As you noticed, I had to temporarily enable DDoS protection. Someone is trying quite effectively to distract me from my activities ;p Unfortunately, this may cause some issues with the federation. I will try to cut off the traffic as soon as possible and return to normal operation. Thank you for all your support and patience! :)
Want to hear some irony? I’m here because I saw a thread on Reddit about that subreddit being banned.
Same. Made my account this morning and since then this site is visibly more active already.