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posted ago by Doggos [M] ago by Doggos +6709 / -0

All of our Win sites experienced a 50 minute downtime due to an issue with the system that routes traffic to our frontend servers.

This was not a DDoS, nor was it a traffic issue.

TheDonald.xyz, TheDonald.one, and TheDonald.space will be activated only in the very unlikely scenario that the main domain is completely dropped (which would mean it's never coming back), not for issues like this one.

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AlphaOverBeta 371 points ago +374 / -3

Thanks for the update. We were all frantically pressing F5 while wondering WTF!?

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smis 116 points ago +116 / -0

mine is melted a little, going to have to change the mapping soon!

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smis 38 points ago +38 / -0

Sir Yes Sir! Keyboard is now in order!

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sixfingerdildo 5 points ago +5 / -0

Thought that was a popcorn button. Like, man, this guy leet!

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weltbild 22 points ago +22 / -0

I was on pocketnet.app and 4chan meanwhile but they don't have the same energy as this place.

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AUGUSTO_PINOCHET 7 points ago +18 / -11

4chan is a bunch of retards in a dark room yelling at each other to try and get the lights back on.

Everyone is happy to tell everyone else that they're retarded for not turning the lights on but no one actually hits the switch because they're too busy furiously masturbating in the dark.

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weltbild 26 points ago +28 / -2

stop imagining other peoples masturbating habits in elaborate scenarios

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AUGUSTO_PINOCHET -19 points ago +6 / -25

Fuck off fag

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glow-operator-2-0 2 points ago +2 / -0

You probably meant, "newfag"

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gamadammit 7 points ago +7 / -0

I prefer the old fag analogy... sea of piss.

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glow-operator-2-0 2 points ago +2 / -0

Pissing into a sea of piss?

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gamadammit 1 point ago +1 / -0

😂

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OGpsywar 17 points ago +18 / -1

Incidentally, while .win was down ... IsItDown said that it was Up, and the problem seemed to lay with Clownflare 'checking browsers' and then throwing 503 errors.

...just to pass along an anecdote.

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Hoshi 4 points ago +4 / -0

For some reason I thought the CIA was involved but that is just a "conspiracy theory"............when would they get involved in American citizens private liberties and freedoms and ability to express ideas and just shut it down...awww shit

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The_Litehaus_Abides 3 points ago +3 / -0

I didn't even know there was down time. I've been in and out so much, gone all day yesterday up at the ranch. Wow.

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TheCanuckIsHere 7 points ago +7 / -0

I also got a message from CloudFlare saying it was checking browsers.

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winsome 3 points ago +3 / -0

It also said OAN was up when it was not.

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OGpsywar 3 points ago +4 / -1

Probably the resource nameserver is līve, but the content pages internally request to another server that was unresponsive.

(So the check says "we can see it", but it won't transfer content)

Which, in 2020, seems like a ?sloppy¿ (that's not the word) topology .. but I've never been DDOSed by Chyna, either, so maybe that setup is preventative of things that are typically even worse.

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winsome 1 point ago +1 / -0

thx

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TheDynamis 70 points ago +70 / -0

I become confused and lost and just wander the halls of my work with my hands on my neck when TDW goes down. People ask me if I'm ok, and I try to answer that I'm fine but the tears give it away. The tears... give it all away...

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side_o_beef 36 points ago +36 / -0

I know right? We were supposed to be cheesemakers; we didn’t ask for this post-nazi apocalypse.

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cgiles98 16 points ago +16 / -0

WE MADE FUCKING CHEESE!

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JediMasterGandalf 12 points ago +13 / -1

Fuck, now I'm a soldier thrown into some Hitler remake. God it's awful.

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-f-b-i- 8 points ago +25 / -17

Wow... this guy hit me in the feels. His story is one I've heard before though.

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Jdw89 10 points ago +10 / -0

That’s funny! My brother and I were just talking about this last night. Sometimes the M is there and sometimes it isn’t. Couldn’t figure it out.

