Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhen Digg has the “Digg Effect” and Reddit has the “Reddit Hug of Death” then what is Lemmy’s equivalent?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up13arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-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-up2·2 days agoThe “oh hey, is that an uptick in traffic?” We’re not going to break anyone’s website.
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoDon’t underestimate the growth when more ground work is being done.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days 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/