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What is going on?
Posted: Thu May 14, 2026 5:24 pm
by IdentityUnknown
The site is really slow today, at least for me. I think it might be connected to the metrics on the homepage showing over 3000 users on the site currently, but each of the forum pages shows only a few dozen, meaning there are thousands of users just accessing the homepage and apparently nothing else.
Re: What is going on?
Posted: Thu May 14, 2026 7:27 pm
by Trundle
I think it's yet another bot attack.
There's no chance it's actually 2500-3000 guests. Someone has been targeting the site with bot attacks for about 18 months now at this point, it's really strange.
Re: What is going on?
Posted: Thu May 14, 2026 7:37 pm
by IdentityUnknown
Yeah, it looks like a denial of service attack this time instead of just ad spam.
Re: What is going on?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2026 6:18 am
by Freesub
Trundle wrote: Thu May 14, 2026 7:27 pm
I think it's yet another bot attack.
There's no chance it's actually 2500-3000 guests. Someone has been targeting the site with bot attacks for about 18 months now at this point, it's really strange.
I don't understand the motivation, there is no financial gain to be had here
Re: What is going on?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2026 10:01 am
by Debbifan
We need to have Cloudflare protection reinstated. That worked well and was minimal hassle for a user.
Re: What is going on?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2026 4:01 pm
by IdentityUnknown
At this point I’m just hoping it gets cleared up soon so I can finish writing the last chapter of my current story.
Re: What is going on?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2026 4:04 pm
by gunairre
Debbifan wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 10:01 am
We need to have Cloudflare protection reinstated. That worked well and was minimal hassle for a user.
Cloudflare protection is very annoying if you have to use a vpn
Re: What is going on?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2026 4:52 pm
by PhilMarlowe
I use a VPN and am willing to deal with Cloudflare rather than deal with intruders.
/Phil
Re: What is going on?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2026 7:47 pm
by Freesub
gunairre wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 4:04 pm
Debbifan wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 10:01 am
We need to have Cloudflare protection reinstated. That worked well and was minimal hassle for a user.
Cloudflare protection is very annoying if you have to use a vpn
Still better than not having the site accessible at all
Re: What is going on?
Posted: Sat May 16, 2026 11:55 am
by gunairre
Freesub wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 7:47 pm
gunairre wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 4:04 pm
Debbifan wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 10:01 am
We need to have Cloudflare protection reinstated. That worked well and was minimal hassle for a user.
Cloudflare protection is very annoying if you have to use a vpn
Still better than not having the site accessible at all
fair enough