6 Jan 10, 03:06 PM mikelun: gotcha |
6 Jan 10, 01:19 PM Oni: I moved the RP to hollow bastion instead of twilight town |
5 Jan 10, 09:50 PM Oni: its quick and affective |
5 Jan 10, 09:50 PM Oni: and as for the cbox, just switch it to chatango while its not sponsered |
5 Jan 10, 09:46 PM Oni: facebook is the home of the spambots that go to any site that advertise on it |
5 Jan 10, 09:45 PM Oni: facebook might be a huge mistake though |
5 Jan 10, 04:47 PM mikelun: understood |
5 Jan 10, 04:43 PM Nox13last: So the plan is to drop the CBox when the time comes, and I'll re-upgrade it when it picks up a little. Mikelun, I'll give you the login credentials for the CBox's control panel on the 11th, so you don't lose any admin function with it. |
5 Jan 10, 04:41 PM mikelun: i see |
5 Jan 10, 04:40 PM mikelun: o.o |
5 Jan 10, 04:37 PM Nox13last: Basically, you post a link on DIgg or Slashdot, everyone stampedes at it at once, and the site gets trampled underfoot, unable to cope with the traffic."Slashdot is world famous. A roving random distributed denial of service attack before which web, network and systems administrators alike quake and have terrible nightmares about." |
5 Jan 10, 04:36 PM Nox13last: Digg Effect (WIkipedia) |
5 Jan 10, 04:35 PM Nox13last: But with Digg and Slashdot (we'd have to be famous or groundbreaking to get on there), the surge of bots and interested users can cripple a server like ZB's. |
5 Jan 10, 04:34 PM Nox13last: These ones only look around, seeing if there are any neighbouring links also of interest. |
5 Jan 10, 04:34 PM Nox13last: THe bots you're thinking of are spambots. |
5 Jan 10, 04:33 PM Nox13last: No. THese bots are only passive. |
5 Jan 10, 04:32 PM mikelun: note needs to be put, no posting on blogs, less bots is what you want |
5 Jan 10, 04:30 PM mikelun: then bad idea to use stuff like Facebook or Twitter |
5 Jan 10, 04:30 PM Nox13last: I know that Twitter sends about NINE bots around. And woe befall you if you post a link of on Digg or Slashdot. |
5 Jan 10, 04:29 PM Nox13last: Probably another group of bots, then. |
5 Jan 10, 04:29 PM mikelun: there were six guests all with similar IP addresses |
5 Jan 10, 04:29 PM mikelun: it also happened earlier on, way before i posted in facebook |
5 Jan 10, 04:28 PM mikelun: testing theory |
5 Jan 10, 04:28 PM Nox13last: Answer: They come from the same place. Seeing as you said you just posted on Facebook.... |
5 Jan 10, 04:28 PM Nox13last: WHy do three of these bots have identical IP ranges? |
5 Jan 10, 04:27 PM mikelun: rumor is that they dont |
5 Jan 10, 04:25 PM Nox13last: *points to online list if Facebook has bots, there they are. |
5 Jan 10, 04:19 PM mikelun: anyways, done |
5 Jan 10, 04:19 PM mikelun: it even had a pre-description o.o |
5 Jan 10, 04:18 PM Nox13last: By all means, dude. I don't use any blogging sites, and to claim I use Twitter is dubious at best. |
5 Jan 10, 04:17 PM mikelun: I have a shit ton of friends on facebook, i can get it to go pretty damn far |
5 Jan 10, 04:17 PM Nox13last: *blows cavalry horn* |
5 Jan 10, 04:17 PM mikelun: TO FACEBOOK! AWAY! |
5 Jan 10, 04:17 PM Nox13last: And if anyone's got Twitter, or blogging crap like that, might want to drop a few notes with a link to this site. |
5 Jan 10, 04:16 PM mikelun: well, that would explain the random six guest appearence |
5 Jan 10, 04:15 PM Nox13last: So, to make the site move a little more than a dead horse being beaten with a club (as the twitching limbs barely resemble intelligent activity), advertise, plug, topsite submissions. I have done the former two to a small extent (to the extent that one person could). |
5 Jan 10, 04:14 PM Nox13last: And then it started moving a little. |
5 Jan 10, 04:13 PM Nox13last: Well. The only time a site is considered dead is if the remaining members decide so. This site was dead for about a year and a half after I created it. |
5 Jan 10, 04:13 PM mikelun: ah |
5 Jan 10, 04:12 PM Nox13last: I subbed it to every search engine in my knowledge. |
5 Jan 10, 04:12 PM Nox13last: It is on Google. |
