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Pharnaces  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: So I deleted my reddit account...

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Not really sure which format is better, linking to the thread with the drama and having the big drama in the text or linking to the thread in a comment and making a self-post.





huggableplum  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I like the former more, unless one could screenshot the primary drama somehow? This site does not look like it was designed for internal stuff that well

Pharnaces  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah I think I like it more, as well. It'd probably best to take a screenshot of the drama, upload it to imgur, and then make to post the link to imgur and link the real thread in the text and/or comments, just in case someone deletes their post.

Reddit's definitely better for meta stuff.

huggableplum  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·  

are bots compatible with this site? Someone could design a snapshotbot just like in the other place

Pharnaces  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't see any mention of an API in the FAQ, but I'm sure it wouldn't be very difficult to create a bot that screenshots a thread. Unfortunately I don't have the skills to do that.

matdesigner  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·  

hubski crashed yesterday because of the spike in new users. Putting out a functional API that can withstand automated bot calls seems...unlikely, at least for the near future.

Pharnaces  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm guessing that they'll get some more servers if the new interest is that high.

matdesigner  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·  

if you read about the architecture of the site, you'd know that scaling across servers/load balancing nodes is non-trivial. And there is a huge difference between balancing API loads and regular UI loads.