Notices by Masto.host (mastohost@mastodon.social)

New Website, Who Dis? 😛

Masto.host website redesign is live: https://masto.host/

You can read the announcement at https://masto.host/new-website-who-dis/

The redesign was @christian work. He's great! I recommend hiring him if you need any front-end development work.

@signaleleven Yep, that is not possible.

But had you have a look at https://relay.fedi.buzz/

As @feditips puts it "This is a new service that lets you subscribe to custom relays based on specific hashtags or specific other servers. This can greatly reduce the amount of resources required by relays, as it only sends posts that are relevant to the topics you have selected for your server." - https://fedi.tips/using-relays-to-quickly-expand-a-servers-view-of-the-fediverse/

There is currently a DDoS attack going on in the Masto.host infrastructure.

Some instances are affected. I am investigating and will report once I know more.

@ummjackson @aral @dominick There are more things going on than just sending 3k requests. For example, if a new user interacts with the post, the profile needs to be "federated", meaning avatar/header/bio/keys/pinned posts need to be copied. Also, media files (avatar/header/pinned media) need to be converted to make sure they have the correct dimensions/format. Also, remote servers can be slow to respond and threads need to wait for a response, that also does causes the process to be slower.