I guess this is applicable to any social media platform or other similar systems. Is it because there are always bugs to address, so it’s never really running smoothly, or other reasons?
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There’s a lot of fine answers, but I feel nobody has answered _why_, just how.
Here’s an example:
You have a website. It works. In theory it could run forever, since the code doesn’t change.
Reason 1: You have a small bug. Every 1 million user registrations your user registration page breaks and needs to be restarted.
Reason 2: You don’t actually handle money yourself. You have 15 different banks/companies in different countries that handle money transfers for you. Every 2-3 years they change something, due to laws in that country being changed. That means your site breaks, on average, 5 times per year.
Reason 3: The power went out. You need to push a button to start the site again.
Reason 4: Google changed their search algorithm again. If you don’t provide “the new data” nobody will ever see your site again – it’s now on page 2!!!
Reason 5: You site actually had a really really complicated security issue. Luckily somebody fixed the tools you’re using for your website, but you still have to press the button to update. If you don’t, in 3 months there’ll be an easy-to-use app called “site-breaker-kit” that just takes over your website.
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