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Are Birdsitelive instances a problem for Mastodon servers? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Some time ago I started following some Twitter accounts from the Mastodon instance I'm on, via one of the many Birdsitelive instances. Suddenly they all disappeared and I thought of a server down; no problem I followed them again via another Birdsitelive instance. Until this week: also those ones disappeared. Then I asked to my admins, they answered they are blocking Birdsitelive instances one by one because of their huge resource consuming on server. But: shouldn't the "weight" be on the side of the Birdsitelive server? From Mastodon I'm only reading, I shouldn't being generating anything. Am I missing some technical info?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes, I've been explained just in this way, that every content from another instance is mirrored on the one I'm on. I always thought that posts from other instances were "empty shells" calling original server for the content. I think this is a big problem, from a certain point of view.