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While the Flat Hierarchie is good for reducing the amount of clicks that a user must execute when navigating to their content, it's drawback is that it can also frusturate the user if there is an overload of content that they must search through. This means that their is no perfect soulution and that developers must understand what their users are doing on the site, and use the best architecture that fits their user's needs. Also, the developer can use a hybrid approach that will use both architectures to best suit the user's needs.