Site going slow?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Cant just be me?

:shrug:

[Kate!]

It's not just you, I noticed it yesterday evening and it's gotten worse.

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-Ot8DGjjoJNamrCMx-0S3y9w-t500x500.jpg

[Cherie]

Yeah same for a few days now takes quiet a few seconds for a thread to load

[Mystic Mock]

I had it last night.

[Cherie]

Or to reply to, might be to stop the arguing :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

I had it last night.

https://media.invisioncic.com/Mrangmedia/emoticons/matron.png

[Mystic Mock]

https://media.invisioncic.com/Mrangmedia/emoticons/matron.png

:joker:

[Niamh.]

Yeah, James knows about this, think he's sorted it or is definitely working on it

[Vicky.]

Being a bit better now for me

[Kate!]

Being a bit better now for me

Much better now yes

[James]

It's because all the bots that visit the site are overloading it. I've had to ban whole countries before from accessing it.

I've made the forum member viewable only for the moment.

[Crimson Dynamo]

It's because all the bots that visit the site are overloading it. I've had to ban whole countries before from accessing it.

I've made the forum member viewable only for the moment.

why do they visit?

[arista]

Yeah, James knows about this, think he's sorted it or is definitely working on it



Good News

[arista]

It's because all the bots that visit the site are overloading it. I've had to ban whole countries before from accessing it.

I've made the forum member viewable only for the moment.


Yes they are buggers



Ban Russia

We have no Russians on this Great Site

[James]

why do they visit?

You get bots like Google etc. that visit most pages on a site so they can be added to a search engine index. They are usually responsible, and site owners can tell who it is.

But there are irresponsible bots that make themselves look like a normal web browser. They are mostly from China and the far east. Companies like the TIkTok owner ByteDance. They are probably trying to use web pages, including forum posts, to train AI models, so there has been a big increase in them recently.

It's why you see things like this a lot.

https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6183&stc=1&d=1756393027

[Crimson Dynamo]

You get bots like Google etc. that visit most pages on a site so they can be added to a search engine index. They are usually responsible, and site owners can tell who it is.

But there are irresponsible bots that make themselves look like a normal web browser. They are mostly from China and the far east. Companies like the TIkTok owner ByteDance. They are probably trying to use web pages, including forum posts, to train AI models, so there has been a big increase in them recently.

It's why you see things like this a lot.

https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6183&stc=1&d=1756393027

urg i hate those crosswalk things

[Ammi]

…if you look at who’s online, there are usually pages of offline viewers…I guessed they must be bots…(…and not our bots, although I do have my eye on him…)…

[Niamh.]

…if you look at who’s online, there are usually pages of offline viewers…I guessed they must be bots…(…and not our bots, although I do have my eye on him…)…

He can play numerous instruments while driving a car but he claims he's not really a bot

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[Ammi]

He can play numerous instruments while driving a car but he claims he's not really a bot

https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUycjc5ZW85Z3piMWJnenh6aWNiNTZzNmQ zajhuOGJkMTJkMmk0dmRneSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjd D1n/Zm7mbgZYSehBm/200.gif



https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExN2Q4bzJieTBoenoycTc4anFyM2hkZm9 kMTFpZ2o3Y2E2bmoxZWkxdiZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfY nlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/xT1XGDWV9bkayglqkE/giphy.gif

[Niamh.]

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[Ammi]

https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/SWM5g_WLV9vt8_ORC-B6BYftkwk=/fit-in/480x374/top/filters:format_auto():upscale()/2019/04/10/916/n/44498184/5229eec02a856fa3_giphy_21_.gif

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[Maru]

Some bad actor paid to have a botfarm crawl the site so they can reverse engineer our very special accounts and make AI duplicates... the prophecy was true

[arista]

…if you look at who’s online, there are usually pages of offline viewers…I guessed they must be bots…(…and not our bots, although I do have my eye on him…)…


Yes
Bunch of Scum


Call them Computer Bots

[arista]

[They are mostly from China and the Far East.]


I assume you can not ban China

[arista]

It's not just you, I noticed it yesterday evening and it's gotten worse.


