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Re:Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employ... by jmcgough on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @06:04PM (#34346381)
Scaling Mastodon is actually very challenging - there's been a bunch of good blog posts on this recently with the exodus, and a number of more popular servers cutting off new signups.
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Re:Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employ... by piaste on Thursday January 12, 2023 @03:23AM (#34350668)
Given the nature of Mastodon, why not just scale horizontally? Cap your_server at N users and just open signups for your_server_2, then your_server_3 etc. which are all federated with your_server?
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Re:Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employ... by solarkraft on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:56AM (#34351360)
There are a few "local" interaction features that benefit from being on the same server. The domain is also an integral part of your user name - imagine having [email protected] as your e-mail address.
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