Mike Masnick ✅

Every time there's a new influx of folks from that other site, some servers get a little overwhelmed, and some stuff slows/breaks. But... most of it seems to get fixed pretty quickly.

I will admit that I'm somewhat pleasantly surprised at how resilient Mastodon has been for scaling over the last few weeks.

Nov 18, 2022 at 11:04pmWeb
Show threadVissNov 18, 2022
@mmasnick pretty impressive, considering other social media platforms are companies, with well-paid engineering staff, offices, huge budgets etc..
Show threadGeoff GreenNov 18, 2022
@mmasnick also, I appreciate all the people you’re boosting — it’s really helping me find folks that I followed over on the bird app.
Show threadMike Masnick ✅Nov 18, 2022
@geoff_green i'm trying to as much of that as possible for that very purpose... mastodon works if you follow active users, so i'm trying to highlight some good ones!
Show threadkevsthabestNov 18, 2022
@mmasnick I joined years ago now, but only started using more consistently the last month or so. I'm stunned how well the instances are handling the huge amount of users coming online. Even though we've had occasional slowdowns. It still hasn't flat out failed.
Show threadjeSuisatire neindochohh ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷNov 18, 2022

@mmasnick

it has a very special grassroots response capability, and there is a long standing community of selfhosters, forum sites and so on out there that can chime in in troves when ever they want.

it's a few clicks and you have a whole instance for the price of a McRib per month.
(or a blue checkmark)

Show threadSinbadExcessNov 18, 2022
@mmasnick well said . This is a well needed project to break from the norm isn’t it? 🙌👏🫶🏻
Show threadjeSuisatire neindochohh ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷNov 18, 2022

@mmasnick

and btw .. in the middle of that a milestone upgrade.

Show threadYohannonNov 18, 2022

@mmasnick There's still some concerns there, as well described in this posting:

https://ar.al/2022/11/09/is-the-fediverse-about-to-get-fryed-or-why-every-toot-is-also-a-potential-denial-of-service-attack/

Is the fediverse about to get Fryed? (Or, “Why every toot is also a potential denial of service attack”)

Every time I post something that gets lots of engagement, I essentially end up carrying out a denial of service attack on myself. What does this say about the design of Mastodon and ActivityPub and the future of the fediverse?

Aral Balkan