Slashdot Effect

What is Slashdot Effect?


1.

A.K.A. Slashdotting, Slashdotted, etc.

Refers to the effect a Slashdot post has on a website. Because of slashdot's gigantic audience, any link placed there quickly goes down; very few sites can handle such huge traffic coming to their site.

Though the slashdot effect is similar to a denial of service, most webmasters don't mind the huge publicity and traffic to their site.

2.

1. An immediate surge in hit rate on a webserver caused by an announcement on a high-traffic website; a Nivenesque "flash crowd".

2. An unintentional denial of service to a website as a result of a surge in hit rate following an announcement on a high-traffic website.

See also: slashdotted

Bill Joy's _Dangers of Lego Blocks_ site succumbed to the slashdot effect scant hours after going live.


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