Sarkodie Crashes Hosting Website of Black Love Concert as a Result of Overwhelming Traffic
18 August 2020
Photos: Twitter/Sarkodie
By Eugene Brown
Sarkodie's Black Love virtual concert, shut down the internet and crashed streaming service CEEK's hosting website.
The pre-recorded show went live on Ceek, an online streaming website for shows, on Sunday August 16. However, few minutes into airing the show, the website crashed and the only information that displayed on the screen read "Error 520 Ray ID: 5c3dae34bfb306f5 • 2020-08-16 19:49:46 UTC Web server is returning an unknown error".
Managers of the platform immediately announced on social media the cause of the error and apologized to its patrons, stating that the wild 'Black Love' virtual concert traffic had caused their platform to shut down.
"#SarkNation shut the web down. Due to overwhelming traffic, we are having some technical issues. Please standby we are working to resolve this. 1.5 million at once with more coming," a tweet on Ceek's verified page stated.
Another tweet added that a team was fervently working to resolve the technical challenge. A screenshot shared by Ceek also showed that over 1 million people in Ghana were on the platform to watch the concert, with hundreds of people from other countries.
While streaming the show, Sarkodie and the Black Love hashtags were also trending on social media.
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