Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoWhen Digg has the “Digg Effect” and Reddit has the “Reddit Hug of Death” then what is Lemmy’s equivalent?message-squaremessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1message-squareWhen Digg has the “Digg Effect” and Reddit has the “Reddit Hug of Death” then what is Lemmy’s equivalent?Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square86linkfedilinkfile-text
What is our famous phrase for putting strain on websites? So we have it ready for when we reach critical mass one day.
minus-squareRiskablelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months ago…and that came after The Slashdot Effect which was–as far as I know–the original “effect”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect?wprov=sfla1
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months agoI was commenting more on the name “hug of death”. That didn’t start on Reddit.
minus-squareelephantium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoI was remembering “slashdotted”
minus-squarestinerman@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoWas just gonna say. I’m old enough to remember when it was the Slashdot effect. And you put links to the Coral Cache of the website as a nice way to guard against slashdotting.
…and that came after The Slashdot Effect which was–as far as I know–the original “effect”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect?wprov=sfla1
I was commenting more on the name “hug of death”. That didn’t start on Reddit.
I was remembering “slashdotted”
Was just gonna say. I’m old enough to remember when it was the Slashdot effect. And you put links to the Coral Cache of the website as a nice way to guard against slashdotting.