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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/users/timbray/statuses/109355955409064964">Tim Bray (timbray@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 08:39:08 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@timbray" title="timbray@mastodon.cloud"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/20287-48-20221112234203.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Tim Bray" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Tim Bray</a><div><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p>From <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral">@aral</a> : <a href="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/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">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/</a> on fairly scary scaling problems with Mastodon. Protocol design people, please read &amp; consider. I have some ideas too, but later.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/541182#notice-867898">In conversation</a><time datetime="2022-11-17T08:39:08+09:00" title="Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 08:39:08 JST">Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 08:39:08 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@timbray/109355955409064964" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.cloud via ActivityPub">mastodon.cloud</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@timbray/109355955409064964">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: ar.al</div><h5><a href="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”)</a></h5><div></div></header><div>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?</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Tim Bray (timbray@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 08:39:08 JSTTim Bray
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From @aral : 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/ on fairly scary scaling problems with Mastodon. Protocol design people, please read & consider. I have some ideas too, but later.
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