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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by godelski on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:06PM (#25794831)
I'm not sure a 5x+ growth in under a week is really "for a while now". If anything I'm surprised they've kept it together this long. The growth looks more like an exponential function too, so that's even more difficult.

Good luck Signal team!

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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by bitcharmer on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:32PM (#25795188)
As much as I'm cheering for Signal, yes this was absolutely foreseeable.
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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by input_sh on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:17PM (#25795794)
From their tweet:

> We have been adding new servers and extra capacity at a record pace every single day this week nonstop, but today exceeded even our most optimistic projections. Millions upon millions of new users are sending a message that privacy matters. We appreciate your patience.

https://twitter.com/signalapp/status/1350165610936766464

They've seen it coming, just never expected this much new traffic.

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