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grzm on Nov 25, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Joe Armstrong Interviews Alan Kay [video]

A rush of traffic that overwhelms a site due to a submission. Similar to being slashdotted or fireballed.

willvarfar on Nov 25, 2016 | [–]

general term: "thundering herd" :)

signa11 on Nov 25, 2016 | | [–]

> general term: "thundering herd" :)

more like "thundering nerds" ;)

mitchtbaum on Nov 25, 2016 | | | [–]

so I searched, "stampede"

it seems too chaotic though

synonyms: crush, jam, trampling

hmm... "traffic jam" :)

qwertyuiop924 on Nov 25, 2016 | [–]

...Or being wanged.

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