The numerous Play Pen Improvements errors could just be the result of faulty hardware or some other technical issue on the backend. But with all the reports about Reddit deleting their Pizzagate sub (we also have one here -- in fact, it's now a featured sub on the front page), and the war on supposed "fake news" and so-called "alt-right hate sites" coming from various entities including Soros' troll army, I'm actually concerned that there might be a DDoS effort going on that the site is having trouble fending off.
Call me paranoid, but it looks like shit is getting real as regards a push to shut down dissent on the Internet after the shock of the Trump election and the domino effect it may end up having all over the world. I mean, Merkel herself said that the Internet needed to be "guided and redirected" away from "populism," and then there's Britain doubling down on the literally Orwellian "Snooper Charter" that even includes a porn ban from their own Internet Anti-Sex League. Could that be a polite way of saying they're shutting down the civilian Pizzagate investigation and that they're joining in the powers' fight against alternate media outlets that counteract the mainstream narrative -- Voat among them?
I don't want to look like I'm complaining about the Play Pen issues, because I know the admins are working on it. But with all that's going on all of a sudden, it does seem suspicious. A coincidence in this case just sounds too good to be true.
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[–] stuff123 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
That's not exactly a solution, that means the devs are profiling their website to determine the specific error, but what exactly the problem is has not been determined. I think the problem here is the they're using 2 sql servers and some DDOS prevention middleware and expecting that to handle the massive traffic due to the pizzagate controversy on reddit. They need to seriously consider scaling their infrastructure, better sharding of databases, better caching schemes, etc.
This really needs to be discussed somewhere, because right now, I can't find any fleshed out discussion on their infrastructure, and I'm willing to bet there are some community members who have a ton more experience with this sort of problem that would help, but they have to create a sustained discussion...
[–] Disappointed 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Thing is the site performance was just as bad before pizza got flung over here. I don't see it being any worse now than it was before