Comment on Discourse, the free forum platform, is now joining the Fediverse.
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
Makes sense, it was already open source, just attaching to the activitypub protocol is a steaightforward move.
It’s everywhere too. Blogs, webcomics, special interest forums, and they will all potentially become new fediverse instances virtually by default. It’s pointing to a future where people join the fediverse without knowing what it is or seeking it out. They just want to join a forum for a special interest.
LWD@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
It could be an issue if the admin isn’t prepared for it. One of the good things about it is that the posts get cached wherever they’re accessed so it may actually reduce server load for a popular post.
I guess if it is an issue the admins could always disable activitypub.
asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If they get cached then do edits never propagate to other servers?
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
No, edits propagate, they just get sent as updates, and it happens pretty quick I think.
But posts are about 1/100th of the traffic, most people are just lurking. That’s the traffic that slows down servers.