For a while, our issue was with scaling frontend servers. We started off running on dedicated server(s), but we're now on a hybrid of dedicated and cloud.
The issue tonight was with bandwidth between our servers, capping out around 500mbps/up. We've only located the problem tonight, having encountered this specific issue only three times: the two Presidential debates, and the Vice Presidential debate.
Obviously now that we've identified this bottleneck we'll be upgrading that server so that it's no longer something to have to even think about.
We can't give a huge amount of details because it's not just pedes reading this - but I'll answer any technical questions or concerns that I can.
Big ups to the mod team regardless of the trouble, thanks for giving us an option to not use Chinese surveillance tools as a means of disseminating political discourse
I'm on this site multiple times a day, morning and night. I use to visit a lot of other news sites but over time I found myself just coming here instead. I'd wager a lot of people do the same thing, which is why traffic is steadily increasing.
That shill media operative was running cover for Joe tonight, like all the other political hacks assigned by the debate commission. As soon as Trump started talking about corruption she immediately interrupted him and tried to change the topic
Definitely, but I would love to throw some money into improving this site. Election night is going to be MASSIVE and it's gonna be a bummer if I can't celebrate with my only pro-Trump frens. Regardless, appreciate all that y'all do!
True, but doing upgrades will help ease some problems. That said, though, optimizing from what I read allows for larger chunks to to be processed while less 'moving parts' in place holding/destabilizing information flow.
If you pay for this site then does that make your voice more important? Say China pays some money do we let them say what they want here? Do we remove something because they asked?
I invest money. Stocks go up more money for .win. Trump gets elected then stocks go up. It's a win win win.
It was a point of contention a long time ago about monetizing it or not, and there were fears that there would be monetization and splintering the base.
It's clear that these mods either have investments privately or they're all pouring some cash in together, and that's good. It shows that they believe in this.
That said, I've gotten over being on the side of "don't monetize"; that flew the coop when we had our subreddit banned. I wouldn't mind seeing it.
That said, what happens after Trump's 5th term? He can't be president forever. Do the mods transition this forum into something bigger and more representative of a bastion for the new conservative party? They may need funding long term, whereas they wouldn't necessarily for the short 16 years to come
Totally understand. But understand this: I WANT TO GIVE THIS SITE MY MONEY. I pay endless bills and taxes. Besides my house, truck and kids' school, 99% of my money goes to shit I don't want to pay for but have to. TDW is really the only site on the internet I go to. Giving TDW money every month would be some of the best money I'd ever spend. So if you need it, I am here, and my wallet is ready.
We would rather you give money directly to the President's campaign. Remember, we wouldn't exist without him and we can't have an awesome election night party without him! Hell, go buy a new hat - I already have 3!
I'm Australian so I can't donate to the President. This site is literally the only place where we can find truth. Our media here is just as fucked as yours, if not more. They lie and slander the President and anyone on his side. I would gladly donate to TDW for the absolutely essential service you guys provide. If it weren't for this site we'd all be in big trouble. God bless.
these mods are prob dope and redpilled, highly skilled and AMERICAN IT professionals.... the costs are not that crazy to run something like this. they prob do it for fun and cuz they love Trump and their country. let's just give them our support and cheer and choice memes until they ask for anything else!
That's fine and thank you and everyone involved for everything you guys do. Just pleaaaaase don't be down on the night of the 3rd because salt must be mined in real-time for maximum effectiveness
Take the money. If you had more money you could pay for an expert to make absolutely sure that nothing will get in the way of this on election night. You told us that you guys know what to do, invoking your personal expertise and authority, which may be an insufficient decision considering that this has already happened several times. Take the money!!
Do not apologize to us. You all are literally torch bearers for free speech on social media. You have done more for free speech than most will ever do in their lives.
We are all winning thanks to you all. Don’t apologize, we apologize for our impatience. God bless and thank you.
We are truly blessed to have people like this. They dont take away our freedom of speech, and their transparency helps.
Thanks for spending time volunteering to help keep this place going. Its truly the jewel of the internet, at least in my opinion. Its amazing to be able to be anywhere in the world and still be able to be surrounded by absolute stone cold American patriots at a fingers touch.
My gratitude is more than I can explain.
Also, the biden family is going to need to start another witch hunt investigation because from what I just saw, Joe biden got absolutely murdered tonight
For a while, our issue was with scaling frontend servers. We started off running on dedicated server(s), but we're now on a hybrid of dedicated and cloud.
The issue tonight was with bandwidth between our servers, capping out around 500mbps/up. We've only located the problem tonight, having encountered this specific issue only three times: the two Presidential debates, and the Vice Presidential debate.
Obviously now that we've identified this bottleneck we'll be upgrading that server so that it's no longer something to have to even think about.
We can't give a huge amount of details because it's not just pedes reading this - but I'll answer any technical questions or concerns that I can.
Thanks for all you guys do!
