What do I need to do to a mastodon server to shadow-deactivate 4000 accounts or something? Or to put it another way: how much of the database size is fetching and storing content for only the unused accounts? This server is not sustainable on masto.host with our current usage fees being over twice the monthly donations.
If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://urbanists.social/users/enobacon/statuses/116235879796354675 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)
RE: https://urbanists.social/@enobacon/116235879796354675
I'm not really sure how much access you get when you host your Mastodon server on masto.host (eg. doesn't seem like you can use tootctl?), so boosting in hope someone more knowledgeable can help.