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Could repeatedly privating and unprivating a sub crash Reddit? (lemmy.world)
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When all the subs went private for the blackout it caused Reddit to crash. Suggests that it's a resource-intensive task for their backend.

Edit: this is hypothetical btw

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[โ€“] JackbyDev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, in case it isn't clear it was a reference to the movie Avengers: Infinity War where the main villain Thanos's goal was to assemble a weapon that allowed him to snap his fingers and kill half of all life in the universe.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah it was clear, it's just that it never ceases to surprise me what silly stuff the internate can generate