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looks aweomse but in a classic HN top 5 reaction... It's down.

• frik 13y ago
  years ago, it was known as Slashdot effect or slashdotting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect Can we call it the HN effect?
  • ableal 13y ago
    > Can we call it the HN effect? We can, but a more general term would be more useful. Crowd crashed?
    • ly 13y ago
      Crowd crashed seems like the perfect word for this.
    • mhb 13y ago
      Crowdead?
    • jalfresi 13y ago
      I thought that is exactly what "slashdotting" was
    • unfunco 13y ago
      Why don't we just stick to the HTTP code and error message, 503 service unavailable.
  • maccard 13y ago
    It can also be called the reddit hug of death.
  • rkuykendall-com 13y ago
    Also known, lovingly, as the "reddit hug"