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The amount of data transferred is meaningless to compare. SO is a relatively complex site with dynamic content and real-time features. Compared to other simila
by manigandham 7y ago
The amount of data transferred is meaningless to compare. SO is a relatively complex site with dynamic content and real-time features.
Compared to other similar sites like Reddit or Quora which are far slower yet running on more hardware, it shows what proper efficient architecture and code can do.
- foota 7y agoReddit threads are also much hotter for writing and have O(thousands) of replies.
- manigandham 7y agoSure Reddit has more write activity but I don't see the number of replies being such a big factor. SO questions have answers, comments, tags, related questions, and many other secondary data to load. Reddit is slow due to poor architecture and a terrible frontend.
- onlyrealcuzzo 7y agoOld Reddit isn't slow. It seems to mostly be the new frontend.
- shakna 7y agoOld Reddit is still slow, but not too bad. Reddit's new software stack is... Atrocious.
- markus_zhang 7y agoI recalled that back in the days when the new Reddit has been rolled out, there were quite a few days that it's difficult to open in mobile browser. Now it's much better.