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I’m not so sure there isn’t something nefarious going on with the manipulation of servers or something. I know next to nothing about computer technology, but I do know it was much easier to post even one week ago than it is now. 3.0 worked well during the D convention and for several open thread discussions. Is it possible that some outside forces are manipulating the site’s servers? Again, I know next to nothing about computer tech, and I don’t want folks to think I’ve got a tin foil cap, but 3.0 did work at first.

I’m not so sure there isn’t something nefarious going on with the manipulation of servers or something. I know next to nothing about computer technology, but I do know it was much easier to post even one week ago than it is now. 3.0 worked well during the D convention and for several open thread discussions. Is it possible that some outside forces are manipulating the site’s servers? Again, I know next to nothing about computer tech, and I don’t want folks to think I’ve got a tin foil cap, but 3.0 did work at first.

Sorry to say it, but I don’t come to site anymore, I just get the RSS’s in my mail… Logging in, writing a diary, posting comments, are all pretty much impossible! As of late, the the site is causing so many duplicate post that I have given serious considerstion to deleting the RSS feed… Now is NOT the time for this site be as lame as it is. I have not been happy since day one of 3.0, and have waited patiently. Can we please have 2.0 back? With 60 days left to go, now is not the time for us to be working out the bugs.

Sorry to say it, but I don’t come to site anymore, I just get the RSS’s in my mail… Logging in, writing a diary, posting comments, are all pretty much impossible! As of late, the the site is causing so many duplicate post that I have given serious considerstion to deleting the RSS feed… Now is NOT the time for this site be as lame as it is. I have not been happy since day one of 3.0, and have waited patiently. Can we please have 2.0 back? With 60 days left to go, now is not the time for us to be working out the bugs.

Now lets see how many times it’s going to take to get this to post! 2nd try!

Sorry to say it, but I don’t come to site anymore, I just get the RSS’s in my mail… Logging in, writing a diary, posting comments, are all pretty much impossible! As of late, the the site is causing so many duplicate post that I have given serious considerstion to deleting the RSS feed… Now is NOT the time for this site be as lame as it is. I have not been happy since day one of 3.0, and have waited patiently. Can we please have 2.0 back? With 60 days left to go, now is not the time for us to be working out the bugs.

5th try!! Is it going to work this time?

Sorry to say it, but I don’t come to site anymore, I just get the RSS’s in my mail… Logging in, writing a diary, posting comments, are all pretty much impossible! As of late, the the site is causing so many duplicate post that I have given serious considerstion to deleting the RSS feed… Now is NOT the time for this site be as lame as it is. I have not been happy since day one of 3.0, and have waited patiently. Can we please have 2.0 back? With 60 days left to go, now is not the time for us to be working out the bugs.

5th try!! Is it going to work this time?

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Isn’t there something that can be done to add capacity/capability to handle this? If we can’t handle a Drudgealanche, we’ve some serious problems getting the message out, and that’s what this site is about, isn’t it?

I just tried and didn’t seem to have a problem.

Could the issue be somewhere else in the chain?

Given the absence of the RS Powers all afternoon and evening, I am guessing that something is underway. Emergency meetings and chats, reversion to 2.0 trial runs, log analysis, investigations into DoS traffic, working with authorities on said investigations…. something! I know some of the contributors and directors have experienced and read about what is going on now- well after the Drudge Effect.

Meanwhile, I am catching up on the latest in content management and community managements systems. This does need to be remedied. For the sake of the country, because the stakes are high- and the country needs RedState. But also for the sake of this community and its future.

I know about internet traffic and its’ impact upon server nodes. If you want to get a feel for the total onslaught that RS is taking right now look at the previous 12 months of traffic (here).

You will notice that the 6 days in Sept 08 the site has more traffic then 7 of the 12 previous full months. As the amount of new exposure RS has had in the past 1-2 weeks there is just a lot of people coming here. Looking at the Sitemeter projections using the last month of data, we should expect RS to get 2,361,787 visits. This is 34% increase over August’s high of 1.55MM visits. That is an amazing amount of growth for any website barring a site built to handle many times that volume.

If we look at the previous 7 days notice that the amount of traffic has dropped of considerably. This is what concerns me. While I know nothing about the underlying database design and query structure, in a normal environment the drop in traffic the site should have recovered. There could be database corruption by way of too many malformed fields or even possibly the execution of malicious code by way of the posting function. That would be troubling because it would signal a major error in the site program.

Hopefully, it’s a simple fix of upgrading the dedicated database servers and improving the load balancers. But that still takes some time to figure out the best repair. I wouldn’t get too worked up, YET because we all know the main man, Erick was just up in MSP, and Neil has made some comments here about working towards a solution.

As annoying as it is right now we are republicans, and we stay positive in the face of challenges.

I’m coming back from Italy today, so I’ll be back fighting it with the rest of you.

I’ve tried to stay quiet about RS 3.0 because we were told the problems were being resolved…but seeing all of these comments brings up a question.

