Some people love saying Mastodon/OStatus is very scalable because of federation but let's be honest that's some bullshit. It's easy to split and multiply, but that's not scaling.
The birdsite is much easier to scale.
Just imagine one edge case we're not seeing for now: many people using it (let's say millions) and following a very famous person
That person must have their own instance at this point, at least.
... what happens when they toot?
just imagine the enormous peaks and lag it'll do. And we're not even talking about media.
How would Mastodon realistically handle Katy Perry? I have no idea.
just in case someone read it later: the real question is not really technical but: How do you convince Katy Perry to join Mastodon and pay for a high-end instance and a full-time sysadmin and more CM when burdsite is free?
@CobaltVelvet - seems to me there could be many benefits for someone like her to have more control over a fan community. would appeal to celebs who want to keep the conversations from getting overrun with trolls that burdsite can't control.
@lpvhouse @CobaltVelvet I'm thinking less about celebrities setting up Mastodon instances and more about organizations. Not for marketing, but for genuine engagement, customer service, etc. Could you see already-socially-minded companies like Dell or Ford with an instance? I can.
@shelholtz @lpvhouse Interesting idea. I could see some of the more progressive organizations trying that out.
@danyork @lpvhouse @shelholtz I also think about attaching the protocol to the casual blogs a la Disqus - just Mastodon instances where existing platform users can comment easily and site's community can organize itself locally better. Wordpress plugin, anyone?
@danyork @lpvhouse @shelholtz
Maybe Wordpress could just speak the protocol? Act as a local identity provider, too?
Excellent example how this could work is federated wiki from Ward Cunningham (https://fed.wiki.org) - basically he made even simple sensor devices to speak the wiki protocol and federate themselves with the rest.
@saper @shelholtz @lpvhouse But then someone has to host that local instance, right? And if I want to comment, I would need to create an account on that local instance?
Or are you suggesting that a WordPress site might effectively "federate" to the Mastodon network so that you could leave a comment using your Mastodon account? (And your comment would be posted to your Mastodon account as well?)