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]]> http://polyscience.org/articles/slashdot-effect-1/#comment-6 polyscience.org » A meta-analysis of the “Slashdot effect” Sat, 16 Jul 2005 03:08:24 +0000 http://polyscience.org/articles/slashdot-effect-1/#comment-6 [...] I have written an article on the phenomenon known as the Slashdot effect, having survived it twice in the month of July alone. I’ve analyzed traffic patterns and referrals, and I’ve got graphs and numbers: all the things a good computer dork enjoys in his spare time. An excerpt for your reading enjoyment: The effects of the slashdot effect started very slowly until the site that recieved the full force of it picked me up as a primary mirror, and then traffic exploded. I was quite astounded since I was one layer of abstraction away, and it still blew the numbers away that I put up when I first mirrored the Episode III trailers. I’ll give you some numbers now, since geeks love numbers. The Star Destroyer story was posted on July 4: [...] [...] I have written an article on the phenomenon known as the Slashdot effect, having survived it twice in the month of July alone. I’ve analyzed traffic patterns and referrals, and I’ve got graphs and numbers: all the things a good computer dork enjoys in his spare time. An excerpt for your reading enjoyment: The effects of the slashdot effect started very slowly until the site that recieved the full force of it picked me up as a primary mirror, and then traffic exploded. I was quite astounded since I was one layer of abstraction away, and it still blew the numbers away that I put up when I first mirrored the Episode III trailers. I’ll give you some numbers now, since geeks love numbers. The Star Destroyer story was posted on July 4: [...]

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