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• joeblau 12y ago
  If HN is still running on one server, I don't think that's going to be possible.
  • dbaupp 12y ago
    There's several hundred thousand computers in the hands of us readers.
• egeozcan 12y ago
  Actually it has a name, "The HN Effect" (inspired by "The Digg Effect", I guess) and it's a real thing as many web sites go down when they are featured in the front page.
  • pilsetnieks 12y ago
    Or the Reddit alternative, "The Reddit Hug," which sounds quite heartwarming.
    • samolang 12y ago
      I've always seen it written as "the reddit hug of death". Not quite as heartwarming.
  • riffraff 12y ago
    fyi, it used to be the slashdot effect before anything else.
  • wingerlang 12y ago
    Actually it has a name, "Slashdot effect". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect
    • Argorak 12y ago
      Theres so many local variations. In the german speaking part of the internet, there is the verb "geheist", after a popular tech news site.