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-f-b-i- [M] 0 points ago +16 / -16

I've got to push a button to make an "M" most of us only do that when we are officially being mods. In this comment section I was just having fun with everyone, not sharing information or acting in a mod capacity. You should not see the m without mod information.

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Jdw89 8 points ago +8 / -0

Wow! Neat. Thanks for the response. One of life’s many mysteries is solved for me. You guys rock! Thanks for all you do to make this site run smoothly.

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HunterBidenCokeMirro 4 points ago +4 / -0

Do you make cheese?

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Darkheartisland 40 points ago +40 / -0

Was hoping Biden got arrested in a pre dawn raid.

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Sekoms 23 points ago +24 / -1

We all manually DDOS (F5) the site waiting for it to come back up.

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Paul_Revere 17 points ago +17 / -0

Yeah, we were. I had just finished emailing my PA state reps about designating Trump electors when I lost contact with TD. I did suspect DDOS, but I'm glad I was wrong.

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Paul-Revere 11 points ago +12 / -1

You are my brother from another mother! <3 :D

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FergieJR 8 points ago +8 / -0

Twins! But ones birthmark is just a tad higher than the others.

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Paul-Revere 5 points ago +5 / -0

LOL Hilarious! Fergie Sr would be proud of his boy! :P

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One-Man_Riot 188 points ago +190 / -2

Don't let it happen again. I was seconds away from activating the militia.

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GrumpyRichMan 26 points ago +27 / -1

I know the feeling, I was starting to plan a loaded trip.

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ChokingOnARedpill 23 points ago +24 / -1

I was halfway out the door on my way to activate Mecha-GEOTUS.

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ChokingOnARedpill 13 points ago +14 / -1

Rushmore.

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TheOne1 9 points ago +9 / -0

I started loading mags and getting my kit squared. Sheesh. Talk about high alert... lolz

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TripleBlack 4 points ago +4 / -0

Your mags should already be loaded!

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TheOne1 2 points ago +2 / -0

I just got some new ones from a friend a few days ago. Moar is betta. ;-)

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CharlieG 6 points ago +6 / -0

Yes! Best post of the day!

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uzi5v2 106 points ago +106 / -0

Longest 50 minutes of my life.

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UncleSteve_PedeHere 37 points ago +38 / -1

I've never sat on the toilet that long in my life.

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FergieJR 23 points ago +23 / -0

When your feet go numb you know you been scrolling on TD to long and the boss is probably looking for ya

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TrumpTrainChoooChoo2 5 points ago +5 / -0

Well my poo ended 15 minutes ago and I should probably get off the pot....ehh I think I can do another page on TD instead.

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WalkFastGoHome 6 points ago +6 / -0

Tell me about it. I took my lunch at that time today. I felt like that mark Ruffalo meme where he's fat and staring at the pool.

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FireannDireach 35 points ago +35 / -0

Not questioning, but I got the DDOS protection screen from Cloudflare. Weird. Probably nothing.

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Doggos [M] [S] 56 points ago +56 / -0

That was enabled manually while trying to figure out where the issue was.

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FireannDireach 12 points ago +12 / -0

Gotcha!

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patriotexpat 25 points ago +25 / -0

Based mods.

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Doggos [M] [S] 120 points ago +120 / -0

Been thinking about a status page including some fun statistics like StackExchange's.

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realdennycrane 21 points ago +22 / -1

Yes, please. I was close to tears. sadpepe.jpg

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MakeAmericaLegendary 10 points ago +10 / -0

That would be fantastic!

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-f-b-i- 19 points ago +33 / -14

The guy running our Twitter sleeps 23.5 hours a day

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Sixty2ndAssassin 14 points ago +14 / -0

My kind of guy!

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-f-b-i- 1 point ago +17 / -16

He's the best boss i can ask for.

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Shroudedf8 9 points ago +9 / -0

Lol

Edit: while I lol'd, if you ever need someone available 16 hours a day to post twatter updates, I'd be happy to volunteer.

