that people prefer to post on other instances than yours.

This again?

Even if I had never created any of the topic-specific instances and I all I had was Communick as an user instance. How many instances have we both seem go down? How many admins have you seen showing up full of enthusiasm to burn out some months/years later? Why is it that my manage to keep my (few) users satisfied with the service? Why is it that I don’t feel overworked?

I’m not talking with other “people”. I’m talking with you. You raised every possible objection against what I am doing. Yet, it keeps growing. Slower than I’d hoped, but growing. It has been self-sustaining. But you continue to look for ways to discredit me.