Post #2324159

2023-07-03 18:49 UTC

@hirad@mastodon.hirad.it This does make sense, if you run your service on a single server farm/complex, since they will---no matter how many you add---have a physical limit to how much traffic they can process. But, Mastodon is decentralized, so the traffic and server access is being spread out across many different server farms in different locations. So while your argument definitely holds true in the sense of physical limitation, it's unlikely to occur here, unless one of the instances gets totally overrun without having the capacities to handle all the inflow of new users. But even then, people can simply migrate to other instances to mitigate the limitations. Something they obviously can't do in Elmo's sandbox. @YourGodSatan@evil.social @flup@mastodon.scot

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@hirad@mastodon.hirad.it 2023-07-03 18:59

@TobiWanKenobi@kolektiva.social @YourGodSatan@evil.social @flup@mastodon.scot That's not true. It might not sounds like it, but 300 request in 5 mins isn't necessarily that high. That's hardcoded into the software. So it exists on all servers. Also, you can scroll back and see only up to 400 toots in your timeline. Again, that's not that high. And migrating isn't that easy. When you migrate, you're leaving all your contents behind. lastly, it's not about criticizing mastodon. It's about the fact that rate limit very much exists here

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