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-f-b-i- 5 points ago +21 / -16

Go for it. Mods all use the same password. "Hunter2" just don't tell anyone.

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uxername27 6 points ago +7 / -1

All i see is *******

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sirtra 3 points ago +3 / -0

Funniest thread ive seen all day <3

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-f-b-i- -5 points ago +12 / -17

Ha ha it's very true. Doggos is on 23.5 hours a day 7 days a week.

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intamin 3 points ago +3 / -0

What the heck is up with your personal downvote brigade?

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pray_for_kekistan 0 points ago +1 / -1

I HATE THE FBI AND I TAKE IT OUT ON HIM

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-f-b-i- -6 points ago +3 / -9

I like to call it the u/pray_for_kekistan fanclub

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intamin 2 points ago +2 / -0

Is there a rivalry at play?!

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-f-b-i- -12 points ago +6 / -18

Let's be honest, you'd be banned in a day.

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-f-b-i- -11 points ago +6 / -17

Nah, we're all looking for where doggos chewed up the cord

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fapoo 2 points ago +2 / -0

is tdwin on parler? might sign up if that ensures updates when the site is down

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BeerMan 18 points ago +18 / -0

TheDonald.xyz, TheDonald.one, and TheDonald.space

Multiple backups. Doggos knows how to MAGA

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wartooth6 9 points ago +9 / -0

My first reaction was to check those sites lol

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LoobintheToobin 4 points ago +4 / -0

My first reaction was, where did I put those sites?! Followed by crap?!

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chopz 16 points ago +16 / -0

best mods

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TurdManJones 16 points ago +16 / -0

I almost had a heart attack, my little pede heart can't take this

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IGotHairyLegsThat 13 points ago +13 / -0

NO BRAKES!

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GhostOfMyFormerSelf 9 points ago +9 / -0

You rock man, great work - thanks :)

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Eric42 9 points ago +9 / -0

Thank you for your hard work keeping this site up admins!

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sunnyingreenfield 12 points ago +12 / -0

According to Dominion thats 11,543 times

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Comentor 3 points ago +3 / -0

Ah, 11,443 Biden minutes, and 100 "human error" minutes unaccounted for :)

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Precocious13 8 points ago +8 / -0

Thanks, I left my apartment for the first time in a month to get groceries and it was down when I got home, I overcooked my steak while restarting and fiddling with connections, even though my steak is leather I'm so happy you're back that I'm sharing it with my dog.

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Trumper007 7 points ago +8 / -1

Get your shit together I just had to spend time with my liberal family!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Not really mods are GODS)

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Vapourface 7 points ago +7 / -0

If it looks like a DDOS, don't just hit F5 that makes it worse, I waited a while first and then hit it 38 seconds later.

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SBOJ_JOBS 7 points ago +7 / -0

Just like you, I waited a few seconds and hit F5 38 times, but nothing happened:(

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Nomoralcompass89 6 points ago +6 / -0

So should i unload the 7 mags or leave them loaded?

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PN_OShea 6 points ago +6 / -0

Leave them loaded till after Jan 20 at least.

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OldGamerGuy 5 points ago +5 / -0

December 16th.

The vote in the house will be on the 14th.

The rioting begins on the 15th.

The unloading of magazines begins on the 16th.

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PN_OShea 1 point ago +1 / -0

I stand corrected. I suppose in this case is "unloading" vs "emptying".

I am still holding out hope that Trump will be able to spare us from this. That somewhere, GEOTUS will be able to keep Americans from turning on each other.
But the reality is, that 73 million Americans know that this election was rigged, and will be unwilling to live under an overtly compromised and illegitimate regime.

I don't think Biden understands that Trump is the only thing standing between him and us.

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richmomz 2 points ago +2 / -0

I’m an idiot - I envisioned a weapon that somehow held seven magazines at once and thought “now that would be damn handy.”

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Nomoralcompass89 1 point ago +1 / -0

Thank you for the laugh fren.

