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What is wrong with the site? (Please read updated post #1)

Dav · 2015-10-05 11:15:41

Hello everyone. I'm back form 2 week's holidays today, only to arrive in and find that an ESB substation has popped somewhere around the South William St area and so we've been sitting here with no internet connection in the office for nearly 4 hours. When it rains, it pours, eh? OK, so the site has been, to use the…

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#2222 03-05-2016 08:52AM

thesandeman

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Same on Touch.

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#2223 03-05-2016 09:16AM

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Same as, but behaving itself now in the last. 10 mins, on touch

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#2224 03-05-2016 11:13AM

ED E

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Cloudflare blocks on my non Irish IP.

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#2225 03-05-2016 08:12PM

smash

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Cloudfare blocking access to my virgin media IP out of nowhere. Have to use my phone on 4G

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#2226 03-05-2016 08:12PM

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Cloudfare issues here too on Chrome

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#2227 03-05-2016 08:13PM

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Same here

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#2228 03-05-2016 08:13PM

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Getting Error 522 message five mins ago

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#2229 03-05-2016 08:16PM

omerin

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Same here

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#2230 03-05-2016 10:22PM

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RoboKlopp wrote: »

Getting Error 522 message five mins ago

Got that too

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#2231 03-05-2016 10:23PM

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Full site has packed up on me the last10 minutes, nothing will load. Was getting a 504 (i think!) error message but not even that now, it's just hanging.

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#2232 03-05-2016 10:24PM

smash

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HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Full site has packed up on me the last10 minutes, nothing will load. Was getting a 504 error message but not even that now, it's just hanging.

Yep, packed in and came back slow as hell

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#2233 05-05-2016 05:52AM

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Cloudflaaaaaaaaaaaare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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#2234 05-05-2016 06:32AM

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Cloudflare, 522, 504, website offline errors for the last half hour....

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#2235 05-05-2016 06:34AM

Edward Hopper

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HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Cloudflare, 522, 504, website offline errors for the last half hour....

Yep, happened a good few times over the last couple of days, pain in the hole.

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#2236 05-05-2016 06:46AM

mansize

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Christ this site goes down more than a twink at the weekend

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#2237 05-05-2016 08:08AM

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ED E wrote: »

Cloudflare blocks on my non Irish IP.

Cloudflare blocking Virgin Media this morning- however- Vodafone seems perfectly fine. Irish IP addresses in use in both instances. And...... its allowing VM again.

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#2238 05-05-2016 08:26AM

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4am this morning (Irish time) and cloud flare was blocking access for me. OK then at 7am.

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#2239 05-05-2016 08:32AM

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By the way, when reregs are sitebanned, can the 'thanks' they've given out be nuked as well? It's only a small thing, but it's one less reason to bother rereging in the end (and you often see a rereg account, explicitly created to do this).

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#2240 05-05-2016 03:53PM

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Can I just say that "(Mod warning in op)" is seriously off putting on threads.

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#2241 05-05-2016 04:09PM

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smash wrote: »

Can I just say that "(Mod warning in op)" is seriously off putting on threads.

Not half as bad as Mod warning on posts #267 and #342

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#2242 05-05-2016 04:12PM

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smash wrote: »

Can I just say that "(Mod warning in op)" is seriously off putting on threads.

Personally, I don't find off putting. What I find annoying though is the "Mod Warning in post 456". How in the name of god are we expected to search for that long just to find a small one line mod warning?

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#2243 05-05-2016 04:17PM

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There's a thread in AH about online dating and it's pretty funny in parts. Out of nowhere came a post "Mod-Folks, Keep this thread on topic or cards/bans will be forthcoming.". Now the title does say there's a mod warning in op so I went to the OP and the warning is simply "Mod-Folks, Keep this thread on topic or cards/bans will be forthcoming.". It's almost like a big sticker that says No Fun Allowed.

I'm not getting at the mod in question, I just don't understand how some threads in what's basically boards' random forum must be 100% on topic at all times.

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#2244 05-05-2016 04:22PM

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smash wrote: »

There's a thread in AH about online dating and it's pretty funny in parts. Out of nowhere came a post "Mod-Folks, Keep this thread on topic or cards/bans will be forthcoming.". Now the title does say there's a mod warning in op so I went to the OP and the warning is simply "Mod-Folks, Keep this thread on topic or cards/bans will be forthcoming.". It's almost like a big sticker that says No Fun Allowed.

I'm not getting at the mod in question, I just don't understand how some threads in what's basically boards' random forum must be 100% on topic at all times.

At the time of the recent warning, that thread had become a train wreck.

Not your ornery onager

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#2245 05-05-2016 04:23PM

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smash wrote: »

There's a thread in AH about online dating and it's pretty funny in parts. Out of nowhere came a post "Mod-Folks, Keep this thread on topic or cards/bans will be forthcoming.". Now the title does say there's a mod warning in op so I went to the OP and the warning is simply "Mod-Folks, Keep this thread on topic or cards/bans will be forthcoming.". It's almost like a big sticker that says No Fun Allowed.

I'm not getting at the mod in question, I just don't understand how some threads in what's basically boards' random forum must be 100% on topic at all times.

Yeah, it comes across like 'I've noticed people are having fun? We'll have none of that kind of thing around here'.

And with that warning I don't know if it was because of one particular argument that had been running for a few pages, or people were posting light-hearted comments in response to others. I'd rather if the instruction was more specific.

Particularly in days to come, when the thread has moved on, the warning will be less relevant and will just look off-putting.

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#2246 05-05-2016 04:24PM

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Esel wrote: »

At the time of the recent warning, that thread had become a train wreck.

Not really. It was becoming enjoyable and fun to read.

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#2247 05-05-2016 04:30PM

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smash wrote: »

Not really. It was becoming enjoyable and fun to read.

That's a subjective judgement! Think about society.

Not your ornery onager

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#2248 05-05-2016 04:31PM

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Esel wrote: »

That's a subjective judgement! Think about society.

subjective judgements are ok. It's the snap judgement that are fcuking up the world!

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#2249 05-05-2016 04:50PM

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smash wrote: »

Can I just say that "(Mod warning in op)" is seriously off putting on threads.

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Not half as bad as Mod warning on posts #267 and #342

This isn't standard practice. It's only done for threads which have consumed disproportionate amounts of moderator time for one reason or another.

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#2250 05-05-2016 04:57PM

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ancapailldorcha wrote: »

This isn't standard practice. It's only done for threads which have consumed disproportionate amounts of moderator time for one reason or another.

It is rare enough alright, but its still annoying to expect somebody to trawl through a thread looking for some warning that has been handed out, or else risk posting and getting a ban.

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#2251 05-05-2016 05:44PM

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StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

It is rare enough alright, but its still annoying to expect somebody to trawl through a thread looking for some warning that has been handed out, or else risk posting and getting a ban.

Posts should at least be directly linked to, it's not difficult to do.

For example;

Mod warning on post #2257

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