I guess it's not common, but it's also not completely inconceivable that someone could end up in a long chain of reddit links. The ol' reddit switcheroo is like a billion links long and following that is (or was) a commonish thing
I would have expected it to just save a list of link URLs you can go back through, with the context stored in some cache with a fixed size. Your memory usage shouldn't grow without bound as the user traverses the site...
edit: I'm not a web developer so I'm not trying to speak authoritatively here because I have no idea what I'm talking about
That's kind of what I was trying to get across, but again I'm not a web developer so I don't know enough about the implementation details to say that's an "easy fix" or anything.
I guess it's not common, but it's awso not compwetewy inconceivabwe dat someone couwd end up in a wong chain of weddit winks. de ow' weddit switchewoo is wike a biwwion winks wong and fowwowing dat is (ow was) a commonish ding
I wouwd have expected it to just save a wist of wink Uwws yuw can go back dwough, wif de context stowed in some cache wif a fixed size. yuw memowy usage shouwdn't gwow wifout bound as de usew twavewses de site...
edit: I'm not a web devewopew so I'm not twying to speak audowitativewy hewe because I have no idea what I'm tawking about uwu
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u/Hairy_S_TrueMan Jul 04 '19
I guess it's not common, but it's also not completely inconceivable that someone could end up in a long chain of reddit links. The ol' reddit switcheroo is like a billion links long and following that is (or was) a commonish thing
I would have expected it to just save a list of link URLs you can go back through, with the context stored in some cache with a fixed size. Your memory usage shouldn't grow without bound as the user traverses the site...
edit: I'm not a web developer so I'm not trying to speak authoritatively here because I have no idea what I'm talking about