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back then we used to call it slashdotting, what do we call it now?

by spiritplumber 6y ago

pmiller2 6y ago
The HN "hug of death" is one I've heard frequently.
- boogies 6y ago
  Same, seems to have been used ~644 times (including at least one use of “Reddit (or HN) ‘Hug of Death’”) https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=hug%20of%20death&sort=byPopularity&type=all https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... (compared to 433 times “slashdotted” has been used here https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=slashdotted&sort=byPopularity&type=all https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...). Edit: The number seems to change with the sort criteria (popularity/date). Weird.
ddingus 6y ago
still could call it that Either way, there will be some of us asking, "wut?"
ddingus 6y ago
Maybe we can start something new! Attention bomb? Your suggestions here, go!
Stierlitz 6y ago
> back then we used to call it slashdotting, what do we call it now? That was back when slashdot was a real tech site.
supernova87a 6y ago
Whatever happened to Slashdot? Did the slowness of new stories appearing + their comments system turn people off eventually, compared to interfaces like here? I used to read them daily.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y ago
  10 years ago I scraped a representative slice of all /. postings from the fall of every year. It was apparent that the rate of new UIDs was falling and that the bulk of the posting was done by a limited and shrinking cohort in the range of 100K to 400K. Mobile boosted the prevalence of AC posts but that didn't compensate for the drop off. I ran a regression out and predicted they'd be dead by 2023. Looks like they're on track.
- g051051 6y ago
  After several management shakeups, the editors went off onto some weird tangents with video segments, allowing off-topic posts, and paid content masquerading as stories. That's when I quit. Why did you stop?
  - dasil003 6y ago
    /. -> Digg -> Reddit -> HN
    - totetsu 6y ago
      Sometimes I feel bad for HN, full of all us fleeing Reddittors
      - andykx 6y ago
        I use both Reddit and HN. HN has much better content (both links and comments), but it has a singular focus on tech/things tech people generally like. On the other hand, there’s a subreddit for practically every hobby. In many cases, Reddit is home to the largest community related to a hobby. Sometimes things related to my interests outside of tech pop up on here, but the discussion is rarely in depth.
      - JdeBP 6y ago
        Enjoy https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23731299 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23731299 . (-:
  - 6y ago

back then we used to call it slashdotting, what do we call it now?

pmiller2 6y ago

The HN "hug of death" is one I've heard frequently.

boogies 6y ago
Same, seems to have been used ~644 times (including at least one use of “Reddit (or HN) ‘Hug of Death’”) https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=hug%20of%20death&sort=byPopularity&type=all https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... (compared to 433 times “slashdotted” has been used here https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=slashdotted&sort=byPopularity&type=all https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...). Edit: The number seems to change with the sort criteria (popularity/date). Weird.

ddingus 6y ago

still could call it that Either way, there will be some of us asking, "wut?"

ddingus 6y ago

Maybe we can start something new! Attention bomb? Your suggestions here, go!

Stierlitz 6y ago

> back then we used to call it slashdotting, what do we call it now? That was back when slashdot was a real tech site.

supernova87a 6y ago

Whatever happened to Slashdot? Did the slowness of new stories appearing + their comments system turn people off eventually, compared to interfaces like here? I used to read them daily.

kevin_thibedeau 6y ago
10 years ago I scraped a representative slice of all /. postings from the fall of every year. It was apparent that the rate of new UIDs was falling and that the bulk of the posting was done by a limited and shrinking cohort in the range of 100K to 400K. Mobile boosted the prevalence of AC posts but that didn't compensate for the drop off. I ran a regression out and predicted they'd be dead by 2023. Looks like they're on track.
g051051 6y ago
After several management shakeups, the editors went off onto some weird tangents with video segments, allowing off-topic posts, and paid content masquerading as stories. That's when I quit. Why did you stop?
- dasil003 6y ago
  /. -> Digg -> Reddit -> HN
  - totetsu 6y ago
    Sometimes I feel bad for HN, full of all us fleeing Reddittors
    - andykx 6y ago
      I use both Reddit and HN. HN has much better content (both links and comments), but it has a singular focus on tech/things tech people generally like. On the other hand, there’s a subreddit for practically every hobby. In many cases, Reddit is home to the largest community related to a hobby. Sometimes things related to my interests outside of tech pop up on here, but the discussion is rarely in depth.
    - JdeBP 6y ago
      Enjoy https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23731299 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23731299 . (-:
- 6y ago