noun phrase Internet Slang

Reddit hug of death

· noun phrase · internet

When a link hits Reddit's front page and the traffic spike instantly crashes the destination site.

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Definitions

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The phenomenon where a small server gets so much sudden traffic from a popular Reddit post that it falls over and serves errors. Affectionate framing — Reddit loves you so much it kills you.

“Cool blog post but it's down — looks like it got the Reddit hug of death.”
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Reddit hug of death In A Sentence

Cool blog post but it's down — looks like it got the Reddit hug of death.

Origin & Usage

A friendlier rebrand of the older 'Slashdot effect' from the early-2000s tech news site Slashdot, which used to nuke small sites the same way when it linked them.

Variants hug of deathreddit hugReddit-hugged
Tags #reddit#traffic#internet-culture#phenomenon

People Also Ask

What is the Reddit hug of death?

It's when a link hits Reddit's front page and the sudden flood of traffic instantly crashes the destination site.

How do you use Reddit hug of death in a sentence?

"His little blog got the Reddit hug of death within minutes of the post blowing up."

Why is it called a hug of death?

The name is ironic — all that attention is meant fondly, but the traffic overwhelms the server and takes the site down.

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