Pixel Tiggies! is a federated Pixelfed instance run and used by tech, gaming, automotive, maker, body positive LGBTQ+/BIPOC folks. We believe in providing a reliable, safe place for excellent photos on the Fediverse, while protecting our users from tools on Gab and Truth Social. As folks may not be accustomed to instances run by individuals, here is how Pixel Tiggies! is set up (geekery ahead): Pixel Tiggies! and its sister Mastodon site, Tiggi.es is located in northern Austin, TX on a 3 node HA (high availability) replica cluster on Intel Enterprise-grade SSDs The Virtual Environment is by ProxMox VE, with Enterprise Level update support. The system is on a dedicated 30a circuit backed by UPS and 24kw whole building natural gas generator with a 14kW rooftop solar setup. Data is backed up to a RAID-6 array nightly and backed up to LTO6 tape weekly. Tapes are cycled off-site every 3 months. Our connection is a business class fiber 5Gbit symmetrical account with multiple static IPs through AT&T. What this means is, if one of our servers dies, we lose a max of 15 minutes of data. And the site is back up on another server within 15 seconds. Your data is always backed-up, and barring planned downtime or upstream things out of our control, you will have a fast, reliable experience with tiggi.es. The fact that we limit our users makes that even more beneficial. When choosing an instance, please choose one that is open about their configuration and how they secure your data and maintain a high uptime. Donations: Please donate to your nearest animal shelter and post it. Helping real animals means more to us than helping pay for the setup. Thank you. Data Security: Pixel Tiggies! considers security and privacy to be of paramount importance. In the event of any legal inquiry, Tiggi.es will require appropriate legal documents in order to share any data we have. None of our data is stored on the cloud, or on systems not owned by Tiggi.es. While there are references to remote instances and private messages stored, we trust no 3rd parties with your data. Our backups are performed on encrypted LTO 6 media.sharing platform, an ethical alternative to centralized platforms.