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

    • JackbyDev@programming.dev
      2·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • piece@feddit.it
        2·
        1 year ago

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