The Slashdot effect, also known as slashdotting or the hug of death occurs when a popular website links to a smaller website, causing a massive increase...
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Slashdot (sometimes abbreviated as /.) is a social news website that originally billed itself as "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters". It features news...
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written value." Slashdot effect The Slashdot effect can hit blogs or another website, and is caused by a major website (usually Slashdot, but also Digg...
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Social news website (section Slashdot)
web traffic that resulted from Slashdot linking to external websites led to the effect being called the Slashdot effect Digg, started in December 2004...
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Scott (1 January 2007). "Software Vulnerability Disclosure: The Chilling Effect". CSO. CXO Media. p. 7. Archived from the original on 18 April 2008. Retrieved...
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war." Al Jazeera effect Broadcast journalism News broadcasting Media circus Media event Media scrum Sensationalism Slashdot effect Television news Trial...
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terms of spreading democracy. Slashdot effect Voice of the Arabs Miles, Hugh (9 February 2011). "The Al Jazeera Effect". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 25...
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cause such a boost in visitors (sometimes called a flash crowd or the Slashdot effect). Interactive Advertising Bureau estimated in 2014 that around one...
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libraries. At the end of June 2006, LibraryThing was subject to the Slashdot effect from a Wall Street Journal article. The site's developers added servers...
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personal experiences and fostering emotional connections with viewers. The effect of this emotional exchange between strangers has been documented, for example...
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List of effects (redirect from Effect (causality))
Yule–Simpson effect (probability) (statistics) Skin effect (electronics) Slashdot effect (denial-of-service attacks)(Internet terminology) (Slashdot) Sleeper...
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