Big ups to the mod team regardless of the trouble, thanks for giving us an option to not use Chinese surveillance tools as a means of disseminating political discourse
Except that actually, JoshHawyley2024, yes THANK YOU! If you are the real Josh Hawley.
He's the 2024th Josh Hawley
Thanks again
Hes a mod lol. And a great Missouri state rep I might add.
Wait, is it his welcome or my welcome? Either way we will be welcoming GEOTUS for four more years here shortly
Love you mods! Thanks for everything you all do!
YES!!! 3 cheers 🍻 👏 👏 👏
No server can handle our enthusiasm!
HIGH ENERGY!!!
And no breaks can handle this train!
We can't repel winning of this magnitude!
Get it into point blank Meme range with those deep state shills!
No brakes!
Its yuuge!
Hey, you guys are killing it other than the down time at unfortunate moments. I'm happy to have this place at all.
here here
It's the best website on the internet, no joke. I felt lost without it for awhile there.
I'm on this site multiple times a day, morning and night. I use to visit a lot of other news sites but over time I found myself just coming here instead. I'd wager a lot of people do the same thing, which is why traffic is steadily increasing.
Its the last place we have. Not even discord is left...
What happened to our discord?
There is a discord for the leftover r/thedonaldtrump
there's a computer guy in deleware might be able to help
top notch comment
right on topic!
Seems like he’s a little pricey..... I don’t think hunter could afford to pay him.
it'd be an honor to have that guy fix my computer
I lol’d. Well played
LOVE THIS WEBSITE AND I LOVE THE MODS AND THE FOUNDERS. YOU GUYS DO GOD'S WORK, BIGLY.
HIGH ENERGY
(looks down again at smartwatch) Lilypad? Lindy Hop? Ah, Lincoln over there is a Racist.
OK, uh, look, uh, ok, here's the deal.
Malarkey!
My final count tonight was 8. :D
Lyin' dog-faced pony soldier!
You know the thing, the ice cream can't fly. And then I went to the...the uhhmm,.....(stares).....I, what,....
LETS DO A PUSH-UP CONTEST AND IQ TEST HURGLEBURGLE MALARKEY ETC
Remember when the no malarky bus broke down on the side of the fucking road
Remember when one of the Hillary buses dumped toilet waste all over a road in Georgia?
HAZMAT CREWS CALLED
Remember when that old dude actually tried to run for president with a "no malarkey" bus tour? In 2020? Haha whattatool
I really wasn’t expecting him to call something malarkey in the first half hour. I’m not sure why I’m surprised lol
Couldn't fucking believe he said malarkey tonight
WHAT ARE YOU A JUNKIE?
eh its whatever man trump fuckin destroyed that old fuck, nothing can ruin tonight
Big facts. He destroyed that old incest pedo China owned fuck
That shill media operative was running cover for Joe tonight, like all the other political hacks assigned by the debate commission. As soon as Trump started talking about corruption she immediately interrupted him and tried to change the topic
No, it's important they don't tank the server that the whole point is to be up at crucial times.
Thanks. And thanks for letting us vent our frustrations without spezzing our threads or shadowbanning us! :)
Better unremove the 8000 that I removed then. Jk
LOL
We love our mods!
Only shadowbanning you ;-)
Damnit. I knew it!
Spez is a cuck.
Love you dev pedes
We love you
I love you more than them though... just ask my mom
We appreciate all the work you guys do, always!
Because there's no way of donating money that won't keep everyone's identity safe.
AT LEAST GET BAT CERTIFIED
Sorry for the bold, just hoping the mods would see this. Lots of us use Brave Browser. They could be raking in BAT token like crazy. c'mon man
I use Brave, would still rather you just give the money directly to President Trump's campaign
Definitely, but I would love to throw some money into improving this site. Election night is going to be MASSIVE and it's gonna be a bummer if I can't celebrate with my only pro-Trump frens. Regardless, appreciate all that y'all do!
Think about it this way - election night celebration can't happen if we don't support our President!
Bitcoin would, though most probably don't use that.
No. It would not. Bitcoin is not anonymous this is a fundamental misunderstanding of that type of crypto...
You know Not which wallet your talking about. (imho).
Sacks of cash
Cash in mail.
It's not always about bigger or more servers.
Optimizing algorithms and effective internal caches can improve performance and scaling 100 fold or more.
As this site is using new in-house developed software, it's quite probable there's plenty of room for improvement in the software.
The solution isn't always about the hardware.
True, but doing upgrades will help ease some problems. That said, though, optimizing from what I read allows for larger chunks to to be processed while less 'moving parts' in place holding/destabilizing information flow.
We would rather you give it directly to President Trump's campaign.
Ya but we can choose how we spend are own money, and this site might even be more important then trump.
Sooooo the money thing is complex.
If you pay for this site then does that make your voice more important? Say China pays some money do we let them say what they want here? Do we remove something because they asked?
