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It's not just images either, it's the same with link previews, so any link that gets posted will get visited by the instances your instance is federated with, i
by KomoD 4y ago
It's not just images either, it's the same with link previews, so any link that gets posted will get visited by the instances your instance is federated with, it's even worse when you post a link to a video.
Small example log:
https://pastebin.com/raw/jYZ1z8dG https://pastebin.com/raw/jYZ1z8dG
I've seen some cases where there's been 1000+ requests to a site just because a link to it was posted.
- zimpenfish 4y agoNow that is a problem. But people have suggested workable solutions and hopefully at some point, the Mastodon authors will pull their heads out of their hole and get on with implementing something. I wouldn't hold my breath, mind.
- KomoD 4y agoEarlier today I posted a link to a video on my webserver, all the instances hammered me so hard it maxed out my 1gbps connection
- zimpenfish 4y agoIt's been an issue since 2017[1] (since moved to [2]) but the discussion always devolves into "but what if someone LIES in the federated preview??!!?!" bikeshedding. [1] https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/4486 https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/4486 [2] https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/23662 https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/23662