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25th September 2023, 06:10 PM
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#161
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BuzzJack Idol
Joined: 8 December 2010
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^ Same for me.
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25th September 2023, 06:17 PM
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#162
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BuzzJack Platinum Member
Joined: 4 April 2015
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I wasn't able to view Buzzjack without logging in just now. Has that happened to anyone else today?
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25th September 2023, 06:18 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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Joined: 18 March 2013 Posts: 35,033 User: 18,473 |
I wasn't able to view Buzzjack without logging in just now. Has that happened to anyone else today? Someone changed the rules to make that happen. We suspected that the unusually high number of guests was causing the issue. It seems to have rectified it for now. |
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25th September 2023, 06:25 PM
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you never forget your first time...
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Joined: 19 April 2011 Posts: 122,755 User: 13,530 |
Yup I changed that in the hope it'll reduce the number of guests viewing
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25th September 2023, 06:34 PM
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is my brain across your walls?
Joined: 14 February 2009
Posts: 115,250 User: 8,300 |
We're down to 1375 guests now after peaking over 1800 so it seems like it might have worked, unless it's just coincidentally dropping now anyway.
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25th September 2023, 06:56 PM
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❤️❤️➕🟦
Joined: 3 June 2012
Posts: 22,246 User: 17,160 |
There must be a thread somewhere that they’re targeting.
I remember we had like thousands of guests viewing the TV Forum Index years ago which slowed down the site and meant the thread has stayed quarantined in the Entertainment Mod Forum. RIP The TV Forum Index has almost 750,000 views |
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25th September 2023, 07:00 PM
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❤️❤️➕🟦
Joined: 3 June 2012
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I think the cursed thread is Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - over 100,000 total views and 150 guests currently viewing
Probably more people than have seen the actual film |
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25th September 2023, 07:06 PM
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you never forget your first time...
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Joined: 19 April 2011 Posts: 122,755 User: 13,530 |
and a whole 4 replies, it must be that thread
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25th September 2023, 07:14 PM
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you never forget your first time...
Pronouns: he/him
Joined: 19 April 2011 Posts: 122,755 User: 13,530 |
It's now in the entertainment mod lounge, I'll leave Buzzjack guest-only for a day or so just to monitor the situation though. Things seem to be working normally for me currently anyway!
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25th September 2023, 07:18 PM
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is my brain across your walls?
Joined: 14 February 2009
Posts: 115,250 User: 8,300 |
Still getting a variable few seconds of lag but that feels instant compared to how it was for a couple of hours earlier, I will not take this for granted :')
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25th September 2023, 07:25 PM
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The horrors persist, but so do I
Joined: 14 July 2013
Posts: 22,104 User: 19,534 |
Yes it is a noticeable improvement. We're currently at 1417 guests, I suppose they are being counted even if they're stuck on the login page?
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25th September 2023, 08:21 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
Pronouns: He/Him
Joined: 18 March 2013 Posts: 35,033 User: 18,473 |
Back up to over 1500 guests and the site has slowed down considerably again.
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25th September 2023, 08:26 PM
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Infamy Infamy they all got it in for me
Joined: 5 March 2006
Posts: 129,147 User: 2 |
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25th September 2023, 08:28 PM
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is my brain across your walls?
Joined: 14 February 2009
Posts: 115,250 User: 8,300 |
It's not any worse for me since my last post in this thread!
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25th September 2023, 08:33 PM
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Infamy Infamy they all got it in for me
Joined: 5 March 2006
Posts: 129,147 User: 2 |
It still takes a bit of time to load the pages, it should be pretty instant though, so there must be an issue somewhere. I do find it a bit straining at times, and it was pretty awful earlier around between 5 pm to 6 pm ish
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25th September 2023, 08:36 PM
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you never forget your first time...
Pronouns: he/him
Joined: 19 April 2011 Posts: 122,755 User: 13,530 |
It's about at the level it's been this weekend for me, slower than it should be but a lot better than earlier.
Not sure there's anything more I can do, it's up to Phil now! |
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26th September 2023, 05:37 AM
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Here to play, here to stay
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Joined: 8 February 2015 Posts: 20,495 User: 21,587 |
If the guests are mostly bots then I imagine from my limited knowledge that they are programmed to keep refreshing pages so that they don’t get kicked off the forum and forced to sign up. I think it’s still possible to view what pages guests are clicking on by viewing the online list, but the fact the numbers have stayed over 1,000 for a long time is still concerning. I’m not sure what it was a year ago, maybe the Wayback Machine can tell us for example this time last year;
https://web.archive.org/web/20221003081613/...ack.com/forums/ A snapshot from September 2022 suggests just over 200 guests online. 2021 has a similar figure for this time of year just over 200 and I imagine it’s a recurring theme for many years prior too. |
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26th September 2023, 10:26 AM
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I'm a paragon so don't perceive me
Joined: 3 February 2011
Posts: 37,545 User: 12,929 |
Had a look at what they were looking at, quite a number of guests were printing topics and searching. Spam attacks for sure when I searched up a few of the IP addresses.
I turned off guest searching for now because that's quite resource-intensive (and hey, if real guests want to search they can sign up) and banned a few IP ranges that were showing up constantly - I and the other admins can keep an eye on that activity and it should drop off if we continue doing that. |
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26th September 2023, 11:11 AM
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is my brain across your walls?
Joined: 14 February 2009
Posts: 115,250 User: 8,300 |
And as if by magic we're down to a mere 300 guests.
I spotted a guest 'printing a topic' in the online list the other day and honestly forgot that was even a feature on this site |
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26th September 2023, 03:30 PM
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you never forget your first time...
Pronouns: he/him
Joined: 19 April 2011 Posts: 122,755 User: 13,530 |
Nice job Iz! I've allowed guests to view the forum again and we can monitor from here on in.
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