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[–] ColdWater 143 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine your life is so worthless that you decided to ddos a feddiverse instance

[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I mean it could also be someone that was hired to do it. You know getting rid of the competition before it becomes a real competitor.

[–] bappity 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that doesn't make their life any less worthless

[–] moosetwin 3 points 1 year ago

wait how does the motivation for it not affect that

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're a nuisance, but are proving the benefits of a decentralized system more than anything else.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

And also battle-testing Fediverse infrastructure to make it more resilient in the future!

[–] ekZepp 6 points 1 year ago

Actually is quite easy to image.

...if someone pay them to do so.