@ashfurrow
Hey wishing you good things- and think for others it's actually good practice for things to have their cycle up and the down (to practice it and not hide the what Tech or STEM seems to represents as inhumanly infinite or without time / caring cost or indeed caring for people systematically... of course we like to do things but many of life's reasons can come to any of us.

Thanks for your post expressing and articulating (really well) and I think that post also serves as good template to other service providers (readers can see here if not sure what this text is referring to: https://ashfurrow.com/blog/mastodon-technology-shutdown/)

And if I may about the future:

All that props us up in future will want to be retracted by those wanting to keep a grip instead of sharing hardships... and even they'd want to filter us out of existence so I'd encourage others to do well with each other.

5 years up time, during these last years especially, is like 15 years in my eyes!). But anyway who am I to speak!
Do what you gotta do and happy to listen anytime!