What is the new term for 'slashdotted'?

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Slashdotted itself might be 20 years old, and the wiki page suggests that farked and drudged have made appearances, but is there anything more generic? A different, better way of saying, 'my site is getting a monumental amount of traffic because i tweeted something that went viral'?

DerekBickerton · Accepted Answer

'Hugged to death' is a term I use, and doesn't refer to any particular platform. Typically some sites get linked to by high-traffic news sites using the site/page as a form of reference for backing up the news site's claims.The thing is, these high-traffic sites spend thousands per month on hosting and have elaborate beefy setups with CDNs, and are renting fat pipes to serve traffic, which in turn DDoS'es the linked-to site in question, and the smaller site is probably running their site off a $5.00/mo Digital Ocean instance and just can't cope with the traffic.

simonblack · Answer

Slashdotted itself might be 20 years oldCloser to 30 years old.(Aside to self: "Where did all those years go to?")

eimrine · Answer

HN's hug of death.Russians using habrahabr.ru call this Habraeffect.DDoS is a generic term and slightly similar but usually means something else.

What is the new term for 'slashdotted'?

Slashdotted itself might be 20 years old, and the wiki page suggests that farked and drudged have made appearances, but is there anything more generic? A different, better way of saying, 'my site is getting a monumental amount of traffic because i tweeted something that went viral'?

Slashdotted itself might be 20 years old
Closer to 30 years old.
(Aside to self: "Where did all those years go to?")

HN's hug of death.
Russians using habrahabr.ru call this Habraeffect.
DDoS is a generic term and slightly similar but usually means something else.