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Is the fediverse about to get Fryed? (Or, “Why every toot is also a potential denial of service attack”)
Aral Balkan · 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 I'm very new to mastodon, and still trying to learn the basics of how it is structured. Your article has been very informative and, though coming from a very different and more-practical perspective, increasingly seems to raise concerns along the same lines as I've had as I've been reading about this.
Specifically: that this thing seems to be too centralised (lots of little centralised servers, but still centralised), and (if I'm reading correctly) only a single level of federation?