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Seems okay now!

fmblizz wrote: Sat Jul 26, 2025 7:46 am I fear it's only a matter of time before we lose this website..

blizz

I don’t think we will loose this site? Besides, we still receive more traffic, than the Antique Phonograph Society’s forum. I even get questions answered quicker here, than on that forum.

By the way! If you have not made a donation to the forum. Please consider doing so. It helps David to keep the forum running.

Ok whew, I thought I was the only one.

I'm pretty sure the bots are not the [Bots] with the pink test or even users that are signing up. Those are people. They have items in their collection and info.

The bots I believe are the hundreds and sometimes thousands of guests that flood the site. Right now it says there's nearly 600 guests browsing the site. Not too long ago there were like 4000. I think it's safe to say the registered users aren't bots but all the guests may be.

m_nakamura wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 8:42 am I'm pretty sure the bots are not the [Bots] with the pink test or even users that are signing up. Those are people. They have items in their collection and info.

The bots I believe are the hundreds and sometimes thousands of guests that flood the site. Right now it says there's nearly 600 guests browsing the site. Not too long ago there were like 4000. I think it's safe to say the registered users aren't bots but all the guests may be.

That sounds plausible, that all those guest bots are causing problems with the forum. Which can get annoying.

Edisonfan wrote: Sat Jul 26, 2025 8:19 am Seems okay now!

You’ve jinxed it. It is slow and filled with error 503 and error 524 pop-ups AGAIN.

Also, it isn’t the bots, due to the error 524 pop-ups, I can tell that it is a faulty server.

The problem persists and is not a function of traffic, the site indicates only me and one guest.

Mark

The problem is at the Talking Machine Forum server end.
This error message may lead to a resolution if the administrator is watching.

MarkELynch wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 10:53 am The problem persists and is not a function of traffic, the site indicates only me and one guest.

Mark

For the site's Board Index page or for this page?

Right now, the board index (main) page indicates "In total there are 596 users online : 7 registered, 0 hidden and 589 guests (based on users active over the past 5 minutes)", but this page shows "Users browsing this forum: Ahrefs [Bot], Bing [Bot], Majestic-12 [Bot], MarkELynch, OrthoFan and 8 guests"

There's quite a discussion about the slow-down issue on the phpbb forum -- https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... 2e4a7e6574 As you probably know, phpbb is the hosting platform for this forum.

OrthoFan

Victroid wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 10:33 am

Edisonfan wrote: Sat Jul 26, 2025 8:19 am Seems okay now!

You’ve jinxed it. It is slow and filled with error 503 and error 524 pop-ups AGAIN.

Also, it isn’t the bots, due to the error 524 pop-ups, I can tell that it is a faulty server.

Sorry, my bad!