Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhen Digg has the “Digg Effect” and Reddit has the “Reddit Hug of Death” then what is Lemmy’s equivalent?message-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1130file-text
arrow-up1130message-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 · 2 months agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-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-squareSwordgeek@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up169·2 months agoThe “oh hey, is that an uptick in traffic?” We’re not going to break anyone’s website.
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoDon’t underestimate the growth when more ground work is being done.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 months agoLike how Mastodon’s servers were accidentally DDoSing servers to generate a link preview as the post propagated on the fediverse. https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/06/mastodon_delays_fix_ddos/
The “oh hey, is that an uptick in traffic?”
We’re not going to break anyone’s website.
Don’t underestimate the growth when more ground work is being done.
Like how Mastodon’s servers were accidentally DDoSing servers to generate a link preview as the post propagated on the fediverse.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/06/mastodon_delays_fix_ddos/