Mastodon delays fix for link previews DDoSing websites
May 6, 2024 at 03:55PM Mastodon has delayed an update to address link preview DDoS issues. The decentralized nature of the network causes link previews to trigger overwhelming fetch requests, impacting host servers. The update, now deferred to version 4.4.0, aims to resolve this. Additionally, the decentralized model poses challenges, as evidenced by a critical … Read more