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  • Users aren’t going to care about server load. The only problem the users will care about is “Does this work right now the instant I want it to.”

    Having an entire separate service/microservice that load balances instances wouldbe very complicated to implement for what is largely no reason. If an instance is at capacity, close registration or switch it to invite only and direct people to a different instance.

    There’s also the option of doing something like the mastodon signup portal that just gives you a list of servers and a blurb about what they’re about.

    Making a series of different instances that are intrinsically tied together and controlled by the same mod team already has a name: A centralized network.