A whole other part of this argument that could be made is about the inherent assumption that a ping timeout is caused by an event that only affects one machine.

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kstrauser 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

For sure. Having lived on IRC for a while many years ago, I assure any bystanders that this is assuredly not always the case.

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paradox460 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Imagine them trying to sue every person on one side of a netsplit

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eek2121 3 days ago | parent [-]

...and back in my day (yeah I am becoming an old fart), it was dead simple to cause a netsplit on most networks.

	▲	paradox460 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I'll admit to sending a couple of the messages that made Linksys routers restart. I also set up automatic k-lines on Snoonet for these very strings, years ago

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oooyay 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Ergo isn't a federated server, it's meant to scale vertically

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KK7NIL 4 days ago | parent [-]

The internet is a "federated" network though, so their point still applies.

	▲	oooyay 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		No, Ergo doesn't have netsplits because there isn't anything to split with. The point does not apply.