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  • KirwanK Offline
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    Kirwan
    wrote on last edited by
    #34

    Thanks @nzzp, beat me to posting the link. And the support is much apprectiated.

    I think the plan is if you donate, no ads. Duluth may throw in other toys, we'll see what's available

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  • KiwiwombleK Offline
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    Kiwiwomble
    wrote on last edited by Kiwiwomble
    #35

    done πŸ‘

    went through using my google account, assume it doesnt really matter if thats different too my normal Silver Fern account

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    bayimports
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    #36

    @Kirwan is there an option to a have a yearly one off donation(easier to explain/hide) option πŸ˜‰

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    Kirwan
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    #37

    @bayimports said in Slow speed:

    @Kirwan is there an option to a have a yearly one off donation(easier to explain/hide) option πŸ˜‰

    Patreon doesn’t allow for one offs, but this is all linked to my PayPal so I can DM that to you?

    I’ll make sure Duluth includes you in contributing list.

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  • DuluthD Offline
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    Duluth
    replied to Kirwan on last edited by
    #38

    @Kirwan said in Slow speed:

    I think the plan is if you donate, no ads

    Yes

    Also, if we cover costs without ads there'll be none for anyone.

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  • DuluthD Offline
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    wrote on last edited by Duluth
    #39

    Some of you might be interested in this:

    Screenshot 2024-05-14 at 1.53.22 PM.png

    Page views by people logged in is the red line. The other line is all the other page views

    There's always a lot more people reading than bothering to create an account etc. However this is extreme. The red line is meaningless because it so much smaller

    We had huge traffic during the RWC, then dropped back to the regular December numbers. Sometime in January we suddenly got 20million more page views a month.

    On May 8th we got another load of bot traffic that's what killed the CPU

    A few tweaks and it's dropped to a level the CPUs can handle. Still need to do a few things to get it back to normal though

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  • KiwiwombleK Offline
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    Kiwiwomble
    replied to Duluth on last edited by
    #40

    @Duluth said in Slow speed:

    We had huge traffic during the RWC, then dropped back to the regular December numbers. Sometime in January we suddenly got 20million more page views a month.

    i did feel like i was posting some fire in January....might be that?

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    @nzzp said in Slow speed:

    @Kirwan said in Slow speed:

    Big thanks to those that are still on Patreon, much appreciated.

    Just updated my contribution to two coffees/month. Come on Ferners, dip in and support. Keep ads away πŸ™‚

    Likewise. $9/month is great value to be able to wind up the Shield Snorters once in a while.

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  • nzzpN Online
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    nzzp
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    #42

    @Smudge said in Slow speed:

    @nzzp said in Slow speed:

    @Kirwan said in Slow speed:

    Big thanks to those that are still on Patreon, much appreciated.

    Just updated my contribution to two coffees/month. Come on Ferners, dip in and support. Keep ads away πŸ™‚

    Likewise. $9/month is great value to be able to wind up the Shield Snorters once in a while.

    This place has more sporting analysis than three main stream media. It shouldn't be like that but it is

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    #43

    MSM has sporting analysis? 😲

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  • NepiaN Offline
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    #44

    @Smudge said in Slow speed:

    @nzzp said in Slow speed:

    @Kirwan said in Slow speed:

    Big thanks to those that are still on Patreon, much appreciated.

    Just updated my contribution to two coffees/month. Come on Ferners, dip in and support. Keep ads away πŸ™‚

    Likewise. $9/month is great value to be able to wind up the Shield Snorters once in a while.

    Sadly for you lot there's no one left here to wind up aside from me and I find the moral high ground claiming to be as hilarious as you find the winding up.

    I'm happy to make non Patreon donation, but weary of Patreon as I signed up originally and money left my account but didn't go to the Fern, then when I queried Patreon they claimed it was because I was Oz registered but on NZ card and took me ages to refund my money. @Kirwan Does the Paypal link require a paypal account? If it does can I direct transfer to your bank?

    Maybe I'll tie my donation to the removal of the "Shield Snorters" on behalf of my fellow Bay peeps. πŸ˜‰

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  • NTAN Offline
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    @Nepia said in Slow speed:

    Maybe I'll tie my donation to the removal of the "Shield Snorters" on behalf of my fellow Bay peeps.

