Posted on 07/29/2017 3:33:27 PM PDT by djf
Sorry I have to say this. But FR has become nearly unusable these days.
You used to have a feeling that within 30 seconds to a minute, your page would be resolved and loaded.
But no more. I don't know how many times lately, I have hit refresh or picked a new thread only to wait and wait and wait and then I give up and go to another site.
The powers that be recommend limiting your window options to twenty. My reply is, if that's the problem, the just taking the option away and making it twenty should be the solution.
And I know about DOS attacks - they can easily be filtered by a front-end server - so that shouldn't be a problem.
Anyways, whatever it is, it's getting series. And Hugh!
Yeah, what you said (fifty seconds before I got this “Post” window)....
Hey that’s clever stuff, Big Red Badger.
Thanks!
I dont bother with DU anymore. If I want to know what the enemy is doing I just flip over to CNN for 2 seconds (or until they say Russia - whichever comes first)
I like The Attitudes!
And let me add: thanks for chiming in, N00b.
I’m afraid you just affirmed my last post.
Backoff....
You don’t know me like that!
Ludacriss
Dyou know what’s Ironic?
I can’t even load the page to argue with you.
But thanks for playing, Ms. Beaver.
The home page ( https://freerepublic.com/home.htm ) is a static html file that essentially uses no system resources other than a straight html download. Even it was loading slow so I went through it today and removed all images, css and js files, etc. It now loads fairly quickly—once it gets the system’s attention. The ongoing DOS attack is sucking up at least half or more of our resources. Hopefully, John will get a handle on this soon. Right now he says it’s like whack-a-mole.
You worthless POS , attackin someone’s mom and Jim allows you to stay , go to hell
I doubt they are going to Facebook for conservative conversation or info. Maybe the Donald, or other known conservative sites.
That's exactly the point. We don't want fecesbook; we want FR to work right and consistently and it's time for those basic updates to the format. If it wasn't for 3rd party software; the site would be a real pain to use. That 3rd party software should be the standard; not the option. Having to type in html code is so 90's. Other than a few code jockey's; I don't think many people like it. Better to focus on the subject than have to learn something useless anywhere else.
I really like FR but I don't understand the reluctance to update it to minimum standards. You guys might want to check out the link below for some more up to date software. By todays standards; this current format is ancient.
https://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/?s=3efe624b959204a9da4eec1acef8a346
I'm sure there are others but their format is very good and up to date. Please take this for what it is; friendly constructive criticism. We want to see FR here for generations to come under your banner or whomever you or your offspring may choose to sell it to. It's one of our most valued tools to fight leftism.
I can tell you the best way to stop them; fix the problem.
Also, by having an exact time, the logs the troubleshooter looks at will have a reference point to look at. That's how they help.
You’re welcome. Wouldn’t want to disappoint someone whose mind is already made up. Looks like a lot of people on this thread agree that John and I are too stupid to run a website. And maybe they are correct. Perhaps they should pool their resources, open a $54/month cloud site, acquire some free forum software with all the new bells and whistles and go for it.
It’ll be hard, but we True Believers will continue on best we can without them.
There will always those who are resistant to change in technology. There are ways to make the forum look up to date for those who prefer that or the classic look like it is right now. A win win for everyone but the slowness, the DoS attacks, and the far too frequent downtime needs to be addressed first.
In this text only format it should load in a few milliseconds. An entire second is far too long for this format.
PS: I hate it that there are jerks out there trying to slow our site down. I'd love to pinch their little heads off and use them as bowling balls out on the range then watch them blow up from a hundred yards out but I hear that's illegal so I'll just have to daydream about it.
Where? Please post a link to that page.
With all respect Catmom; if you think that then you don't understand the problem because the issue is very much technical. What you perceive as attitude is really just plain old frustration.
And at the rate you’re going that’s probably how it’s gonna play out.
Good luck.
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