Forum changes

[kernel]

Is the forum behaving for everyone today?

The past couple of days I've gone to war with the thousands of foreign bots, mostly from the far East, that were taking up resources on the server.

We've gone from having thousands of guests on the forum at any given time, right down to a much more likely figure

I'm hoping this should stabilise the performance of the forum from here on.

 

[Mrs Steve R]

Is the forum behaving for everyone today?

The past couple of days I've gone to war with the thousands of foreign bots, mostly from the far East, that were taking up resources on the server.

We've gone from having thousands of guests on the forum at any given time, right down to a much more likely figure



I'm hoping this should stabilise the performance of the forum from here on.

Seems ok today, was a bit slow yesterday.

 

[TH63]

Is the forum behaving for everyone today?

The past couple of days I've gone to war with the thousands of foreign bots, mostly from the far East, that were taking up resources on the server.

We've gone from having thousands of guests on the forum at any given time, right down to a much more likely figure



I'm hoping this should stabilise the performance of the forum from here on.

Foreign bots fucking about with social media.

Who’d have thought

 

[Major Clanger]

Is the forum behaving for everyone today?

The past couple of days I've gone to war with the thousands of foreign bots, mostly from the far East, that were taking up resources on the server.

We've gone from having thousands of guests on the forum at any given time, right down to a much more likely figure



I'm hoping this should stabilise the performance of the forum from here on.

FYI: I am now seeing frequent security verification requests:

 

[Dr. Lecter]

I blame Wavey.

 

[kernel]

I am now seeing frequent security verification requests:

Are you in the US?

 

[Major Clanger]

Are you in the US?

Yes.

 

[kernel]

Yes.

Ok I've set it so you should only get that once a month

 

[bluethrough™]

Yes.

Are Americans really aware of the World Cup about to start?

 

[Major Clanger]

Ok I've set it so you should only get that once a month

Diolch.

 

[Major Clanger]

Are Americans really aware of the World Cup about to start?

No, not really. I’d compare it to British people’s awareness of Superbowl Sunday; sports fans know about it, but it does not register much with the general populace.

 

[bluethrough™]

Not really. I’d compare it to British people’s awareness of Superbowl Sunday; sports fans know about it, but it does not register much with the general populace.

Sort of guessed that would be the case, shame really as there's potentially a huge market there. I do wish the competition had just been in Mexico though tbh, they love their football and have put on a couple of great competitions.

 

[Major Clanger]

Sort of guessed that would be the case, shame really as there's potentially a huge market there. I do wish the competition had just been in Mexico though tbh, they love their football and have put on a couple of great competitions.

Agreed. American Football is so dominant that even colleges can have stadiums of 75,000 capacity, which means that Soccer (as they call it) doesn’t get much of a look in, unfortunately.

The games played in Mexico should be a treat, though.

 

[kernel]

Are any Chrome browser users experiencing very long page load delays?

 

[TDA]

Are any Chrome browser users experiencing very long page load delays?

Only when entering new posts. About a 5 second delay.

 

[TDA]

seems okay now

 

[Mrs Steve R]

Bit slow for me tonight on firefox.

 

[Kiffa 4.0]

Bit slow for me tonight on firefox.

2006 just called and asked for its browser back

 

[kernel]

2006 just called and asked for its browser back

I use Firefox as my main browser

 

[kernel]

Working on something related to the thread thumbnails at the mo so they're going to be a bit weird for a bit