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 @CobaltVelvet - yes, same ability to control the conversation would be appealing for corporate CS, but challenge is getting users to go there. like trying to get them into owned forums vs. just ranting on whatever social media site they are already used to using. some companies might have loyal fanbase like a celebrity does, but majority of consumers would rather complain where their friends can see it so that they get them to commiserate.
