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I had to post from my alt account because lemmy.world servers are down (discuss.online)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I mean that is the problem of too many people being on that one instance.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I mean that is the problem of too many people being on that one instance.

From what I understand, capacity isn't the issue, it's that they're being repeatedly DDoS'ed

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

It's a chicken and egg problem, their high popularity makes them a ddos target

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Technically, a DDoS can happen naturally if enough people are trying to use it at the same time. I've seen it happen to other, larger websites before. And lemmy.world definitely doesn't have the infrastructure of some of those larger websites.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Apparently that's not the case for lemmy.world, it seems someone is pissed for being banned so they're DDSOSing .world specifically.

Tho I agree all people trying to go to the same instance is not a smart thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yep, I just saw the update they posted.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

also can happen if the software you're using doesnt manage the requests properly flashbacks to slowloris

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I really blame Sync for defaulting to lemmy.world, imo lemmy.world should close to new registrations, at least while they're figuring things out.