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If you use #Signal or #Session, do you have "disappearing/ ephemeral messages" set for at least one of your contacts? -
Hey friends, it's hard to write this, but it's time to retire botsin.space. I wrote a post about it here: https://muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/10/29/10-29-rip-botsin-space/@[email protected] @[email protected]
File storage and bandwidth. These expenses will also only get more expensive over time. File bandwidth is the #1 charge on the monthly server bill right now. I live in fear of an AI scraper figuring out how to scrape all of these files and bankrupting me overnight.
This is fucking infuriating!
#Mastodon is the only fucking platform on the #fediverse that forces #instance #admins by default to fucking cache every single goddamn media file that crosses paths with their server.
File storage and bandwidth costs are the single LARGEST expense for ANY Mastodon instance.
I help run two of the largest NSFW instances on the Fediverse and our file storage and bandwidth costs are so low we haven't even asked our users to help pay for them (yet).
Why? Because we're only responsible for hosting and serving content our users upload, not every other user on the fediverse.
Jesus. Fuck Mastodon for this stupid and asinine behavior.