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in your opinion, what would meet the definition of "broke the Internet?" (self.asklemmy)

submitted 10 months ago by Usernameblankface to c/asklemmy

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The term is quite over used in my opinion, it is very often used in hyperbole. Whether it is in terms of popularity and driving traffic to a website or a threat said to break the Internet, it doesn't seem to live up to the meaning of the term.

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[–] shalafi 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

LOL, the internet was invented specifically to route communications around nuclear bomb blasts.

You got me wondering though, things have changed a lot since DARPANET. Taking out Amazon US-EAST-1 would leave a massive hole in the internet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

If you hit us-east-1 and us-west-2 I truly believe 95% of Western websites would not be fully functional. Most people either rely on, or rely on a service that in some way relies on those regions. Every time Lambda has gone down in IAD it takes with it many ordering applications and tons of physical badging systems around the country.