@freemo @tek @rysiek @mkljczk @xorowl @jimpjorps For comparison, average mastodon.social traffic is 200 req/s. I don't think it matters what we call it though. In my view it's a denial-of-service when it impacts performance due to unintended use, though maybe you could expand that to intended use as well. While the individual endpoints are intended to be used, it is the frequency with which they are retrieved that is unintended.