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The slashdot effect

5th February 2003

Dave Winer asks why Joel Spolsky gets much more traffic when slashdotted than UserLand’s hosted sites tend to. Joel explains (it’s all down to network effects) and mpt kicks in a few ideas as well.

Posted 5th February 2003 at 11:43 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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