Mastodawn

Mike Masnick ✅Nov 18, 2022

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.

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Yohannon

@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