ah ok, i see posts from couple days ago, so do i have to follow hashtags to see fedi posts now? 

 No, you should see latest posts

But if you're seeing hashtag posts, that means the bridge is working 

 http://blossom.poster.place/022eb0dfcb462576241f5529a73d686e09d5b818672a95fc115e30e9f761f47d.jpeg 

 is it because all these spambots we get that most fedi/mastod instance block us or they just hate us? 

 Unfortunately yes. 

 https://grafana.soapbox.pub/dashboard/snapshot/SFjuFqNoAhFy0qdg9TwjKVcMyjOw5Ery

It's a little bit better than it was before. But it has two issues:

1. The strfry relay at relay.mostr.pub is malfunctioning. I tried scaling it up, but I think I've hit the limits of the strfry database on this machine. I think I need to switch it out with a custom relay.

2. The SQLite database in the bridge itself is too big to use reliably anymore, and the CPU spikes to 100% constantly. Once again the database is the issue.

To fix this, I think I could either build a new relay with Postgres just for the bridge, or build a new relay integrated into the bridge. Unfortunately this overhaul wouldn't even add any new features or better UX, it would just make it work again with the load that it currently has. 

 is this worth doing (too much work) since most fedi instances shadowbans / blocks nostr now? or maybe just focus on ditto?