Sunshine (she/her) to Ask LemmyEnglish • 29 days agoWhen Digg has the “Digg Effect” and Reddit has the “Reddit Hug of Death” then what is Lemmy’s equivalent?message-square94fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1122arrow-down1message-squareWhen Digg has the “Digg Effect” and Reddit has the “Reddit Hug of Death” then what is Lemmy’s equivalent?Sunshine (she/her) to Ask LemmyEnglish • 29 days agomessage-square94fedilinkfile-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-squareDrusaslinkfedilink12•29 days agoThe Fark hug of death came before the Reddit hug of death.
minus-squareRiskablelinkfedilinkEnglish13•28 days 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-squareDrusaslinkfedilink5•28 days agoI was commenting more on the name “hug of death”. That didn’t start on Reddit.
minus-squarestinermanlinkfedilinkEnglish3•28 days 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.
The Fark hug of death came before the Reddit hug of death.
…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.
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.
I was remembering “slashdotted”