It was made pretty clear at the beginning that the budget was limited. Eagle Publishing put in a decent share and RedState did fundraising for the rest. Therefore, the issue with upgrades and fixes could be money.

If that is the case (and I have no inside info, this is pure guesswork), would you be willing to put up more funds to finance the improvements?

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Last night I wrote to the webmaster describing the problems outlined above: error messages, inability to log in or see comments, etc. They have been present for the past 2 weeks, but became terrible last night.

I am amazed that this morning everything - so far -seems perfect!

Suggestions for the future: it would be nice to have a feature where people could send private messages to each other via RedState. Many other similar conversation sites have that.

Since so many people visit, it would also be nice to have a larger list of recent comments with the names of the authors: the current method seems not so good for finding a specific person quickly.

A list of members would also be useful, with the dates of their last visits and comments.

I know that there are a lot of problems with 3.0, but let’s stop blaming everything on Neil. He has a thankless job running this site and it looks like he’s been working as hard as he can. Remember: he’s only one guy and he only has two hands to type with.

I’m just as frustrated as everyone else, as I haven’t been able to log in for the last week, but I do think that we should focus on the issues that matter. We should leave the code cleanup and troll blamming to Neil and Moe (respectively) and just focus on the important stuff.

There’s always The Minority Report and a lot of other good blogs out there for you to read while waiting for your comment to be posted.

Already, I’ve noticed the site speeding up just a little bit. (When I went to preview this comment, I didn’t have to wait 28 minutes!) Just be patient and things start to get better.

I have found michellemalkin.com as an excellent venue to read while waiting for RS pages to load or come back with ISE 500 errors. MM has gotten many more libs posting in the last week, with some articles having over 400 comments when they use to get 100 max. Unfortunately, I cannot figure out how to register on MM to make a comment. There are no links to register on the site. Has anyone figured out how?

Also, can you see how many times your diary has been viewed on RS 3.0?

Think about making a donation to Redstate through the Contribute link if you haven’t done so this year.

That link works just fine.

That way, once you click Preview or Submit, and you get an Error 500 message, you just need to Crtl + P to paste it.

I have learned this the hard way!

I agree with the commenters who have suggested this. Web site attacks are a specialty of the Obama campaign who used it against Hillary supporters during the primaries. That is very likely in this case.

That’s my nickname for Redstate.com, because that’s what I usually see when I attempt to post: “500 Internal Server error.”

8th attempt. This is just silly

I wrote a brilliant response to this thread a few hours ago but it was eaten by the 500 error monster. Oh well, most of my brilliance has been channeled to others who have posted here.

At least this time I copied my post to notepad so I can copy/paste it in my attempts to post this one. This is my 4th attempt this time around.

I don’t think Redstate uses persistent cookies (is that the right term?) because I keep having to log in. Changing that alone would take a load off the 80286-based server Eagle seems to be using.

I know some people put up good money for 3.0 (I chipped in a measly $25 but I also make pennies compared to some around here). I’m amazed that the most crippling problems have lasted as long as they have. If Redstate wants to be taken seriously, it must be able to withstand a Drudge link. I’m willing to bet KOS doesn’t have that problem.

Redstaters become whiners. I love this site for the reasons most of you do. I’ll just wait.. and wait..for things to iron out. They are working on it. If I can’t post then I read because it’s really hard to read everything that is posted here because of all the diaries especially now. Sooo much info and sooo little time.

How’s that for spin?

:>)

BTW, doc, I tried to contact you re the live blog on final nite of the RNC , to tell you that all non-contributors were having the same problem, but the site kept crashing so I never found your contact info.

Stay cool.

… I feel for Doc Holliday, but I simply don’t understand the problem. I am a “long time user” (about 5 years) just as he is, and I never have trouble logging on. Perhaps it’s a computer problem that he’s experiencing but not others?

Doc, you know I’m your friend, but I am not down with this. The current crap is indeed crap, but there are no easy magic wands to wave. It is difficult, and frustrating, and counter-productive, all that.

This is where we are, and bitching is indicated, but not the bunny rabbit.

Which bunny rabbit, you say? Glad you asked…..

nearly every day, and though I have not been in this community nearly as long as others, RS 3.0 has been an astonishing disappointment to me. I think I posted one of the first diaries after the switch over and it stayed on the Recommended Diary list for about 3 weeks (the diary was good, but not that good). The site was obviously screwed up and then the loading problems started. I have basically stopped visiting the site as a result of the bugs in 3.0. I still read it, but the drastic difference between my before/after involvement happens as of 3.0’s birthday.

I did not want to say anything as I am relatively new to RedState. I completely fell in love with the site and the folks here after joining several months ago, and this has been my constant as far as political blogging goes. I was an avid poster and diarist and felt better connected and informed after having spent some time here.
After switching to the new format I tried to give some adjustment time, but I too have continued to have problems. I get error pages several times/day, I find the site to be not quite as user friendly, I notice the recommends stay forever.
I am a little disappointed and hope the kinks get worked out soon, so we can all continue to be a part of this “virtual community”and continue to share our ideas and information with friends here.