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Can I get some clarity on pink bits? Haven't heard the term and googling around, I am certain the author isn't talking about what I am finding at the top.
by mcnichol 7y ago
Can I get some clarity on pink bits?
Haven't heard the term and googling around, I am certain the author isn't talking about what I am finding at the top.
- diamondo25 7y agoHidden websites with lots of pink bits is exactly what you think it is. Images are served through CDNs and thus caches like varnish.
- thwarted 7y ago> Today Varnish is used by all sorts, from FaceBook, Wikia and SlashDot to obscure sites you have surely never heard about, many of which serve mostly pink bits, lots of pink bits. Adult content.
- mcguire 7y agoIt's hard to overstate the importance of adult content to progress in networking, specifically.
- dclusin 7y agoAdult content & companies have always been quick to utilize new technologies. JPEG's, first online payments, massive video services, etc. Its presence is even felt in places you might not expect, like reddit and imgur. I remember reading somewhere at one point 50% of reddit's traffic was adult in nature. It took netflix until 2015 to beat out porn & piracy as total bandwidth consumer on the public internet[1]. 1 - https://learnbonds.com/news/netflix-inc-nflx-now-uses-more-bandwidth-than-porn/ https://learnbonds.com/news/netflix-inc-nflx-now-uses-more-b...
- mcnichol 7y agoThats exactly what I was finding...totally surprised. Learned something new.
- gdy 7y ago... on the adult sites you've found? )