SeeStars@lemmy.world to Lemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world · 1 year agoBREAKING: REDDIT IS DOWNimgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarerelative_iterator@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoMaybe related to dynamic scaling on their servers? Not sure how typical a large drop-off in traffic is to a site as big as reddit.
minus-squarehonk@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoHow would a drop in traffic bring a site down? That doesn‘t make any sense.
minus-squarerelative_iterator@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoCould have been too aggressive in auto-scaling down?
minus-squarehonk@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoOkay…i guess that could make sense. Maybe they scaled down agressively and then all the media attention generated a lot more traffic than anticipated.
Maybe related to dynamic scaling on their servers? Not sure how typical a large drop-off in traffic is to a site as big as reddit.
How would a drop in traffic bring a site down? That doesn‘t make any sense.
Could have been too aggressive in auto-scaling down?
Okay…i guess that could make sense. Maybe they scaled down agressively and then all the media attention generated a lot more traffic than anticipated.