Your own, obviously! Especially if you're asking in a "Selfhosted" community. :)

I'm not that optimistic. I think MANY people are fed up with this particular case of a centralized site being annoying, but do not really care about anything other than getting their dopamine fix, and will happily jump into sack with next big social media site, centralized or not. Most people just don't care.

It's very similar to how Twitter felt in its early years. You had to know exactly what you wanted to see (topics, people), otherwise you'd feel lost.

All my summer running shorts also ride up my left leg, I feel your pain. :)

However, I've found out that I only need to slap a palmful of clean water on the inner thigh and clean the dirt and dust particles from there, and I'm good for another 15-20 km without chafing. I do not use any ointments.

Exactly! And if you manage to get out into the nature, running can be more about relaxing and seeing the beauty around you and less about the effort spent. Perfect for one's mental health!

Of course, that doesn't help if you're actively training towards some performance level. :)

My family has been using Synapse since before Covid hit, including TURN server (coturn) for audio and video calls. No complaints about the UI so far, except for Element on iPhone reportedly "freezing" for a few moments when sending messages - and that was over a year ago.

What problems do you have getting TURN to work?

Is there a way to see if my account is verified? I think it is, but I'm not sure...

Mastodon does not need to scale well. Even if the userbase shrinks to what it was before the Big Twitter Exodus (or whatever you want to call it) of last year, it will be perfectly alright.

Mastodon was fun and enjoyable before. It does not need more users to remain so.

It's more surprising that the public source access lasted this long. I see this as a natural defense against the parasites like Rocky or Alma Linux, which only take, take and take.

Yep, I also tend to get around 1000km from my shoes. Usually my signal to retire a pair is pain in the left toe ball (is that the right term?) after a run.

It's been in beta for a while now. Here's the blog post introducing video rooms: https://element.io/blog/drop-in-drop-out-chats-with-video-rooms-and-a-new-search-experience/