Yes,
Computer Bot Invasion

[Maru]

Yes
Bunch of Scum


Call the Computer Bots

Some bots are "good". For example, search engines. Some forums even used to give them official accounts so that they would appear in the user list.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Is Bots involved is what I am asking??

:think:

[arista]

Some bots are "good". For example, search engines. Some forums even used to give them official accounts so that they would appear in the user list.


Sure but Tibb
is getting the Scum end of Computer Bots

[arista]

A link comes up Join Us
become a member to view.

Best way is to Cop Any Text
you have posted


New Admin Temp Measure Was being Used

[arista]

Is Bots involved is what I am asking??

:think:


It is Computer Bots


At this time
Outsiders can no longer view our forum

[James]

I made some progress here so I've turned on non-member viewing of the forum again.

[Zizu]

Thank you !


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[arista]

I made some progress here so I've turned on non-member viewing of the forum again.

thanks

[Crimson Dynamo]

Ever since Glen and Parmy got banned the site has been running like a charm

:think:

[Ammi]

[They are mostly from China and the Far East.]


I assume you can not ban China

…we can try…?…

[arista]

We now have 40 pages of Computer Bots Online

This site keeps giving us double postings
and is Slow Again

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://media1.tenor.com/m/A_M4F6N1xG8AAAAC/trump-china.gif

[arista]

Forum is now Moving better

[Zizu]

Definitely slower again for me currently


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[James]

Blocked a bunch more there.

[Cherie]

James fighting on the front line

[Maru]

Damn it James, why don't you just enable the Turbo ™:

James after upgrading the server to >=PHP7 and overriding a million deprecated function warning messages in the forum:

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. — Obi-wan

https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWVjZjA1ZTQ3bnRieWVwM3h5OWc0YnRoMWd1NzA0MXh 4bHhsdThjMTBtYXpnMDhhNiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3JlbGF0ZWQmY 3Q9Zw/IdxkfhQ1K3230S3B2Y/giphy.gif

(Yes, ignore my mindless banter)

I like how 50% of the issues on this site literally don't impact me. By the time I come online, the jannies have been courteous enough to sanitize this holy grail of intellectual stimulation for my innocent American eyes. Also, while y'all are fast asleep, I get to soak up all that precious bandwidth by my lonesome. Probably the only thing being processed through the server besides my moonspeak are chron jobs and Mock awkwardly answering posts with banter/commentary alongside me. All while self-treating his insomnia by tackling some anime adventure game on his Switch to the side.

[Maru]

I'm sure admin have more important things to do, but just wanted to report all day today the site has sluggish when loading pages, so it's been making writing & previewing longer posts more difficult.

[Maru]

Ruh oh

https://i.postimg.cc/4NbRhsWf/250919-data-base-error.png

[Crimson Dynamo]

Ruh oh

https://i.postimg.cc/4NbRhsWf/250919-data-base-error.png

I think when Aritsa uploads 100 episodes of Loose Women to China it has an effect on the servers?

[Beso]

I think when Aritsa uploads 100 episodes of Loose Women to China it has an effect on the servers?

That and zizu writing to Anne Robinson.

[Zizu]

That and zizu writing to Anne Robinson.


I literally have no idea what that means

Sorry


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[Barry.]

I got an error on here when I was using vpn once. It was going slow for me yesterday too

[Beso]

I literally have no idea what that means

Sorry


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Here's a clue

Dear points of view.

WHY OH WHY OH WHY,

[Zizu]

Here's a clue

Dear points of view.

WHY OH WHY OH WHY,


Still zero idea but no matter


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[James]

It's a constant battle against bots at the moment. (computer bots not the member).

[Benjamin]

It's a constant battle against bots at the moment. (computer bots not the member).

:joker:

[Maru]

:joker:

bots when he sees people joking about him:
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExbm13YnQ1dXFrNXVtZmozNXp2eDJhM3U xNmdiMWJqbXFhMGowZ3pmNCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfY nlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/TZFmvyDvr3WaQ/giphy.gif

[Beso]

Still zero idea but no matter


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It would be about females, and football. The amount you complain. It would slow the forum down.


Remind me never to take you onto 321 with me.

[Zizu]

It would be about females, and football. The amount you complain. It would slow the forum down.


Remind me never to take you onto 321 with me.


Ahh
Ok


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