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I had to post from my alt account because lemmy.world servers are down (discuss.online)
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[–] tool@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean that is the problem of too many people being on that one instance.

From what I understand, capacity isn't the issue, it's that they're being repeatedly DDoS'ed

[–] saltedFish@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 year ago

It's a chicken and egg problem, their high popularity makes them a ddos target

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Technically, a DDoS can happen naturally if enough people are trying to use it at the same time. I've seen it happen to other, larger websites before. And lemmy.world definitely doesn't have the infrastructure of some of those larger websites.

[–] ulu_mulu@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Apparently that's not the case for lemmy.world, it seems someone is pissed for being banned so they're DDSOSing .world specifically.

Tho I agree all people trying to go to the same instance is not a smart thing.

[–] akariii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

also can happen if the software you're using doesnt manage the requests properly flashbacks to slowloris