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The Fediverse has a problem with accidentally DDoS-ing remote service. What can we do about it?

I was recommended to share this article I wrote a few days ago on here, too; so here we are!

The TL;DR is “link embed fetching communes” as a partial “fix” to the issue (pretty buzzwordy, sorry for that)

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    9•6 months ago

    Actually an interesting point. My immediate concern with that idea is that it would open the door for disguising things for what they aren’t. The solution was made from the general caution of not trusting remote servers regarding content they not necessarily control.

    But yes, that would definitely be a solution, too.

    • @ZakEnglish
      1•6 months ago

      Disinformation is a possible concern to be sure, but I don’t think the solution to that needs to be technical. A server generating fake embeds seems like as good a reason for defederation as any.