Not storing media sounds odd (prone to linkrot), but I guess this feature is likely optional? I'm not an expert but the SSB scaling issues seem related to the

Not storing media sounds odd (prone to linkrot), but I guess this feature is likely optional? I'm not an expert but the SSB scaling issues seem related to the architecture being tied to the sigchain, & general feed immutability. This makes it very difficult for pubs to, for example, accept/process subsets of posts or do anything out-of-order. It also makes it impossible for clients to limit local database storage, especially mobile clients where that might be at a premium. Even just the existence of ephemeral notes seems to indicate there's no such architectural limitation so that sounds really hopeful.