Synapse (Matrix reference server implementation) had for a long time severe performance issues when dealing with large rooms. Clients would try to enter a room and would take literally forever to be able to get messages for that room.
Also, the natural reaction from people upon seeing how some rooms from bigger instances were causing problem was to create their own instances and their own rooms.
Synapse (Matrix reference server implementation) had for a long time severe performance issues when dealing with large rooms. Clients would try to enter a room and would take literally forever to be able to get messages for that room.
Also, the natural reaction from people upon seeing how some rooms from bigger instances were causing problem was to create their own instances and their own rooms.
Federated protocols are anti-fragile.