posted ago by TEXASismagacountry
+15 / -0
Every time I want to discuss a political event around here I get this ddos bullshit! How can I help to fix this crap?
Every time I want to discuss a political event around here I get this ddos bullshit! How can I help to fix this crap?
They are NOT ddos....this is what every person here who does not know more than the definition of an ip address says. It is not complicated. The host system(s) cannot handle the increased load. It is like putting an elephant on your prius and claiming the road conditions are making your car run like shit.
Ok so how the fuck do we fix it?!
WE don't, it is up to the admins and creators of this site. There are many options for scaling, but it adds complexity and cost. I don't know anything about the people that run this site in regards to engineering. I am sure they will look into it.
Have more money than the attackers.
Ill give you my 2 cents. When this site geta overran it's because the servers cant candle the pedes that we have coming on at the same. Is there a DDOS attack? Yeah sure. Is there an increase of Democrats and trolls also? Sure. However I just dont think the site can handle us alone and everything else is just adding on to the overload. Every big event we cant handle and its not solely because of trolls and bots.
Ok so how the fuck do we fix it?!
Not a tech guy, but maybe advertisements or allow donations to upgrade the site? Im not sure. The mods dont wanna go down that route, which is nice in its own right.
Think of it like plumbing. During a normal week your plumbing can handle 4 people using it.
Then you decide to host Thanksgiving, and you invited every homeless/antifa/blm activists to come to your house.
Every shower is in use, every toilet is in use, every sink is being used. Your plumbing can't keep up.
That is what a spike in interest is like online. If your website doesn't have a big enough pipe (bandwidth) allocated to it you"ll have problems.
Agree it is annoying AF. I used to write posts that would go viral... the DDOS attacks changed all that. E I upped my game because eff them. Up to the mods to spend more.