diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/repositories/user-profile.ts b/packages/backend/src/models/repositories/user-profile.ts
index 6e68ee018..36d2c8c38 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/repositories/user-profile.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/repositories/user-profile.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const queue = new Semaphore(5);
 
 export const UserProfileRepository = db.getRepository(UserProfile).extend({
     // We must never await this without promiseEarlyReturn, otherwise giant webring-style profile mention trees will cause the queue to stop working
-    async updateMentions(id: UserProfile["userId"], limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter(20)){
+    async updateMentions(id: UserProfile["userId"], limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter()){
         const profile = await this.findOneBy({ userId: id });
         if (!profile) return;
         const tokens: mfm.MfmNode[] = [];
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ async function populateMentions(tokens: mfm.MfmNode[], objectHost: string | null
 export class RecursionLimiter {
     private counter;
     private mutex = new Mutex();
-    constructor(count: number = 20) {
+    constructor(count: number = 10) {
         this.counter = count;
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/audience.ts b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/audience.ts
index aa70c25b2..766e05148 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/audience.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/audience.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export async function parseAudience(
 	to?: ApObject,
 	cc?: ApObject,
 	resolver?: Resolver,
-	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter(20)
+	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter()
 ): Promise<AudienceInfo> {
 	const toGroups = groupingAudience(getApIds(to), actor);
 	const ccGroups = groupingAudience(getApIds(cc), actor);
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/mention.ts b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/mention.ts
index da19f0aa8..232b6ff18 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/mention.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/mention.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { RecursionLimiter } from "@/models/repositories/user-profile.js";
 
 export async function extractApMentions(
 	tags: IObject | IObject[] | null | undefined,
-	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter(20)
+	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter()
 ) {
 	const hrefs = unique(
 		extractApMentionObjects(tags).map((x) => x.href as string),
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/note.ts b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/note.ts
index 713de0f45..4c0154f6c 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/note.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/note.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export async function createNote(
 	value: string | IObject,
 	resolver?: Resolver,
 	silent = false,
-	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter(20)
+	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter()
 ): Promise<Note | null> {
 	if (resolver == null) resolver = new Resolver();
 
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ export async function createNote(
 export async function resolveNote(
 	value: string | IObject,
 	resolver?: Resolver,
-	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter(20)
+	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter()
 ): Promise<Note | null> {
 	const uri = typeof value === "string" ? value : value.id;
 	if (uri == null) throw new Error("missing uri");
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/person.ts b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/person.ts
index 0812f7e7d..84907558b 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/person.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/person.ts
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export async function createPerson(
 	uri: string,
 	resolver?: Resolver,
 	subjectHost?: string,
-	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter(20)
+	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter()
 ): Promise<User> {
 	if (typeof uri !== "string") throw new Error("uri is not string");
 
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ export async function updatePerson(
 export async function resolvePerson(
 	uri: string,
 	resolver?: Resolver,
-	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter(20)
+	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter()
 ): Promise<CacheableUser> {
 	if (typeof uri !== "string") throw new Error("uri is not string");
 
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ export async function analyzeAttachments(
 	return { fields, services };
 }
 
-export async function updateFeatured(userId: User["id"], resolver?: Resolver, limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter(20)) {
+export async function updateFeatured(userId: User["id"], resolver?: Resolver, limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter()) {
 	const user = await Users.findOneByOrFail({ id: userId });
 	if (!Users.isRemoteUser(user)) return;
 	if (!user.featured) return;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/remote/resolve-user.ts b/packages/backend/src/remote/resolve-user.ts
index 6c78e13b9..9d4d10ba2 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/remote/resolve-user.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/remote/resolve-user.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export async function resolveUser(
 	username: string,
 	host: string | null,
 	refresh: refreshType = 'refresh',
-	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter(20)
+	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter()
 ): Promise<User> {
 	const usernameLower = username.toLowerCase();
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/services/note/create.ts b/packages/backend/src/services/note/create.ts
index a451730bb..61c509c96 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/services/note/create.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/services/note/create.ts
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ export default async (
 	},
 	data: Option,
 	silent = false,
-	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter(20)
+	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter()
 ) =>
 	// rome-ignore lint/suspicious/noAsyncPromiseExecutor: FIXME
 	new Promise<Note>(async (res, rej) => {
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ function incNotesCountOfUser(user: { id: User["id"] }) {
 export async function extractMentionedUsers(
 	user: { host: User["host"] },
 	tokens: mfm.MfmNode[],
-	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter(20)
+	limiter: RecursionLimiter = new RecursionLimiter()
 ): Promise<User[]> {
 	if (tokens == null) return [];