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What's the current name for that? Do we still call it "slashdot effect"?

• wazoox 16y ago
  Sometimes it's the reddit effect, or similar. However "slashdotted" should remain understandable to anyone.
  • RyanMcGreal 16y ago
    Though in this particular case, the site seems to have been Gaimaned.
    • wiredfool 16y ago
      And boingboing, and reddit x2, here, and a bunch of newspapers in the uk. I couldn't go anywhere yesterday without tripping over that link. He got slammed. If you want a picture of the future, imagine an internet stamping on a single server— for a day anyway.
• metageek 16y ago
  Isn't the general term "flash crowd"?