Hello Aral, rate limits are hardcoded in Mastodon: github.com/mastodon/mastodon/s…

There are no other rate limits applied on my end.

So, I can't really do much on my end without forking and changing the Mastodon code. Sorry :|

Search · rate limit · mastodon/mastodon

Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community - Search · rate limit · mastodon/mastodon

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Thanks! And no worries, I understand. You don’t want to maintain a fork of that beast, trust me :)

Seems I have to devote some time in the future to swapping out Mastodon with a fediverse server designed for a single person. I believe there are a couple of projects in that area.

It’s ridiculous to host something designed to hold a million people for just one person. It’s like living in a skyscraper by yourself: not good for you, not good for the environment, or for anyone :)

oh yeah, I don't want to fork that beast :)

Still, I don't think that the public APIs rate limit should be removed. That would open the door to all sorts of attacks or abuses.

But I agree that rate limits should not affect regular usage of the web interface. For me, is more why does this happen/how to fix it and less on how to disable it.

About the single user software, 100%. I can think of so many way to make that software much simpler and less resource intensive.

CC @c3po

Sadly, ActivityPub itself makes this difficult but it’s not impossible by any means. But it’s not what ActivityPub was designed for. (So we are somewhat trying to stuff a square peg into a round hole.)

The small web stuff, on the other hand, is being designed with specifically this use case in mind. (But isn’t usable yet. Which means there’s lots of value in exploring these solutions on the fediverse and getting folks thinking in this direction as soon as possible.)

Because it’s built for you (the moderator/administrator), not for the person with the account.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m hugely thankful for Mastodon. Without it we wouldn’t have the fediverse. But the level of centralisation is a problem.

You’re designing for 800,000 in one place (because that’s what you have to moderate – a task I do not envy you), not 800,000 separate instances.

This is the Achilles' heel of Mastodon/the fediverse.

And, again, I’m hugely grateful it exists.

looks like there has been a feature request to make this configurable, open since early 2021

@Gargron

Allow administrators to configure rate limits · Issue #15832 · mastodon/mastodon

This issue is to request the ability to change the rate limits using environment variables or using the UI (i.e., in the administration site settings). I host a personal, single-user Mastodon insta...

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