Not that it matters too much, but the 'Slashdot Effect' existed before HN was online. Slashdot was founded in 1997, 'Slashdot Effect' (according to wikipedia)

Not that it matters too much, but the 'Slashdot Effect' existed before HN was online. Slashdot was founded in 1997, 'Slashdot Effect' (according to wikipedia) was coined in 1999 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot#:~:text=This%20was%20known%20as%20the,traffic%20to%20sites%20of%20interest%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot#:~:text=This%20was%20....) Hackernews was founded 2007.