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minus-squareDrew Got No Clue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoHow though? What is wrong with their backend for this to bring the whole site down? 😬
minus-squareIwes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoNot an expert, so I can only speculate, but maybe their scaling system doesn’t handle scaling down well? Or maybe they log visitor requests to private subreddits and it overloaded… Or they are lying to try and make the strike look bad
minus-squareDrew Got No Clue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoYou would expect better from one of the most popular websites in the world…
How though? What is wrong with their backend for this to bring the whole site down? 😬
Not an expert, so I can only speculate, but maybe their scaling system doesn’t handle scaling down well? Or maybe they log visitor requests to private subreddits and it overloaded…
Or they are lying to try and make the strike look bad
You would expect better from one of the most popular websites in the world…