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Old 03-22-2007, 07:51 AM   #1
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Slow today

Things are crawling today because overnight the crystals IotD got Farked

http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comm...IDLink=2688251

They linked to the forum view, which kills us every time.

Up until that point, stumbleupon was finding it a lot.

In the long run I think it may become necessary to split the forums and the database across two different servers. In the short run I will try to point to less interesting IotDs.
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Old 03-22-2007, 08:19 AM   #2
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Well, congratulations on getting Farked again UT.
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Old 03-22-2007, 09:08 AM   #3
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What ees thees theeng you call Farked?

I'm glad it's not just me...thought IT was crackin' down.
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Old 03-22-2007, 10:37 AM   #4
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Linked on the front page of fark.com, where we are currently seeing an average of one request per second for the crystals thread. This is crazy!
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Old 03-22-2007, 11:30 AM   #5
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Old 03-22-2007, 12:06 PM   #6
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At least farkers have a really short attention span. Things will be okay tomorrow, or even as soon as later this evening.
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Old 03-22-2007, 12:16 PM   #7
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Where'd the "who's here" list go?
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Old 03-22-2007, 12:32 PM   #8
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Where'd the "who's here" list go?
Shhhhh! We're hiding from Stranger Danger....
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Old 03-22-2007, 12:49 PM   #9
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It takes a bit more work for the server to generate that list, so I've temporarily disabled it.
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Old 03-22-2007, 01:15 PM   #10
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I see...good for you! This is painfully slow.

I guess the exposure is a good thing, though, eh?
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Old 03-22-2007, 01:17 PM   #11
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yust yoking...
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Old 03-22-2007, 01:20 PM   #12
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btw, how does fark.com handle it? multiple copies? answering all requests from a cached copy? What can you do for redirection in such a case? Can you create a "hot seat" spot that's capable of withstanding such a load, even if that space can't accommodate the entire cellar? Like some kind of quarrantine, but not to block access, only to redirect access.... just thinkin out loud..
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Old 03-22-2007, 01:22 PM   #13
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It seems like things have been slow in general here over the past few days. Of course, it may also be my DSL, but I don't seem to have any problems with other sites.
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Old 03-22-2007, 01:26 PM   #14
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We've also been getting beaten badly by StumbleUpon - in fact, right now it looks like more traffic from SU than from Fark. But we're also getting traffic from people linking to it because they found it interesting on Fark.
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Old 03-22-2007, 03:21 PM   #15
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I linked to it too, but I linked to the Snopes webpage so my worlds wouldn't collide.
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