Many people have probably come to the point that they have done too much and that's exactly what I had to see now.
The reason for this was more or less Friendica, which didn't work properly for me anymore (messages/posts are no longer forwarded), so I now have to make restrictions!
To try as many services as on trom.tf offering may be a cool idea, but it's also a full-time job so not feasible for me right now...
I also have to realize that I'm currently managing everything alone: tromsite.de, handelsfrei.org, verzeichnis.handelsfrei.org, tromnachrichten.de, tromdienste.de, aarontrom.de and so many other things on the side that it's just too much for me.
Even if tools like yunohostTo make it easier to manage such services, all you have to do is have a problem with one of the services that you can't solve yourself, and you're offering a non-functional service that others may use, want to use, or even depend on.
That is why it is so important that these services are stable and secure, backups are made, etc.
Of course, not everyone has to host everything themselves. The idea of the TROM services is to be an inspiration and provide truly trade-free services to other people. In the case of Friendica, for example, it is a real social network and not an advertising network like Facebook.
Therefore, I will definitely offer fewer services now, but more reliable and stable. When I think about the benefits NixOS and I might be able to switch my server to it at some point, it might become easier to provide more things again.
Friendica will continue for the time being, but will remain closed for further registrations. I apologize for any inconvenience and it really annoys me that I haven't been able to post anything lately about what's happened, because a lot has happened...
I can recommend both the Friendica instance social.trom.tf, as well as the Mastodon instance chaos.social, both of which run super reliably!
Otherwise there are so many other servers on fediDB or fediverse.party to find 🙂
Update September 21, 2023: Friendica works again! 🙂