I invest money. Stocks go up more money for .win. Trump gets elected then stocks go up. It's a win win win.
It was a point of contention a long time ago about monetizing it or not, and there were fears that there would be monetization and splintering the base.
It's clear that these mods either have investments privately or they're all pouring some cash in together, and that's good. It shows that they believe in this.
That said, I've gotten over being on the side of "don't monetize"; that flew the coop when we had our subreddit banned. I wouldn't mind seeing it.
That said, what happens after Trump's 5th term? He can't be president forever. Do the mods transition this forum into something bigger and more representative of a bastion for the new conservative party? They may need funding long term, whereas they wouldn't necessarily for the short 16 years to come
I think it becomes about conservative culture and the culture war and candidates that line up with those values at that point.
Oh, ok. Anyway, thanks guys. Keep up the good work.
We just want to shit post together when the presidency gets announced, I know it's a lot to ask
we might have 100 million people online that day :)
Since this will be the only non-Marxist controlled and therefore only not Locked-down website to reporting contests/States Winning,
Traffic will be x10 or more!
Probably break into the top 100 sites or top 10 in USA for traffic.
I forgive you
Thanks again for what we have here
MAGA 2020
Doin' the Lord's work, gentlemen
Thanks for everything you guys do
MODS = GODS
Thank you!
Totally understand. But understand this: I WANT TO GIVE THIS SITE MY MONEY. I pay endless bills and taxes. Besides my house, truck and kids' school, 99% of my money goes to shit I don't want to pay for but have to. TDW is really the only site on the internet I go to. Giving TDW money every month would be some of the best money I'd ever spend. So if you need it, I am here, and my wallet is ready.
We would rather you give money directly to the President's campaign. Remember, we wouldn't exist without him and we can't have an awesome election night party without him! Hell, go buy a new hat - I already have 3!
I'm Australian so I can't donate to the President. This site is literally the only place where we can find truth. Our media here is just as fucked as yours, if not more. They lie and slander the President and anyone on his side. I would gladly donate to TDW for the absolutely essential service you guys provide. If it weren't for this site we'd all be in big trouble. God bless.
these mods are prob dope and redpilled, highly skilled and AMERICAN IT professionals.... the costs are not that crazy to run something like this. they prob do it for fun and cuz they love Trump and their country. let's just give them our support and cheer and choice memes until they ask for anything else!
Thank you heroes!
Thank you.
Keep up the hard work folks, this place is a refuge!
That's fine and thank you and everyone involved for everything you guys do. Just pleaaaaase don't be down on the night of the 3rd because salt must be mined in real-time for maximum effectiveness
We had TOO MUCH HIGH ENERGY PEDES!
"More Energy, More winning, More servers."
"More Energy, More winning, More servers."
...<repeat>...
You won't accept money but please
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ C9 TAKE MY HIGH BANDWIDTH ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ C9 TAKE MY HIGH CPU ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ C9 TAKE MY HIGH DISK I/O ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
Give it to the President's campaign!
Take the money. If you had more money you could pay for an expert to make absolutely sure that nothing will get in the way of this on election night. You told us that you guys know what to do, invoking your personal expertise and authority, which may be an insufficient decision considering that this has already happened several times. Take the money!!
If you want to donate buy billboards and online ads for Dotwin
Please take our fucking money!
Lol, whatever it takes to get this site working.
Do you believe the site will be up and functioning on election day/night? That is the benchmark here and what is of concern.
Why is it not ok for me to discuss the politics of my country with only my fellow citizens?
build a wall around dot win... must have id to comment
C’mon, man!
Two weeks until we tell the radical left and the rest of the world to go fuck themselves again.
...on a Zoom call!
Biggest Eff You in History, Part II.
Do not apologize to us. You all are literally torch bearers for free speech on social media. You have done more for free speech than most will ever do in their lives.
We are all winning thanks to you all. Don’t apologize, we apologize for our impatience. God bless and thank you.
All good you guys are killing it! MAGA2020
Thank you! We appreciate everything you do to keep this place running as smoothly as possible.
JANNIES ------> Keep up the good work
MODS = GODS
Don't worry. You guys MAKE .WIN GREAT. Thank you.
You all are amazing. Much appreciated. GET OUT AND VOTE
this site is getting hammered, sign of the impending Donald J. Trump Landslide . . .
That is my thought.
We are truly blessed to have people like this. They dont take away our freedom of speech, and their transparency helps.
Thanks for spending time volunteering to help keep this place going. Its truly the jewel of the internet, at least in my opinion. Its amazing to be able to be anywhere in the world and still be able to be surrounded by absolute stone cold American patriots at a fingers touch.
My gratitude is more than I can explain.
Also, the biden family is going to need to start another witch hunt investigation because from what I just saw, Joe biden got absolutely murdered tonight
I want this to be better for Election Day! It won’t be the same without you guys!
Edit: btw, thanks to the team for all that you do. This place is amazing!
Freedom IS free!