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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Cueball]] is very dramatically following the described process of removing himself from a {{w|Social networking service|social network}} by first unfriending each contact in reverse order that he friended them. Such actions are not necessary on any well-designed website. Actively unfriending people individually could be perceived as rude, antisocial, or in need of help. | + | [[Cueball]] is very dramatically following the described process of removing himself from a {{w|Social networking service|social network}} by first unfriending each contact in reverse order that he friended them. Such actions are not necessary on any well-designed website. Actively unfriending people individually could be perceived as rude, antisocial, or in need of help. |
+ | Even though one may not have visited a social network for years, they are still sitting there, gathering one's "friends"' statuses, opinions and comments. | ||
− | The ''reverse order'' to unfriend people refers to | + | The ''reverse order'' to unfriend people refers to correct {{w|Memory management|memory allocation and deallocation}} processes for computers. If one does not follow this process and deallocates an older memory block before a newer one, all information about the newer block could be lost. This would prevent the user from being able to deallocate it. If the process repeats over and over, memory usage will accumulate and will eventually result in an {{w|out of memory}} error. |
− | + | This is not needed on databases, but {{w|database|databases}} used on websites, such as social networking sites, could run into a similar issue. If accounts are deactivated the users that were friends to the deactivated account may maintain the link to the deactivated account. This could (if the database was not well designed) create a non trivial amount of garbage data. | |
− | + | In the title text, "database linkage accumulation slowdown" really is a thing that [[Randall]] just made up. This may be a satire of popular fears of made-up technological problems, often held by those who are not technologically savvy. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:The internet is filled with derelict accounts aggregating news about friends long forgotten. | :The internet is filled with derelict accounts aggregating news about friends long forgotten. | ||
− | :[Cueball sits at a desk, typing on a laptop | + | :[Cueball sits at a desk, typing on a laptop and the responding text follows as:] |
− | + | :<nowiki>*</nowiki>Click* | |
− | + | :Uhh, is everything OK? | |
− | + | :<nowiki>*</nowiki>Click* | |
− | + | :Dude, what the hell? | |
− | + | :<nowiki>*</nowiki>Click* | |
:[Caption below the frame:] | :[Caption below the frame:] |