

@BeAware I wish there were better tools for cleaning remote data. Inactive remote accounts. Instances where there are no follow[s|ers]. Instances with dead DNS entries, expired SSL certs, 5xx errors... I did a HUGE purge today and it was hard to know what I should delete without accidentally nuking the needles amongst the haystacks - so to speak...

@BeAware I've been guilty of the same thing. MySQL error? Fuck it add zeros to every limit I see in the config.... As a random recent example 😂 it's somewhat part of my "destructive debugging" process. The next step involves deleting large portions of code or files to see if I get a new error. Same error means I'm looking in the wrong place. New error means I'm getting closer 💪 hahaha

@BeAware a quick google tells me: it's not easy! 🎉 Lmao but apparently the media_attachment.rb has what you are looking for 🤔 then service restarts. Good luck! Very annoying issue to have for sure

@BeAware the worst part is if I'm counting right I think it's only 1 digit too high. Max int size in js is 9007199254740991 😂

Yes, hello. I would like to formally coin the phrase: "Getting FediDoSed." and subsequently "FediDoSing that instance." Thanks.

LOL when a user with thousands of followers boosts a toot from a small instance and you can just see it crawl to a halt 😬 oops!

@BeAware oh no... At very least this is going to "Streisand Effect" the show. What a idiot 😂

@thomasfuchs
No. I n a t a n t l y lol it is a solid tip though. Today I used a frying pan to smash several at once and that felt pretty efficient

@thomasfuchs being able to peel garlic instantly