<![CDATA[A DDoS MEANS DOT-SOCIAL *IS* A NEWS SOURCE]]>RE: https://macaw.social/@andypiper/116436859213678675

A DDoS MEANS DOT-SOCIAL *IS* A NEWS SOURCE

popularity isn’t the №1 reason a site is DDoSed. TRUST IN THE VERACITY OF YOUR INFORMATION is why you get attacked.

back in the day, one of my sites became a popular in India as a source of reproductive rights info. was DDoSed for days until it was blacklisted on Google-India and corporate web filters. why? because my readers trusted me in giving them accurate info.

a DDoS is against and the truth

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/43ac6b35-25d6-4c1a-97a8-824b8bd064ef/a-ddos-means-dot-social-is-a-news-sourceRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 05:27:07 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2026 16:33:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A DDoS MEANS DOT-SOCIAL *IS* A NEWS SOURCE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:02:39 GMT]]>@blogdiva 4chan gets ddos'd sometimes. is it a news source?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://furry.engineer/users/AVincentInSpace/statuses/116438817809925184https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://furry.engineer/users/AVincentInSpace/statuses/116438817809925184Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:02:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A DDoS MEANS DOT-SOCIAL *IS* A NEWS SOURCE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:50:36 GMT]]> is a start, not an endpoint. there is no point to FLOSS if only rich people, governments and businesses can run it. warefare will escalate as the fediverse grows with more news hubs & places for political organizing.

Mastodon-the-FLOSS-project and Mastodon-the-websites are roadmaps for success in the .

whatever legal, accounting, business development tools they have available, we need similar on a fediverse scale for new & old instances to exist & thrive.

/🧵

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116438534501026023https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116438534501026023Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:50:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A DDoS MEANS DOT-SOCIAL *IS* A NEWS SOURCE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:49:45 GMT]]>@blogdiva how are these topics related? bad actors can target community-driven platforms and drive up costs, but this is a disjoint topic from the content of these platforms. being attacked does not speak to the nature of the content of the platform other than possibly the threat actor does not like it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116436216150242406/statuses/116438531163085707https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116436216150242406/statuses/116438531163085707Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:49:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A DDoS MEANS DOT-SOCIAL *IS* A NEWS SOURCE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:31:44 GMT]]>which brings me back to the purpose of a : the target’s .

the constant attacks won't keep you offline if you have othe IPs to move to. what they do accomplish is to make it too expensive to be online.

this is the Achilles Heel of not just the but the free & independent internet: if your site becomes trustworthy, you will incur violence at the server level that could bankrupt you.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116438460330521664https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116438460330521664Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:31:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A DDoS MEANS DOT-SOCIAL *IS* A NEWS SOURCE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:09:08 GMT]]>@blogdiva or, rather, that the perpetrators see the site/venue as opposing their goals.

Those spreading dezinfo would rather diminish exchange of information and ideas that run against what they are pushing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/faraiwe/statuses/116438371428072863https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/faraiwe/statuses/116438371428072863Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:09:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A DDoS MEANS DOT-SOCIAL *IS* A NEWS SOURCE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:57:41 GMT]]> dot-social is confused with the because one of its strengths is how well it manages tags.

you can tell @MastodonEngineering focused on optimizing hashtags when they didn't have the server power needed for search. you can easily find info, people & communities with little server power.

so Mastodon.social is the target of because it is the site where you can see what’s possible with & that is not controlled by billionaire parasites 🧵…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116438326403197950https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116438326403197950Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:57:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A DDoS MEANS DOT-SOCIAL *IS* A NEWS SOURCE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:44:23 GMT]]>in my 4 decades of online life, i go where these people go:
especially
&
especially epidemiologists, especially²

&
riders
and cuz they’re curators by default


+ esp trans folks
activists

& activists

these people not only know what's newsworthy. they’re often the news.
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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116438274089341611https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116438274089341611Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:44:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A DDoS MEANS DOT-SOCIAL *IS* A NEWS SOURCE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:22:46 GMT]]>yes the isn’t , even less dot-social. don't matter to authoritarians. they need a scapegoat and dot-social *is* the largest relay of news and information on the fediverse.

it’s not just the effort to get organizations, including @EUCommission and member states like and to see the as a strategic roadmap for

it is not just either the unprecedented collaboration with that has made dot-social a hub 🧵…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116438189139200838https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116438189139200838Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:22:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A DDoS MEANS DOT-SOCIAL *IS* A NEWS SOURCE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:51:10 GMT]]>wouldn’t be shocked if the is related to the EU Citizens Initiative to suspend the bilateral agreement with :
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/116432072206493360

the PM of , Pedro Sánchez will be asking tomorrow the @EUCommission to take up the initiative

the ECI is often described as just . bootlickers love it as easy to discount and manipulate on centralized, billionaire-owned, corporate social platforms.

but the & especially are a monkey wrench on that

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116438064853667468https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116438064853667468Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:51:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A DDoS MEANS DOT-SOCIAL *IS* A NEWS SOURCE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:41:46 GMT]]>@blogdiva

This means, to me, that .social is being D-dosed (lol) bc the site features mostly correct news information? Am I on the right track?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/QueenOfTheCroneAge/statuses/116438027898120770https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/QueenOfTheCroneAge/statuses/116438027898120770Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:41:46 GMT