No, we did some rate limiting to try and fight off some attacks, but now some are too strict. We'll tune these so they won't bother you anymore.
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Rate limiting is a measure against dos, but you hit a rate limit before a dos happens, otherwise it's failed to do it's job.
Rate limiting stops a specific 'entity' from accessing a server too many times over a certain time period.
It only blocked you because it identified that you're hitting their servers at a higher threshold rate than server admins are comfortable with.
I think it's set somewhat sensitive as it can be triggered by visiting the home page, tapping sign in, and signing in... then being rate limited for a few minutes.
https://lemmy-world.statuspage.io/
Probably not. They're getting hit with heavy usage right now so are likely throttling everyone and you just hit that cap.
That show context link doesn't do shit for me. I thought it was just a glitch in the latest update or something. It used to work.
you're browsing too hard yo