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I'm not sure a 5x+ growth in under a week is really "for a while now". If anything I'm surprised they've kept it together this long. The growth looks more like an exponential function too, so that's even more difficult.

Good luck Signal team!



As much as I'm cheering for Signal, yes this was absolutely foreseeable.


From their tweet:

> We have been adding new servers and extra capacity at a record pace every single day this week nonstop, but today exceeded even our most optimistic projections. Millions upon millions of new users are sending a message that privacy matters. We appreciate your patience.

https://twitter.com/signalapp/status/1350165610936766464

They've seen it coming, just never expected this much new traffic.




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