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1 year agoThat honestly does not sound like the worst way to curb the increase in traffic. It’s understandable for communities to “get their house in order”.
That honestly does not sound like the worst way to curb the increase in traffic. It’s understandable for communities to “get their house in order”.
And that attitude is how you foster a great community.
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The issue is the the growth could literally kill the underlying servers. Imagine running an instance on a raspberry pi and all the sudden see a hundred thousand users start hitting your server.