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I don't remember which news site, but one of the major ones had to go to a basic text-only format for several hours.
by dharmab 5y ago
I don't remember which news site, but one of the major ones had to go to a basic text-only format for several hours.
- kenrose 5y agoIt was CNN. Around 9:45 am it was slow, by 11 am it was down / text only.
- analogdreams 5y agoi think it was CNN that did that. i have a memory of trying to find out what was really happening sitting in one of my college's library's after an early morning class and trying to get anything to even respond, much less load. for some reason i remember 'relief' when i finally saw the CNN logo.
- dunnevens 5y agoAll of the majors stripped down to the basics, IIRC. At least the ones I visited. Fark and Metafilter held up, but they were text to begin with. Internet video was interesting that day. Couldn't get any from the major sites because they were hammered. But I remember links would get passed along to some Quicktime clips on personal sites. No cell phone cameras, but small camcorders + Macs with firewire were popular enough that personal footage appeared quickly.