The Great Server Shitshow

The Great Server Shitshow, or the GSS, was a 2 month period in 2014 between April and June where Sputnikmusic.com servers saw a decreased performance. It would take several minutes to load pages, the site was incredibly laggy, and users of the website would vent against the servers and website ownership in threads. By the time Mx was able to upgrade the server preformance, nearly 50% of the Sputnikmusic userbase had abandoned the website.

"[Sputnik] was basically powered by potatoes and it took you like 5 minutes to load a page" - Lordepotts

The GSS would have severe consequences for Sputnik as a website. The site would lose a significant amount of its userbase. Combined with the rise of both 4chan and reddit in mid 2014, this would lead to a migration of users from Sputnik to both reddit and 4chan, as well as rateyourmusic.