Today, like the past few days, we have had some downtime. Apparently some script kids are enjoying themselves by targeting our server (and others). Sorry for the inconvenience.
Most of these ‘attacks’ are targeted at the database, but some are more ddos-like and can be mitigated by using a CDN. Some other Lemmy servers are using Cloudflare, so we know that works. Therefore we have chosen Cloudflare as CDN / DDOS protection platform for now. We will look into other options, but we needed something to be implemented asap.
For the other attacks, we are using them to investigate and implement measures like rate limiting etc.
Imagine hosting a service for anyone else to use it, free of charge, no ads, free & open API, yet some idiots think it’s fair to (D)DOS it.
There are more “interesting” targets, worst case - Reddit, who thinks everyone is just a number/noise.
Just leave Lemmy alone. :(
we will all still be here when their hyperactivity wears off.
with the old Reddit simulator, personally I’m not going anywhere anytime soon. This place has a great user base and it feels so old-school.
The new layout with old.lemmy I came back, and new apps coming out for it. It’s been a good replacement. Was on tildes, but got banned for just discussing difficult topics…the admin there is just ban happy and yea he owns the site but will just ban people for no reason. Not to mention that the users over there, assuming new people are using the malicious tag as a down vote button which probably goes right to the admin. So you step out of line and you get banned. I really liked the place too, but it’s not wanting to be a serious place to discuss topics with an admin like that.
I wonder if the owners of deddit, fb, tweetster, et al, might think it financially worthwhile to cause disruption in the fediverse, and even its ultimate failure.
I wouldn’t be surprised, we didn’t take their whole user base of anything but it’s in their interest to keep viable competitors out of the way.
Every account they lose hits them in the pocketbook. The bigger the fediverse gets, the more adherents, the greater the momentum it will have and the harder it will be to stop.
Nipping it in the bud is the best, easiest, and least expensive place to nip it.
The downvotes suggest their operatives are reading the comments.
Most likely their parasocial fans. The Reddit stans who want to be edgy and follow their meme leader. Who will never acknowledge them no matter how much they do.
It’s sad that they could target the real people making the world worse, yet only prop up the people who are oppressors.
