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Re: The bots.... and bots and bots and bots

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bannination wrote:
Fri Jun 05, 2026 2:28 pm
Ok, I think I know what you guys are talking about.

This may be because some stuff I did to anger the bots. Basically I burst data to get the page to load mostly, then slow it down after so much data. Makes bots keep the connection open longer and wastes their resources.
I've disabled this just to see if it now feels better for you. Let me know and I can turn it back on an adjust. At least in my head this tracks perfectly because it takes longer for the last post to load especially if it's a long page, and therefore even more delay. When there's no delay you guys probably never noticed at all.


A secondary issue i noticed is that when clicking lose links it actually takes you from www.blueridgedebate to just blueridgedebate.com, I don't think that can cause an issue but it's also not expected. Not gonna have time to fix that for while.
Taking a few seconds to bounce down to the right spot on the page doesn't bother me. If it pisses off bots, fine with me.

"when clicking lose links" :headscratch:
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Vrede too wrote:
Fri Jun 05, 2026 4:09 pm

Taking a few seconds to bounce down to the right spot on the page doesn't bother me. If it pisses off bots, fine with me.

"when clicking lose links" :headscratch:
LOL.... I mean those.

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Yeah, that's the difference.
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GoCubsGo wrote:
Fri Jun 05, 2026 6:33 pm
Yeah, that's the difference.
Noice. I'll end up reenabling it at some point, but try to pick a value that's closer to always fully completing a page load like that.

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Bots are back in town..... working on it.

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bannination wrote:
Fri Jun 12, 2026 10:26 pm
Bots are back in town..... working on it.
New record!

Most users ever online was 15533 on Fri Jun 12, 2026 8:53 pm
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bannination wrote:
Fri Jun 12, 2026 10:26 pm
Bots are back in town..... working on it.
Forbidden ...
for 20 minutes or so. Now:
In total there are 1043 users online :: 5 registered, 2 hidden and 1036 guests (based on users active over the past 15 minutes)
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Vrede too wrote:
Sat Jun 13, 2026 6:51 pm
bannination wrote:
Fri Jun 12, 2026 10:26 pm
Bots are back in town..... working on it.
Forbidden ...
for 20 minutes or so. Now:
In total there are 1043 users online :: 5 registered, 2 hidden and 1036 guests (based on users active over the past 15 minutes)
Are you getting error messages?

User count as definitely been climbing in waves all day.

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Logged me out.
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GoCubsGo wrote:
Sat Jun 13, 2026 7:19 pm
Logged me out.
Question for ya, when you sign in do you check the box labeled "keep me signed in" or something to that effect?

I did make a change that should keep you on www.blueridgedebate.com instead of blueridgedebate.com -- could explain why and also will hopefully prevent it from happening again.

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bannination wrote:
Sat Jun 13, 2026 7:12 pm
Vrede too wrote:
Sat Jun 13, 2026 6:51 pm
bannination wrote:
Fri Jun 12, 2026 10:26 pm
Bots are back in town..... working on it.
Forbidden ...
for 20 minutes or so. Now:
In total there are 1043 users online :: 5 registered, 2 hidden and 1036 guests (based on users active over the past 15 minutes)
Are you getting error messages?

User count as definitely been climbing in waves all day.
Not specifically. I either get pages that have lost all their color and formatting or I get:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access this server
:headscratch: :puke-left: It's still happening intermittently. Has not logged me out.
In total there are 1232 users online :: 5 registered, 2 hidden and 1225 guests (based on users active over the past 15 minutes)
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Vrede too wrote:
Sat Jun 13, 2026 7:46 pm
bannination wrote:
Sat Jun 13, 2026 7:12 pm
Vrede too wrote:
Sat Jun 13, 2026 6:51 pm
bannination wrote:
Fri Jun 12, 2026 10:26 pm
Bots are back in town..... working on it.
Forbidden ...
for 20 minutes or so. Now:
In total there are 1043 users online :: 5 registered, 2 hidden and 1036 guests (based on users active over the past 15 minutes)
Are you getting error messages?

User count as definitely been climbing in waves all day.
Not specifically. I either get pages that have lost all their color and formatting or I get:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access this server
:headscratch: :puke-left: It's still happening intermittently. Has not logged me out.
In total there are 1232 users online :: 5 registered, 2 hidden and 1225 guests (based on users active over the past 15 minutes)
10-4 -- adjusted automatic IP banner to be a little bit less strict and cleared out existing bans.

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Re: The bots.... and bots and bots and bots

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bannination wrote:
Sat Jun 13, 2026 7:42 pm
GoCubsGo wrote:
Sat Jun 13, 2026 7:19 pm
Logged me out.
Question for ya, when you sign in do you check the box labeled "keep me signed in" or something to that effect?

I did make a change that should keep you on www.blueridgedebate.com instead of blueridgedebate.com -- could explain why and also will hopefully prevent it from happening again.
I do.

Booting me off every time I exit.


Edit: never mind, somehow it altered my shortcut.
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New Posts feature doesn't seem to be working.
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Before yesterday I had to log in twice. Yesterday and today the login for me is back to normal.

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My posts in progress are getting timed out faster. No problem, I get prompted to submit the form again and I do so without losing any part of the post. Just FYI.
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Vrede too wrote:
Tue Jun 16, 2026 8:53 am
My posts in progress are getting timed out faster. No problem, I get prompted to submit the form again and I do so without losing any part of the post. Just FYI.
That actually adds up, and I can add some time back to that.

Original value 1000 seconds: ~17 minutes

New value: 1800 seconds: 30 minutes

I reduced it to help with bots but I don't think it made a bit of difference, so if I need to add more just yell.

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bannination wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2026 4:54 pm
Vrede too wrote:
Tue Jun 16, 2026 8:53 am
My posts in progress are getting timed out faster. No problem, I get prompted to submit the form again and I do so without losing any part of the post. Just FYI.
That actually adds up, and I can add some time back to that.

Original value 1000 seconds: ~17 minutes

New value: 1800 seconds: 30 minutes

I reduced it to help with bots but I don't think it made a bit of difference, so if I need to add more just yell.

Thx again.

Can you do anything about the new posts feature?

search.php?search_id=newposts
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Re: The bots.... and bots and bots and bots

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bannination wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2026 4:54 pm
Vrede too wrote:
Tue Jun 16, 2026 8:53 am
My posts in progress are getting timed out faster. No problem, I get prompted to submit the form again and I do so without losing any part of the post. Just FYI.
That actually adds up, and I can add some time back to that.

Original value 1000 seconds: ~17 minutes

New value: 1800 seconds: 30 minutes

I reduced it to help with bots but I don't think it made a bit of difference, so if I need to add more just yell.
Thanks, I won't. It takes 2 seconds to resubmit.

Another thing is that frequently when I quote or submit a response I get a colorless screen with a messed up format. Usually, refreshing the page fixes it, but sometimes I get trapped in a loop and have to backpage and forepage to get out of it. Not a huge deal, but mildly annoying.
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GoCubsGo wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2026 5:27 pm
bannination wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2026 4:54 pm
Vrede too wrote:
Tue Jun 16, 2026 8:53 am
My posts in progress are getting timed out faster. No problem, I get prompted to submit the form again and I do so without losing any part of the post. Just FYI.
That actually adds up, and I can add some time back to that.

Original value 1000 seconds: ~17 minutes

New value: 1800 seconds: 30 minutes

I reduced it to help with bots but I don't think it made a bit of difference, so if I need to add more just yell.

Thx again.

Can you do anything about the new posts feature?

search.php?search_id=newposts
Maybe if I knew what was wrong with it -- it works for me :-)