Changing times…
In my days of the internet past there was many types of “effects” there was the ever popular “Slashdot” effect, in which if your website/product/crazy post was featured on Slashdot.org, 9/10 the traffic which followed equaled over-quota, server crashing, etc. to a smaller, yet powerful scale there was the “Gnome” effect, LockerGnome.com also had a habbit of this, the newsletter would feature some software one week, and when you checked your email that evening to view the site you were greeted with a note “We’ve been gnomed” lol - one of the many reasons software companies upload now to mirror services, C|net downloads, etc. save them selves.
Well tonight I get to experience a real world example of a “MySpace” effect - Myspace is so viral it’s not funny, 1466 people from Awaken Industries MySpace profile will probably be getting a notice shortly that there favorite friend has finished their website, and thus traffic will increase, increase, and increase. As people fwd. that bulletin to others, and as they go forth to the site - so hopefully my server can stand the test of the modern effect of MySpace, may the Lord have mercy on my soul, and my servers!
p.s.: the site is up at awakenindustries.com
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