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Posted By: DoshDosh 290 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://jonathanfields.com)
Category: News Sites
An extremely well-written and dare I say, gripping story about the impact of a Digg frontpage and its toil on a man's life and body... "Atkins, diuretics and rubber suits, you’re so five-minutes ago. I was only three-weeks into my journey to the core of the blogosphere when I discovered the astonishing slimming power of Digg.com."
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from dsemmler 290 days ago #
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I still vividly remember the first, and only, time I had a post hit the front page of digg and came back from an afternoon meeting to learn my account had been suspended due to a spike in CPU usage.  Luckily, as soon as I contacted my host and mentioned digg they had me back up and running.

This post brought back quite a few of those memories, lol.

from fantomaster 290 days ago #
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Hilarious, esp. the bit about having to ramp up the costs of the hosting.
Not too funny when you're in the middle of it, to be sure, but obviously a very efficient way to get rid of excessive blog lard. :)

from tigertwo 290 days ago #
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Makes you wonder at what point you should upgrade your hosting? In anticipation? Or after the fact. I did have to laugh at this though...

from Gamermk 290 days ago #
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Such a great story. Always nice to know how someone handles the digg effect. I wonder if any hosting companies offer a digg plan or digg insurance in case you are dugg ;)


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