History of Slashdot effect

Difference (from prior major revision) (minor diff, author diff)

Changed: 1c1,5

The Slashdot effect is a huge influx of Internet traffic to a website as a result of its being mentioned on Slashdot. Slashdot is a web log and headlines itself "News for Nerds". It consists of posts of submitted articles, generally with an obvious open source slant. In response to the stories, herds of geeks rush to view referenced sites. The ensuing flood of page requests often exceeds the ability of the site to respond in a timely manner, rendering the site slashdotted and, for many visitors, unavailable for a time.

The Slashdot effect is a huge influx of Internet traffic to a website as a result of its being mentioned on Slashdot. Slashdot is a web log and headlines itself "News for Nerds, stuff that matters". It consists of posts of submitted articles, generally with an obvious open source slant. In response to the stories, herds of geeks rush to view referenced sites. The ensuing flood of page requests, known as a Slashdotting (sometimes uncapitalized), often exceeds the ability of the site to respond in a timely manner, rendering the site slashdotted and, for many visitors, unavailable for a time.

This name is also sometimes used for traffic floods coming from other news sites.

The Jargon File states that an alternate term for slashdot effect is Flash Crowd.

Removed: 3d6

This name is also sometimes used for traffic floods coming from other news sites.

	Revision 16 . . (edit) November 7, 2001 7:30 am by (logged).238.76.xxx [/. effect, aka "flash crowd"]
	Revision 15 . . (edit) November 7, 2001 5:33 am by The Cunctator
	Revision 14 . . (edit) October 11, 2001 11:59 am by (logged).8.37.xxx [small change to how slashdot refers to itself]
	Revision 13 . . September 28, 2001 4:57 am by (logged).236.5.xxx
	Revision 12 . . September 28, 2001 4:56 am by (logged).236.5.xxx ["corrected" weblog link]