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#lemmy/#kbin has a problem that #mastodon hasn't even attempted to solve; groups and what happens when they get popular.

#Communities, #groups, #magazines, whatever they are called are implemented as #Actors in #ActivityPub. They are basically just *very* popular users who boost a *lot*.

You can't just distribute them across instances the way normal actors do. Whichever server hosts @technology@lemmy.ml or @technology@beehaw.org is going to get HOSED on the regular.

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[–] Nymphioxetine@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you post this from Mastodon? I wish I could tell where this came from.

Basically if I understand this right, if you have an instance with a very popular community on it. It is likely that it will need some massive infrastructure scaling if it wants to handle the enormous amount of world wide traffic?

[–] dan@upvote.au 1 points 1 year ago

I wish I could tell where this came from.

Isn't that what this colourful icon in Lemmy is for? It appears to link to the original source of the post or comment: