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Google+ Runs Out of Disk Space, Swamps Users With Notifications

Posted by timothy on from the they-should-upgrade-to-google+-pro dept.

dkd903 writes "Yesterday, many users of Google+ noticed Google spamming their inbox with multiple email notifications in very quick succession. Earlier today, Vic Gundotra, Head of Social at Google, explained what was causing it – Google ran out of disk space on the server that keeps track of notifications."

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  1. Re:Google+ by Dogtanian · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it just requires the company's directors to take a strong high-road stance in the face of the temptation of greed you get operating in a democracy. ("do whatever it takes, be it illegal or immoral, to maximize profit")

    "Democracy" is *not* a synonym for laissez-faire free-market capitalism, regardless of how many people (Americans primarily, it seems) believe otherwise.

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