    Vengeance payments. Nice

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  • Victor MeldrewV Online
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    Victor Meldrew
    replied to Duluth on last edited by
    #46

    @Duluth said in Slow speed:

    Some of you might be interested in this:

    Screenshot 2024-05-14 at 1.53.22 PM.png

    Page views by people logged in is the red line. The other line is all the other page views

    There's always a lot more people reading than bothering to create an account etc. However this is extreme. The red line is meaningless because it so much smaller

    We had huge traffic during the RWC, then dropped back to the regular December numbers. Sometime in January we suddenly got 20million more page views a month.

    On May 8th we got another load of bot traffic that's what killed the CPU

    A few tweaks and it's dropped to a level the CPUs can handle. Still need to do a few things to get it back to normal though

    Be interesting to see the Y axis numbers.πŸ‘

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  • KirwanK Offline
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    Kirwan
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    #47

    @Nepia said in Slow speed:

    @Smudge said in Slow speed:

    @nzzp said in Slow speed:

    @Kirwan said in Slow speed:

    Big thanks to those that are still on Patreon, much appreciated.

    Just updated my contribution to two coffees/month. Come on Ferners, dip in and support. Keep ads away πŸ™‚

    Likewise. $9/month is great value to be able to wind up the Shield Snorters once in a while.

    Sadly for you lot there's no one left here to wind up aside from me and I find the moral high ground claiming to be as hilarious as you find the winding up.

    I'm happy to make non Patreon donation, but weary of Patreon as I signed up originally and money left my account but didn't go to the Fern, then when I queried Patreon they claimed it was because I was Oz registered but on NZ card and took me ages to refund my money. @Kirwan Does the Paypal link require a paypal account? If it does can I direct transfer to your bank?

    Maybe I'll tie my donation to the removal of the "Shield Snorters" on behalf of my fellow Bay peeps. πŸ˜‰

    DMd ya

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  • No QuarterN Online
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    No Quarter
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    #48

    @Duluth thanks for sharing, and nice work figuring out and fixing the issue. It's a fast changing landscape at the moment.

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    bayimports
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    #49

    @Nepia said in Slow speed:

    @Smudge said in Slow speed:

    @nzzp said in Slow speed:

    @Kirwan said in Slow speed:

    Big thanks to those that are still on Patreon, much appreciated.

    Just updated my contribution to two coffees/month. Come on Ferners, dip in and support. Keep ads away πŸ™‚

    Maybe I'll tie my donation to the removal of the "Shield Snorters" on behalf of my fellow Bay peeps. πŸ˜‰

    Please I will pay double to keep it πŸ˜‚

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  • nzzpN Online
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    nzzp
    replied to bayimports on last edited by
    #50

    @bayimports said in Slow speed:

    @Nepia said in Slow speed:

    @Smudge said in Slow speed:

    @nzzp said in Slow speed:

    @Kirwan said in Slow speed:

    Big thanks to those that are still on Patreon, much appreciated.

    Just updated my contribution to two coffees/month. Come on Ferners, dip in and support. Keep ads away πŸ™‚

    Maybe I'll tie my donation to the removal of the "Shield Snorters" on behalf of my fellow Bay peeps. πŸ˜‰

    Please I will pay double to keep it πŸ˜‚

    Trade Me auction!

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  • M Offline
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    Machpants
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    #51

    Back to normal now, IME

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  • DuluthD Offline
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    Duluth
    wrote on last edited by
    #52

    I'll tentatively say it's fixed

    Permission changes have gotten rid of most of the bots. The guest page views are now <5% of what they were a couple of days ago. I turned other processes back on (like embedding) earlier today and we seem to be fine

    There's still some steps we can take to make the place more resilient. However those can wait a couple of weeks when hopefully I have more spare time

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  • DuluthD Offline
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    Duluth
    wrote on last edited by
    #53

    It's harder for bots to see Off Topic threads now. Also if you are not logged in the Politics sub forum is invisible

    So what were the bots looking at? Three threads mostly: Hot chicks, movie reviews & US politics

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