OddThoughts

A dangerous post title to be sure. Hackers can’t back down from a challenge. I suppose it is part of the OCD or ADHD that causes them to try. When you put something out ther like “You can’t … crash, you can’t break in, etc. you just know your asking for trouble !

I however am not asking for someone to try and crash this post (or this server), as it would probably make the nice folks that host this blog for me very angry.

What I am wondering about is crashing simply by getting a lot of traffic. Blogs want traffic, lots of visitors reading what they have to say.

Bloggers may try techniques such as Digg, Technorati, or StumbleUpon. But it’s a 2 edged sword. If you get a lot of traffic, it’s great, lots of people are reading your content, perhaps you are actually making some money at it !

But what happens if you get too much? For example there is something called the “Digg Effect “. If one of you articles happens to make it to the front page of Digg, you may get so much traffic, the server that hosts your wonderfull content won’t be able to keep up and it will crash.

I am curious as to which sites/people have this “magic power” . Digg of course being one such site. But what if your site is spoken on various podcasts such as “TWIT “, or “Daily Source Code “. Can they crash their servers.

It’s somewhat like when Oprah brings a new book into her bookclub. The poor lady (or man) who wrote the book is probably blown out of his seats. It’s an immediate best seller, all because she spoke the name.

Who, then are the “oprah’s” of the internet. What are the people/blogs that can crash this post (or any post)? You’re suggestions of who can do this are recommened.

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