Gregory's Server@atomicpoet As I’m currently finding out, this is not trivial at all. The technical part is doable for a seasoned sysadmin but not for people unfamiliar with servers and software development. The real issue however is discoverability and resource consumption. My tiny instance was close to empty until I enabled relays, which then flooded the media cache with data at several GB/hour. CPU usage spiked to an average of 175% on a two-core VPS. Also, repeatedly, posts arrive with large-ish delays.
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@atomicpoet My point being: as is, your suggestion appears not to be a suitable solution for the issue you’re raising.  @hrbf There's no doubt this takes energy and work. It might not be a solution for everyone, but if you have means and technical know-how, it's worth doing. Making it easier for everyone is also a worthwhile endeavour. @atomicpoet Absolutely. This won’t solve the discoverability issue though. I’d be interested in reading your thoughts on how to do this efficiently. |
@hrbf There's another way to build federation without relays. But I can talk about that another day.