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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 f
by egeozcan 13y 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 13y agoOr the Reddit alternative, "The Reddit Hug," which sounds quite heartwarming.
- samolang 13y agoI've always seen it written as "the reddit hug of death". Not quite as heartwarming.
- riffraff 13y agofyi, it used to be the slashdot effect before anything else.
- wingerlang 13y agoActually it has a name, "Slashdot effect". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect
- Argorak 13y agoTheres so many local variations. In the german speaking part of the internet, there is the verb "geheist", after a popular tech news site.