AMA with Barack Obama • Hacker News Board

Re: AMA with Barack Obama

#11

Post by aaronpk » Wed, Aug 29, 2012, 8:27 PM UTC

I wonder how many new user accounts Reddit is going to get today given that Barack posted a link to that thread on his Twitter account.

Re: AMA with Barack Obama

#12

Post by cjdrake » Wed, Aug 29, 2012, 8:27 PM UTC

I was able to load a few pages, but I can't find any of PresidentObama's answers to any questions. What a gyp :).

Re: AMA with Barack Obama

#13

Post by Codhisattva » Wed, Aug 29, 2012, 8:28 PM UTC

porterhaney wrote: post #8

I think it's particularly interesting to watch some internet event go "mainstream" and watch even large services like reddit strain under the load. Put some perspective around how many people true mainstream media services reach.

Yes indeed. The scalability of Amazon.com is truly a work of engineering genius.

Re: AMA with Barack Obama

#14

Post by Codhisattva » Wed, Aug 29, 2012, 8:28 PM UTC

fumonko wrote: post #4

Codhisattva wrote: post #2

Seems to have crashed reddit.com at the moment.

Why does reddit crash so often?

Reading from database is hard.

Re: AMA with Barack Obama

#15

Post by slouch » Wed, Aug 29, 2012, 8:28 PM UTC

cjdrake wrote: post #12

I was able to load a few pages, but I can't find any of PresidentObama's answers to any questions. What a gyp :).

Go directly here to avoid the huge comment page: http://www.reddit.com/user/PresidentObama

If you need to read the question, click "context."

Re: AMA with Barack Obama

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Post by jvanderwal » Wed, Aug 29, 2012, 8:29 PM UTC

porterhaney wrote: post #8

I think it's particularly interesting to watch some internet event go "mainstream" and watch even large services like reddit strain under the load. Put some perspective around how many people true mainstream media services reach.

I would be very interested in seeing some traffic stats once this is over.

Re: AMA with Barack Obama

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Post by AceJohnny2 » Wed, Aug 29, 2012, 8:29 PM UTC

Like many, I've unsubscribed from all the default reddits for a more, eh, 'curated' experience.

I was wondering why Reddit was having load trouble. This explains it.

Re: AMA with Barack Obama

#18

Post by sukuriant » Wed, Aug 29, 2012, 8:29 PM UTC

porterhaney wrote: post #8

I think it's particularly interesting to watch some internet event go "mainstream" and watch even large services like reddit strain under the load. Put some perspective around how many people true mainstream media services reach.

I was just going to say that. While, Reddit's not "down" for me, every time I click the "show more comments" button, red text that says "loading" shows up and it ... never ... loads. Considering Reddit's usual traffic, this must be a truly unprecedented weight on the servers.

Re: AMA with Barack Obama

#19

Post by jessriedel » Wed, Aug 29, 2012, 8:30 PM UTC

cjdrake wrote: post #12

I was able to load a few pages, but I can't find any of PresidentObama's answers to any questions. What a gyp :).

What slouch said. Also note that it was submitted 22 minutes ago and he has answered 2 questions, 1 and 3 minutes ago.

Re: AMA with Barack Obama

#20

Post by Jem » Wed, Aug 29, 2012, 8:30 PM UTC

I love that Reddit humour is prevalent on even the most serious of AMAs.

I can't log in though, which is slightly annoying. Would be interesting to see the traffic stats for this once it's done.