This is really just too funny. So Digg.com has a reputation for taking down sites with massive traffic loads, as it just did to WebUrbanist. However, another article currently on the front page specifically addresses load issues. The headline reads: “Traffic generated by Digg’s over 1.2 million famously info-hungry users can crash an unsuspecting website head-on into its CPU, memory, and bandwidth limits. How does Digg handle all this load?”
Irony of all ironies, this website - HighScalability.com - itself can’t handle the Digg load. In one single move the site managed to undermine the credibility of its own domain name! Priceless.
Congratulations on your Digg success :)
You should do a post on how to become popular on Digg. I would be very interested!
SpeedyCat H.
[…] This story illustrates the problem rather ironically. It concerns a site named for its pride in scalability that couldn’t stand up to being on the Digg front page in the middle of a busy day! […]
Thanks! It has been quite an ordeal dealing with the traffic load, but I’ll certainly feel great about it after the dust settles :) Meanwhile, I’ll think about doing a get-to-the-Digg-front-page post. There are a lot of those out there though, we’ll see. The nutshell version: add top Diggers as friends and Digg their stories and comment on them, then be sure to look at what gets popular, what headlines are used for those stories, etc… and submit (if possible) in a category where there is less competition.