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I want to do a test on how much traffic and resources the Mastodon embed takes on my server, so boost this plz

Edit: *all done, you can stop sharing now lol*

gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/stea…


Steam Deck most played for April 2024 has plenty of Fallout

Valve have revealed the most played Steam Deck games for April 2024, and to no surprise you've all be playing a whole lot of Fallout haven't you.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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Break me you cowards
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Well nearly 100 boosts and it's done practically nothing, interesting.
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popey
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You need to write some click-bait, my man.

You can have these for free..

Number 11 is the best!

#linux

A screenshot of a conversation between myself an ChatGPT 4. "I run a Linux Gaming website where people submit news articles for review. I need to write a filter which detects some clickbait posts that get submitted for review. Give me some sample headlines - each no more than 10-20 words. Things that are outrageous clickbait would be best, so I can test my filters." "Sure! Here are some clickbait-style headlines that you can use to test your filters: "Gamers Won't Believe What Linux Can Do Now – The Results Are Shocking!" "This New Linux Gaming Hack Gives You Unlimited FPS – Try It Before It's Banned!" "Top 10 Reasons Why Linux Gamers Are Smarter – Number 7 Will Amaze You!" "Discover the Linux Gaming Secret That Developers Don't Want You to Know!" "Why Every Gamer Is Switching to Linux in 2024 – The Inside Scoop!" "See How This Simple Linux Trick Enhances Your Gaming Performance Overnight!" "Experts Are Baffled By This New Linux Gaming Phenomenon – Find Out Why!" "You've Been Gaming on Linux All Wrong – Learn What the Pros Do!" "Is This the End of Windows Gaming? Why Linux Is Taking Over!" "Unlock Extreme Gaming Performance on Linux with These Forbidden Tweaks!" These headlines should provide a good basis for testing your clickbait filters, as they use hyperbolic language and tease sensational content, typical of clickbait."
#linux
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Oblomov
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I think who boosts you is more important than how many. A single boost from someone follows by users on thousands of servers is going to do more than 100 boosts from single-digits. That being said, I've done my part twice in case timezones matter too 😎
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Fritzy 🌯
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they didn't describe anything that should make a static site sweat at all. The scale they described is laughable. Their chokepoint is probably some overburdened and optimized comment database or something.
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@rdnielsen yes, and so far from this post being multiple times more popular than the majority of their posts.... there's literally no issue
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Julian Fietkau
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@rdnielsen The "Mastodon effect" is a real thing, but its impact will depend heavily on how a site is set up. I'm surprised a news site would struggle with it.

Discussion on the Mastodon GitHub here: github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i… A fix seems to be currently planned for 4.4.0.


Reduce load of preview fetching on third-party servers · Issue #23662 · mastodon/mastodon

Steps to reproduce the problem Posting an image on Mastodon causes hundreds or thousands of federated servers to fetch the preview details all at once, causing a high load for the target server and...
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Elias Mårtenson
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As @jeffgerstmann mentioned in the podcast, people have discovered they made a whole game series based on the TV series. Shocking. 🙂
@Jeff Gerstmann
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Kackfresh
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I love that on mastodon, people asking for boosts is not a thinly veiled attempt at manipulating the algorithm for more future engagement like it is on other platforms.

Because there is no such algorithm. I love it

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Draconic NEO
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Yeah starting to think that the "DDoS issue" is less of a problem with Mastodon itself and more of a problem with the sites themselves

Context if you don't know what I'm talking about:
news.itsfoss.com/mastodon-link…


Please Don’t Share Our Links on Mastodon: Here’s Why!

We need to talk about this problem. Should Mastodon step up?
Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)

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