Submission + - 30 MiB webpage complains about Mastodon-triggered high server load (itsfoss.com)
nunojsilva writes: Yesterday, the "It's FOSS News" website published an article, available in a webpage that pulled more than 10 MB in the first minutes after being opened (~30 uncompressed, and this with no user interaction), and which some minutes later managed to reach 35 MB of downloaded data (>100 MB uncompressed, also without interaction).
The webpage that loaded more than 100 MB complains that sharing links to their site on the Mastodon platform causes them increased server load, because of how Mastodon generates blurbs with a thumbnail and description.
I don't know what to say, except maybe: Don't open this story's link with javascript enabled. Maybe if they want to complain about Slashdot effect, it'd be good if their pages didn't pull, like, 100 MB in the first place...
The webpage that loaded more than 100 MB complains that sharing links to their site on the Mastodon platform causes them increased server load, because of how Mastodon generates blurbs with a thumbnail and description.
I don't know what to say, except maybe: Don't open this story's link with javascript enabled. Maybe if they want to complain about Slashdot effect, it'd be good if their pages didn't pull, like, 100 MB in the first place...
