patrick.net

it seems to be fine-who attacks this site-the deep state?

Yeah, I got "Rate Exceeded" a few times.


lostand confused says

it seems to be fine-who attacks this site-the deep state?

The Deeply Butthurt.

Shine the Flashlight on 'em.

www.youtube.com/embed/2Sh9cezHNec

lostand confused says

it seems to be fine-who attacks this site-the deep state?

Looks like it's coming from China again.

Not sure if they just love me and decided to start indexing everything on the site, or it's a deliberate attempt to slow down the site.

Got "rate exceeded" a few times.

TwoScoopsPlissken says

The Deeply Butthurt.

seems to be a lot of that here lately.

Also go got "rate exceeded" error

TwoScoopsPlissken says

Yeah, I got "Rate Exceeded" a few times.

What is "Rate Exceeded" ??

No idea. DoS attack message?

I would click to go back to the main page and get "Rate Exceeded" in New Times Roman Font on an otherwise blank screen and had to click a few times to actually get it to show.

Permanent lurker here giving up some of my lurkerness here... but...

No problems loading on my part.

Did notice bayareaobservers primary links were all messed up

his links all showed up as *

...if that helps...

Due to checksum errors the "G" was dropped. Should read "Great exceeded"
Trump is ahead of schedule.

Strategist says

What is "Rate Exceeded" ??

It's a message the site gives if the same IP address is trying to make overlapping requests. That is, if a browser (or robot like the Googlebot) has one request outstanding, and then starts another, I'm saying "hey, wait a minute, your first request didn't even finish yet."

I have to do this to protect the mysql database, which is the weakest part of the site. But if the database has already been slowed down, your own request may take so long that you do then something else and get that "rate limit exceeded" message.

I think the site slowed down because Baidu started indexing it for some reason. On every hit, I look up the country associated with the IP address so that I can block certain spammy countries, and that lookup was pretty inefficient. With the additional load from Baidu, everyone started suffering the result.

I made that country lookup much faster, and that seems to have fixed it. I hope so anyway. Kind of hard to tell with these timing issues.

anon_1269b says

Did notice bayareaobservers primary links were all messed up

his links all showed up as *

He did that himself out of spite when I deleted his post dissing the site.

anon_1269b says

Did notice bayareaobservers primary links were all messed up

his links all showed up as *

Patrick says

He did that himself out of spite when I deleted his post dissing the site.

lostand confused says

who attacks this site

TwoScoopsPlissken says

The Deeply Butthurt.

well there's lots of other bays to observe. Tampa, Fundy, Paradise, Kotor, ....

anonymous says

Later..

By the way you have 41 lurkers right now so the Chinese problem hasn't gone away. There was over 30 here a few hours ago - have fun.

anon_5611d says

He did that himself out of spite when I deleted his post dissing the site.

First is was "hate" speech, now it's "dissing" -make up your mind.

Wouldn't have anything to do with a bruised ego would it for calling out the obvious on the forum would it as indicated by two of the "tribe" responding in the post above ?

Seriously it’s the weekend. Relax. That much stress can’t be good for the body.

Strategist says

TwoScoopsPlissken says

Yeah, I got "Rate Exceeded" a few times.

What is "Rate Exceeded" ??

That's your wife telling you she's given you your quota for the month :)

Now she has a headache!

When did Steve Shives take over?

Damn right. Most of the regular posters are writing in the same style they have for years. It's the election losers who are having a flip out, personally attacking and then getting double flipped out when their posts are regulated because of it.

Damn right. Most of the regular posters are writing in the same style they have for years. It's the election losers who are having a flip out, personally attacking and then getting double flipped out when their posts are regulated because of it.

anon_cf970 says

that was me.

Who is "me"?

rando says

I don't ban people. (Well, I did one time.)

that was done based on lies, dishonesty and false allegations by one other user here. It should never have happened based on false information from a another user with an agenda.

Not really. That was a good ban.

Continuously posting personal information about other users, harassing, insulting, derailing conversation with low intelligent comments, obsessed with the site and other forums’ “enemies” constantly online posting flaming other users 24/7. I’d say he was the one calling in fake bomb threat as well. He fits the profile of someone who would stoop that low.

anon_9ece2 says

rando says

I don't ban people. (Well, I did one time.)

that was done based on lies, dishonesty and false allegations by one other user here. It should never have happened based on false information from a another user with an agenda.

@Patrick all my likes aren’t being sent to my email

I’ve been having to like my own posts to keep record of them because even though they contain no personal attacks, they mysteriously go missing.

The below is fake news.

anon_fad35 says

Not really. That was a good ban.

