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Re:Who Pays Writers? by kallemoen on Monday July 22, 2019 @10:36AM (#20498329)
Hug of death
Re:Who Pays Writers? by ahnick on Monday July 22, 2019 @10:48AM (#20498469)
Anyone with any experience know what kind of load a site needs to be able to handle to avoid the HN hug of death?
Re:Who Pays Writers? by skilled on Monday July 22, 2019 @11:26AM (#20498899)
I have had my own sites be featured on the homepage, and it's never been more than 400 active people on at a time.

Hardly a hug of death by my standards.