@elrainia@lemmy.world describes working on internet infrastructure back in the 1990s. This was on one of those "drive by" AskLemmys where a new user posts a juicy question, then after a couple hours they delete the topic and their account. However, those posts and comments are still visible in Piefed, ex: https://piefed.social/post/1733969#comment_9969293
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
Yes! That’s the phenomenon I was thinking about. The never ending influx of stupidity.