<![CDATA[Apparently mastodon.social is undergoing a massive #DDoS that brought it down, which may or may not be related to the disservice experienced by #BlueSky last week.]]>Apparently mastodon.social is undergoing a massive that brought it down, which may or may not be related to the disservice experienced by last week. Of course, this being the , the only measurable effect for the majority of Fedizens will be some reduction of traffic on their timelines, depending on which fraction of their followings are on that instance.

And this is why , with all its deficiencies, is still better than .

]]>https://citiverse.it/topic/a9894f6c-72dc-44bc-a969-6b3d92023773/apparently-mastodon.social-is-undergoing-a-massive-ddos-that-brought-it-down-which-may-or-may-not-be-related-to-the-disservice-experienced-by-bluesky-last-week.RSS for NodeTue, 21 Apr 2026 10:58:58 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2026 11:44:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently mastodon.social is undergoing a massive #DDoS that brought it down, which may or may not be related to the disservice experienced by #BlueSky last week. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:33:34 GMT]]>@HolosSocial will certainly help by making the even more distributed, although the relay remains an attackable chokepoint for malicious actors.]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://hub.azkware.net/objects/6e2ecb8d-1369-e62b-2e6f-500911219822https://citiverse.it/post/https://hub.azkware.net/objects/6e2ecb8d-1369-e62b-2e6f-500911219822Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:33:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently mastodon.social is undergoing a massive #DDoS that brought it down, which may or may not be related to the disservice experienced by #BlueSky last week. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:12:25 GMT]]>@oblomov@sociale.network and nothing of value was lost 🤣

Just kidding of course, there are many cool accounts on dot social

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/1776https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/1776Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:12:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently mastodon.social is undergoing a massive #DDoS that brought it down, which may or may not be related to the disservice experienced by #BlueSky last week. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:01:23 GMT]]>@khleedril @luca is incredible how quickly one can catch up in the morning when the flagship instance is down!

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116437161336583956https://citiverse.it/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116437161336583956Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:01:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently mastodon.social is undergoing a massive #DDoS that brought it down, which may or may not be related to the disservice experienced by #BlueSky last week. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:34:15 GMT]]>@luca @oblomov Actually, things got a little bit quicker, for a time.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/khleedril/statuses/116437054632285738https://citiverse.it/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/khleedril/statuses/116437054632285738Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:34:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently mastodon.social is undergoing a massive #DDoS that brought it down, which may or may not be related to the disservice experienced by #BlueSky last week. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:25:13 GMT]]>@oblomov oh, I didn't even notice, no slowdown, no nothing 🙂

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://sironi.xyz/ap/users/115700305018001936/statuses/116437019071833231https://citiverse.it/post/https://sironi.xyz/ap/users/115700305018001936/statuses/116437019071833231Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:25:13 GMT