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Eric42 6 points ago +6 / -0

Mirrored site would be nice.

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garmentofpraise 5 points ago +5 / -0

Sounds like a Biden vote count.

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Gov_Dimwiddle 5 points ago +5 / -0

Good to know!

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JOHN-PIZZA-PEDOSTA 4 points ago +4 / -0

I'm not too smart but, what's the system CALLED that routes traffic to front end servers?

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FireannDireach 5 points ago +5 / -0

The machine that goes ping, of course.

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mightyclaw 2 points ago +2 / -0

They lease it back from the company they sold it to, you see, and that way it comes out of the monthly budget and not the capital accounts.

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MAGA4amDataDump 4 points ago +4 / -0

edge router or load balancer. depends on the setup

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Monkey_Scrotum_Fever 4 points ago +4 / -0

Good to be back :)))))

That was a stressful 20-30 min that felt like 20-30 years.

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Keln 4 points ago +4 / -0

You're a f'n hero Doggos. Love you for doing all of this brother.

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garmentofpraise 3 points ago +3 / -0

I was like, "Woah Nelly! What big thing just happened?? Who got arrested??"

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winsome 4 points ago +4 / -0

n good company--OANN was down, too.

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Phil_DeGraves 4 points ago +4 / -0

TheDonald.xyz, TheDonald.one, and TheDonald.space

Again, I'd recommending getting thedonald.rocks also, because the name, well, rocks!

(Yes, dot-rocks is a real TLD you can get domains under... I know because I have a few!)

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TheRedRight 2 points ago +2 / -0

I’ll add: TheDonald.isaLion

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Cantpickaname 4 points ago +4 / -0

Should make a thebiden.lose

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CaliBopper 4 points ago +4 / -0

Whew...holyfucknuts, Batman! Nearly made kakka in my underoos!

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TrumpParty007 4 points ago +4 / -0

i thought my ISP was blocking TheDonald

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TheJimmReaper 4 points ago +4 / -0

Thanks was getting worried every time i hit refresh and it gave me error messages

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jsphere256 4 points ago +4 / -0

Thanks, my F5 key is broken

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geocitiesuser 4 points ago +4 / -0

3rd circuit PA Dismissed the trump campaign's suit, and they are now filing with supreme court, which means Alito. This needs to be talked about because I want to know moar.

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saltyviewer123 3 points ago +3 / -0

Thanks for the clarification!

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zooty 3 points ago +3 / -0

Do we have a back channel? One site I used to visit had a "bunker" for when the main site went down.

We also need a canary.

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RiverFenix 5 points ago +5 / -0

When TD.win goes down I typically start standing at my open garage door looking up and down the street - more often, smoking.

I don't know if it's stress or instinctual situational awareness.. I'm honestly not going to be surprised to see a bright light in the distance and NO news about a major city on the east coast evaporating.

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zooty 2 points ago +2 / -0

I'd suggest IRC but that reveals your IP address.

(Looks like Tor might be an option).

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McPunchie 2 points ago +2 / -0

Please take the time to read this and bookmark https://pastebin.com/CRCL13tN we can never be stopped!

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zooty 1 point ago +1 / -0

TheDonald.xyz, TheDonald.one, and TheDonald.space will be activated only in the very unlikely scenario that the main domain is completely dropped (which would mean it's never coming back), not for issues like this one.

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BowelSharpton 3 points ago +3 / -0

Sorry for the dumbass question but other than gavinmcinnes, what are the "other" WIN sites?

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AmokMAGA 3 points ago +3 / -0

Thanks for the update. #MAGA

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ironhorse 3 points ago +3 / -0

Thanks for the update. You all do an amazing job.

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SparkyEW 3 points ago +3 / -0

I wasn't in panic mode, but was concerned. I did check the backup Domains (as everyone should have bookmarked)

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540k-Again 3 points ago +3 / -0

Sometime we need to help run a test; pretty sure we got more bugs in the system, exactly at that chokepoint.

Also, as the traffic continues to climb, need some restructuring.