Hrefna (DHC) on Nostr: So when you share something on mastodon, even if no one clicks a link, it is going to ...
So when you share something on mastodon, even if no one clicks a link, it is going to get Ο(n) connections from n servers fetching for previews.
If you have n followers, even if many of them stopped logging in a year ago, your server is going to need to do Ο(n) connections to feed out that information.
If you want to load a tree of replies, you're looking at Ο(n) requests.
These are all incredibly expensive burdens and operations that should not be that burdensome.
If you have n followers, even if many of them stopped logging in a year ago, your server is going to need to do Ο(n) connections to feed out that information.
If you want to load a tree of replies, you're looking at Ο(n) requests.
These are all incredibly expensive burdens and operations that should not be that burdensome.