Continuously posting personal information about other users, harassing, insulting, derailing conversation with low intelligent comments, obsessed with the site and other forums’ “enemies” constantly online posting flaming other users 24/7. I’d say he was the one calling in fake bomb threat as well. He fits the profile of someone who would stoop that low.

anon_9ece2 says

rando says

I don't ban people. (Well, I did one time.)

that was done based on lies, dishonesty and false allegations by one other user here. It should never have happened based on false information from a another user with an agenda.

Patrick says

I deleted his post dissing the site

Pointing out the obvious along with the truth has become dissing - go figure.

Patrick says

not a bug or anything I did.

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anon_cb975 says

Most of the regular posters are writing in the same style they have for years

Most of which are heavily laced with profanity, bigotry, racism, - all of which have become worse and more pronounced since the election not only here but most other web sites.

Goran_K says

I should know I’m the one constantly seeing the posts in moderation.

And selectively deleting threads and comments based on whatever and often just because you can, i.e. AF's Parade Thread..,and much much more

"Do not go gentle into that good night, rage, rage against the dying of the light."

In this particular context the light would be honesty and truth whose death is not greatly exaggerated on the forum....

anonymous says

Patrick says

I deleted his post dissing the site

Pointing out the obvious along with the truth has become dissing - go figure.

Patrick says

not a bug or anything I did.

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anon_cb975 says

Most of the regular posters are writing in the same style they have for years

Most of which are heavily laced with profanity, bigotry, racism, - all of which have become worse and more pronounced since the election not only here but most other web sites.

Goran_K says

I should know I’m the one constantly seeing the posts in moderation.

And selectively deleting threads and comme...

Fight the good fight, brother

anonymous says

Most of which are heavily laced with profanity, bigotry, racism, - all of which have become worse and more pronounced since the election

Yep, all those new TDS threads have definitely become worse over the year. Seems some voters, over a year later, just can't accept the results.

anonymous says

And selectively deleting threads and comments based on whatever and often just because you can, i.e. AF's Parade Thread..,and much much more

See, you're angry over nothing (again). I didn't even know AF had a parade thread, and even if he did, I wouldn't delete it, I actually enjoy AF's humor based threads even if they are slamming Trump (who I didn't vote for).

Man, what a horrible alt-right moderator I've become.

Goran_K says

Man, what a horrible alt-right moderator I've become.

I don't think there's been a change in your moderating....

anon_8f378 says

I don't think there's been a change in your moderating....

Patrick can confirm, I actually do not delete very many comments/threads/etc.

I don't actually want to stifle any discussion. Just following the established protocol here which is try and reduce personal attacks.

Quick! Protect the porn!!!

Goran_K says

Patrick can confirm, I actually do not delete very many comments/threads/etc.

How about the comment that contained no personal information on your thread about Obamacare? All it said was that medicare doesn't cover the same pool of people as does private insurance so it's not a good comparison.

That was personal?

Goran_K says

Patrick can confirm, I actually do not delete very many comments/threads/etc.

It's true. Goran deletes very few comments.

I'm the bigger asshole, zapping the beginnings of personal flame wars maybe once an hour, mostly deliberately inflammatory personal comments by anon_* users.

Patrick says

Goran_K says

Patrick can confirm, I actually do not delete very many comments/threads/etc.

It's true. Goran deletes very few comments.

I'm the bigger asshole, zapping the beginnings of personal flame wars maybe once an hour, mostly deliberately inflammatory personal comments by anon_* users.

Talk about anything other than the other posters, please

Gosh!

anon_8f378 says

How about the comment that contained no personal information on your thread about Obamacare? All it said was that medicare doesn't cover the same pool of people as does private insurance so it's not a good comparison.

That was personal?

Don't remember a comment like that. You sure there was no personal content?

Patrick says

I'm the bigger asshole, zapping the beginnings of personal flame wars maybe once an hour, mostly deliberately inflammatory personal comments by anon_* users.

Would you say you're happy with the way the site has gone since making these changes?

Goran_K says

Patrick can confirm, I actually do not delete very many comments/threads/etc.

Maybe Patrick can also confirm that what you allow to pass moderation can have an even larger effect on stifling a discussion than what you ban. Kind of amazing some of the stuff that gets by as long as it conforms to an alt-right bias.

anon_7c0c9 says

Maybe Patrick can also confirm that what you allow to pass moderation can have an even larger effect on stifling a discussion than what you ban. Kind of amazing some of the stuff that gets by as long as it conforms to an alt-right bias.

If you leave out the personal attacks, I let pretty much every comment pass moderation. I'd say I approve 99% of comments that go into the queue.