have you been to slashdot.org today?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot
Do you know what the Slashdot effect or slashdotted means?
The Slashdot effect is a particular example of how a popular website can cause a smaller site to slow down or even temporarily close after causing a great increase in the number of visitors going to the smaller site. The huge influx of web traffic is a result of it being mentioned on Slashdot, a popular technology news and information site. Typically, less robust sites are unable to cope with the huge increase in traffic and become unavailable – either their bandwidth is consumed or their servers are unable to cope with the high strain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect
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