Direct link to article:

https://news.itsfoss.com/mastodon-link-problem/

TL;DR:

When you share a link on Mastodon, a link preview is generated for it, right?

With Mastodon being a federated platform (a part of the Fediverse), the request to generate a link preview is not generated by just one Mastodon instance. There are many instances connected to it who also initiate requests for the content almost immediately.

And, this “fediverse effect” increases the load on the website’s server in a big way.

Does Lemmy not cause this issue? Other federated software was not mentioned in the article at all.

Thanks!

It lost 15 posts on 2024-02-12 (Stamets?).

What does this mean? You are assuming that a particular user deleted their account, taking all their posts with them?

I was hoping for more than just that, but any data you have on !chevron7@lemmy.world would be appreciated!

I just wish the Flatpak had a more keyboard/controller friendly UI. Seeking around the current video using KB/controller is fine, but navigating the UI to pick what to watch pretty much requires a mouse.

EDIT: Just change the display mode! Settings > Display > Display mode > TV

Why Ubuntu over Fedora?

You definitely don’t control the hardware. Someone else at some remote server farm or something does.