5 Jan 10, 04:12 PM mikelun: but, that is costly |
5 Jan 10, 04:12 PM mikelun: now, if we got this on google, we might get farther |
5 Jan 10, 04:11 PM mikelun: slowly, but steadily |
5 Jan 10, 04:11 PM mikelun: im just saying, people are noticing this place |
5 Jan 10, 04:11 PM mikelun: oh i know what you meant |
5 Jan 10, 04:11 PM Nox13last: And when I said "close the site", I mean that as a very far cry from condemning it. |
5 Jan 10, 04:11 PM mikelun: ive been showing some friends this site so it would be a small waste to just close it, right? |
5 Jan 10, 04:10 PM Nox13last: As it stands, I don't want to sponsor something that isn't going to be used, but there's nothing that says the world's going to end on January 11th. |
5 Jan 10, 04:10 PM mikelun: well, closing the site is last option, the C-box loosing its features is ok for now, till money income is better |
5 Jan 10, 04:09 PM Nox13last: Or, option #4: Lose the CBox, wait for me to get some extra scratch, the site can be closed for whatever business needs to happen to make it shiny, smooth, and appealing to occupy, then I can put it back up when the site is reopened. |
5 Jan 10, 04:08 PM Nox13last: This can go one of three ways.• Convince me that further endorsement will be worth it (by proving the site isn't dead and people will use the box), I can borrow money if I can prove it won't be wasted. • Donate some money so you members can sponsor it for the next 3 months. • Lose the advanced features of the CBox (not a terrible loss). |
5 Jan 10, 04:08 PM Nox13last: Ok. So, let's talk contingency (this is everybody) |
5 Jan 10, 04:08 PM mikelun: i just got some people to check the place out also... oh well, loose alittle, gain a bit |
5 Jan 10, 04:07 PM mikelun: *rubbing temples* this is going to be interesting |
5 Jan 10, 04:07 PM Nox13last: Gone, most likely. |
5 Jan 10, 04:07 PM mikelun: and what about the constant refresh? |
5 Jan 10, 04:06 PM mikelun: magical |
5 Jan 10, 04:04 PM Nox13last: No. Meaning the CBox is going to lose some of it's features. Box mods and admins will lose inline moderation (we can delete or ban without going to the main site), registration may be lost (everyone is equal and lose any colours or formattings to their name), and the word count will go back down to 100 characters. |
5 Jan 10, 04:03 PM mikelun: meaning the C-box is going to go poof? |
5 Jan 10, 04:03 PM Nox13last: Just so everyone's aware, this CBox is going to drop to it's Free edition on the 11th, and I don't have enough money to sponsor it. |
1 Jan 10, 07:53 AM mikelun: hmm... |
31 Dec 09, 03:29 PM Oni: ahem, we ARE discussing it at the moment, however nobody posts... appearently I was the last one to post there so far... |
29 Dec 09, 10:31 AM mikelun: heads up staff, we need to work on the ideas of HOW we can improve waiting for new slots in the Staff forum. |
28 Dec 09, 07:11 PM Nox13last: *sigh* Try putting out a bulk email. Or hibernate the forum and make necessary changes, and then bulk email. |
28 Dec 09, 04:33 AM mikelun: CLEAR! *shocks the forum trying to revive it* |
21 Dec 09, 01:49 AM Oni: Okay, any staff member that logs on and sees this massege, go to the staff area and comment asap. [and by that I mean now.] |
18 Dec 09, 02:05 AM mikelun: later Oni |
18 Dec 09, 02:03 AM Oni: and night (its frickin 4 AM here, and now that I think about it, I might have to attend my job tomarrow, so yeah, byes) |
18 Dec 09, 02:02 AM Oni: posted |
18 Dec 09, 01:17 AM Oni: so I guess I might replay and be off |
18 Dec 09, 01:17 AM Oni: gotta wake up later today's morning for a practice season |
18 Dec 09, 01:17 AM Oni: ahh, I seriously gotta go to sleep |
18 Dec 09, 01:16 AM Oni: ohh, cool |
18 Dec 09, 01:14 AM mikelun: Miyoko is my sister Zerix |
18 Dec 09, 01:09 AM Oni: ... huh? |
18 Dec 09, 01:04 AM Zerix: Miyoko? |
17 Dec 09, 08:49 AM Oni: what I ment was that it wont suddenly stop and never go on like it did with gen's topic. |
17 Dec 09, 08:49 AM Oni: Lol, no, thats not what I ment |
17 Dec 09, 03:46 AM mikelun: heyo! |