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1. It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 15:55:15 JST It's FOSS

   We need to talk about this! 😟

   https://news.itsfoss.com/mastodon-link-problem/

   • † top dog :pedomustdie: repeated this.
   • Yaksh Bariya (codingthunder@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 16:30:52 JST Yaksh Bariya

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     @itsfoss Boosting this for reach. I hope that this gets fixed quick!

   • Martina Neumayer (martinaneumayer@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 16:33:04 JST Martina Neumayer

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     @itsfoss That's the waf/cdn problem you're using. It is well known that shitflare is a most crappy company with the very bad behavior and policies as well. Yes, Mastodon issue it is too, but not only their. You're also a pretty lucky that shitflare doesn't ban your domain and/or domains/ip's of your readers/users, what they are doing very often.
     Just report this problem to Mastodon support and wait for the fix/solution from them. You can also temporarily use some url shortener/redirect service.

   • looopTools (loooptools@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 16:46:52 JST looopTools

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     @itsfoss I am really surprised this have not been fixed yet...

   • Paul Tourville (taobear@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 18:12:16 JST Paul Tourville

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     @itsfoss Have you considered doing static versions of the pages you share to Mastodon, and sharing those links instead? JS is almost entirely bloat and overhead.

   • sarcastictoast (sarcastictoast@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 19:22:47 JST sarcastictoast

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     @itsfoss You do realise that this is not a Mastodon problem per se, but rather an @itsfoss problem? The problem is the handling on the server side. The fact that Mastodon does a preview and queries the server is one thing, but the answer is the server's business.
     Today it's Mastodon and if @itsfoss can't handle the query/response then the ball is in your court. Balancing and such.
     Surely you are not saying that it only takes like maybe ten users (at a time) to share a link and you're DDOSed??

   • Chris Rosenau (floweringmind@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 21:58:47 JST Chris Rosenau

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     @itsfoss you take your site off the web and go back to printing it on paper and handing it out to people on the street.

   • Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 (gamingonlinux@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 23:34:15 JST Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

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     @itsfoss We have many many times your followers, often have posts massively shared, and never encountered a problem with it.

     What are you server specs?

   • 7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Thursday, 02-May-2024 06:28:30 JST 7666

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     @itsfoss git gud losers i do your five minute traffic totals inside one second
     
     https://news.itsfoss.com/mastodon-link-problem/
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   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-May-2024 12:55:42 JST It's FOSS

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     • Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

     @gamingonlinux on the news website, we have a 2 CPU, 2 GB RAM server. On the main itsfoss website, we have 4 CPU, 8 GB RAM server. Both are on Digital Ocean and we use Ghost CMS with Cloudflare for caching.

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-May-2024 13:24:56 JST It's FOSS

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     • Graham Lea

     @evolvable, why do you think an end user of an open source project should also be capable of fixing issues in the project's codebase?

     By this logic, only developers should use an open source project or they should keep their mouths shut about the issues they encounter.

   • Graham Lea (evolvable@aus.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-May-2024 13:24:57 JST Graham Lea

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     @itsfoss I see a strong irony in a publication that’s literally all about FOSS saying *someone else* should fix this problem. If you want to see something fixed in a community-powered, open source project, why not roll up your sleeves and get to work on it?

   • Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 (gamingonlinux@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-May-2024 16:49:35 JST Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

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     @itsfoss so you’re using their pretty small cloud VPNs then, that on top of how ridiculously heavy your site is (which others have pointed out) is not helping

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 03-May-2024 02:44:21 JST It's FOSS

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     • XAG.info 🖥📱💻⚙️

     @XAGinfo Not sharing our links is more of an expression than a literal meaning.

     Can we stop people from sharing links, no, right? We don't have that power.

     - Ankush

   • XAG.info 🖥📱💻⚙️ (xaginfo@mastodontech.de)'s status on Friday, 03-May-2024 02:44:23 JST XAG.info 🖥📱💻⚙️

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     @itsfoss
     🤔 ein wirklich interessanter und wichtiger Aspekt, den ich hier auch nicht kleinreden will. Aber der Lösungsansatz, die User zu bitten, keine Links mehr zu verbreiten, ist sinnlos. Für entsprechende Performance eines Servers oder einer Farm ist die Betreiberin verantwortlich: Caches, CDN etc.

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 03-May-2024 03:06:34 JST It's FOSS

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     • johnteachestech

     @johnteachestech This is not an inaccurate misinformation.

     You can check for yourself: https://aumetra.xyz/posts/the-fedi-ddos-problem

     https://www.jwz.org/blog/2022/11/mastodon-stampede/

     https://github.com/simonw/simonwillisonblog/issues/415

     https://mstdn.social/@stux/112346188861924441

   • johnteachestech (johnteachestech@techhub.social)'s status on Friday, 03-May-2024 03:06:35 JST johnteachestech

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     @itsfoss

     If this were true, why are you yourself sharing it on Mastodon?

     This is highly inaccurate misinformation, and I'm assuming the people whom work there know enough about computers to know this.

     Please issue a correction and an apology.

   • phryk 🏴 (phryk@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2024 00:55:52 JST phryk 🏴

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     @itsfoss I've noticed that when sharing links to my own website, but I thought this was more of a me-problem with the sites performance.

     Will be interesting to see how that'll pan out with the new site I'm currently building… :thaenkin: