WimpyMay 1, 2024

WAT!? 🤦‍♂️

https://news.itsfoss.com/mastodon-link-problem/

Please Don’t Share Our Links on Mastodon: Here’s Why!

We need to talk about this problem. Should Mastodon step up?

It's FOSS News
Show threadFXBOY4EVAMay 1, 2024

@wimpy its 2024 and they're moaning about getting slasdotted ?

and its happening even though they already use a CDN ?

Sounds like a them problem.

Show threaddorotaC
@FXBOY4EVA @wimpy Slashdotting needs a user on the other side to generate traffic. This is talking about servers making requests regardless of whether anyone looked at the post or not.
May 1, 2024 at 7:21pmWeb
Show threadFXBOY4EVAMay 1, 2024

@dcz @wimpy
I'm well aware of whats being spoken about.
I did read the article before commenting.

Pedantry is not necessary.

Show threaddorotaCMay 2, 2024
@FXBOY4EVA @wimpy Just making sure everyone is aware that this is different from slashdotting in an important way :)
Show threadFXBOY4EVAMay 2, 2024

@dcz @wimpy

Which again wasl, entirely, unneccessary.