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[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 79 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Makes sense, it was already open source, just attaching to the activitypub protocol is a straightforward move.

It's everywhere too. Blogs, webcomics, special interest forums, and they will all potentially become new fediverse instances virtually by default. It's pointing to a future where people join the fediverse without knowing what it is or seeking it out. They just want to join a forum to discuss their interests.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It could be an issue if the admin isn't prepared for it. One of the good things about it is that the posts get cached wherever they're accessed so it may actually reduce server load for a popular post.

I guess if it is an issue the admins could always disable activitypub.

[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If they get cached then do edits never propagate to other servers?

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

No, edits propagate, they just get sent as updates, and it happens pretty quick I think.

But posts are about 1/100th of the traffic in forums in general, most people are just lurking. That's the traffic that slows down servers.