@Agrivar@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 1YHow does federation actually work?message-square11fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down13
arrow-up165arrow-down1message-squareHow does federation actually work?@Agrivar@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 1Ymessage-square11fedilink
minus-squarethat guylinkfedilink30•1YI’ve never admined a lemmy server but rate limits are probably why it feels slow. Federation works by each server sharing new activity with each other and rate limits help not crash the server or accidentally DOS smaller servers.
