Lemmy happens to be the most free social network at the moment, which is enough to raise the ire of every other billionaire owned fascist social network.
I don’t know; I have neither the interest nor time to run one, and I have seen at least one go down recently (Lemmy.one) partly because of how complicated the whole system actually is. Individual enthusiasts may not have the resources to keep up against the long-term might of Meta, Reddit, etc. if they develop dedicated attack teams.
Lemmy happens to be the most free social network at the moment, which is enough to raise the ire of every other billionaire owned fascist social network.
I await the week of dreadful news when they start using their immense wealth to take down instances via DDoS attacks, one by one…
And we will rise like the fungus we are!
There’s dull Gus, and fun Gus. Together they are the fun guys.
Cut off one head, three more rise in its place…
I don’t know; I have neither the interest nor time to run one, and I have seen at least one go down recently (Lemmy.one) partly because of how complicated the whole system actually is. Individual enthusiasts may not have the resources to keep up against the long-term might of Meta, Reddit, etc. if they develop dedicated attack teams.
Hope springs eternal, though.
I think lemmy.today has been getting hit by bots. I remember someone mentioning the attack increasing over time.