Given that bluesky was hit a few days ago, could be a threat actor gauging the defenses/responses of 2nd tier targets. I wouldn’t put it past musk to use ddos to generate bad press for non-x socials either.
Plenty of ways this could be worth someone’s resources even if complete take down isn’t on the table.
At least Mastodon is properly federated. The benefits of decentralization sort of make this a waste of money/resources, right?
I remember when this was happening to Lemmy all the time too.
Given that bluesky was hit a few days ago, could be a threat actor gauging the defenses/responses of 2nd tier targets. I wouldn’t put it past musk to use ddos to generate bad press for non-x socials either.
Plenty of ways this could be worth someone’s resources even if complete take down isn’t on the table.
Depends on what your goal is. .social has half a million active users every month, so it certainly had some impact
What fraction of the total users is that?
About 30% looks like.