When is the New Server going down?

wearybison63 said:Furthermore,
It was quite something seeing how Reddit looked back in the day.👍

There were just more people drinking heavily 🤣

I honestly can't figure out what kind of glitch is causing me to get logged out for no reason at all... I'll go through the trouble of writing out a post, but right when I'm ready to hit "submit reply," poof, it tells me I need to log in again. It feels like this has been happening more and more lately...

This thread belongs in a different section.

The issue isn't the server itself. It’s the outdated forum software and poor database maintenance. Every bit of lag we're seeing comes down to slow database read speeds.

It’s actually pretty wild when you think about it—that a site this amateurishly built has somehow stayed online for 20 years. 😁

We might as well start making up our own jokes about this, for example:

"How do you log out of Reddit?
Just send someone a private message."

And so on.

It was a choice between a democratic new server and platform, or higher wages. Guess which one we went with.😬>

And I definitely need some romance for my summer vacation. Greetings from the beach 👋

Charles Fox10 said:It was a choice between a democratic new server and platform, or higher wages. Guess which one we went with.😬>

New Server.
The mistake was ordering through Amazon and agreeing to let Jeff Bezos handle the "free" shipping. 🤷

restlesstiger49 said:We might as well start making up our own jokes about this, for example:

"How do you log out of Reddit?
Just send someone a private message."

And so on.

😂

We really need to establish some priorities here, because the new automated bots and the trolls seem to be becoming much more of an issue...

silentfalcon3 said:We really need to establish some priorities here, because the new automated bots and the trolls seem to be becoming much more of an issue...

Honestly, when the government is footing the bill, it's always better than paying for ads.

Look, folks—this forum is old, the owner is old, I'm old, even the women are getting old... and now we're supposed to just welcome some mistyhound94 bringing in all this "new technology"?
As if we need fancy new servers or some version of vBulletin 10.012 just to make it run like Reddit.

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If Microsoft suddenly recovered everything they lost on their stock price and decided to totally overhaul the site's format, I bet everyone would start a riot. Personally? I'm perfectly happy typing away on my Nokia with those massive buttons. Texting is king—who cares about WhatsApp, Viber, Snapchat, or Instagram anyway?

Larry Wilson25 said:Honestly, when the government is footing the bill, it's always better than paying for ads.

Look, folks—this forum is old, the owner is old, I'm old, even the women are getting old... and now we're supposed to just welcome some mistyhound94 bringing in all this "new technology"?
As if we need fancy new servers or some version of vBulletin 10.012 just to make it run like Reddit.

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If Microsoft suddenly recovered everything they lost on their stock price and decided to totally overhaul the site's format, I bet everyone would start a riot. Personally? I'm perfectly happy typing away on my Nokia with those massive buttons. Texting is king—who cares about WhatsApp, Viber, Snapchat, or Instagram anyway?

Old School🙏

To be honest, the site hasn't actually been down for me over the last few days, but it’s been crawling at a snail's pace. It took me a good ten minutes just to get my last post out the door.🤦

Larry Wilson25 said:Honestly, when the government is footing the bill, it's always better than paying for ads.

Look, folks—this forum is old, the owner is old, I'm old, even the women are getting old... and now we're supposed to just welcome some mistyhound94 bringing in all this "new technology"?
As if we need fancy new servers or some version of vBulletin 10.012 just to make it run like Reddit.

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If Microsoft suddenly recovered everything they lost on their stock price and decided to totally overhaul the site's format, I bet everyone would start a riot. Personally? I'm perfectly happy typing away on my Nokia with those massive buttons. Texting is king—who cares about WhatsApp, Viber, Snapchat, or Instagram anyway?

Who’s actually going to revolt? The crowd stuck in the 19th century because they love old forums? Honestly, the fewer people like that, the better.

Charles Mitchell3 said:Who’s actually going to revolt? The crowd stuck in the 19th century because they love old forums? Honestly, the fewer people like that, the better.

The layouts of various "randomly selected" forums (Wikipedia: List of Internet forums),
ranked from best to worst (based on how I interpret your definition of 'modern'):

- Home pages:

• nairaland.com
• reddit.com
• forum.krstarica.com
• wrongplanet.net
• reddit.com

- Thread index pages::

• nairaland.com
• reddit.com /use the 'classic' view option/
• forum.krstarica.com (?)
• wrongplanet.net (?)
• reddit.com (?)

- Post pages::

• nairaland.com
• reddit.com
• forum.krstarica.com
• wrongplanet.net (?)
• reddit.com (?)

neoncobra4 said:Wait, is it actually true that they're snooping through our private messages?! 😲

Jeremy Johnson18 said:No.

neoncobra4 said:

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Jessica Morris6 said:I’m not sure if you actually took a second to look at the date that post was published... If you just check your calendar, you'll see what holiday is coming up tomorrow.

Eric Newman75 said:The legendary April Fools' Admin Panel, now officially archived. 😁

And here I was, thinking it was actually serious. It's a shame people fall for such nonsense so easily. ☕

Anything's possible if you want it to be.
https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=299006
https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=209344
Total clowns.

Charles Mitchell3 said:Who’s actually going to revolt? The crowd stuck in the 19th century because they love old forums? Honestly, the fewer people like that, the better.

That represents the majority. 😕 😁

I haven't visited The New York Times forums in quite some time, but that specific layout offers so many great features. You can upload images directly from your computer, resize them within a post, choose from a huge variety of emoticons, use different fonts and colors, search easily, embed GIFs and videos from various sites, give likes, and update profile statuses...

I once used a British forum dedicated mostly to movies and TV shows with that exact same design, and it was excellent. They even allowed you to completely delete your profile while keeping your posts intact. So, the design certainly allows for those kinds of options.

Technology has truly advanced. Even though a modern, polished design won't bring back the golden age of message boards—since their peak is long behind us—they are definitely much more user-friendly and engaging now. However, I suspect the majority of users on this platform aren't actually fans of innovation; they’d prefer everything stay exactly as it is, as long as it functions. 😁

There is also this widespread belief that the forum is filled with "treasures," where threads from 15 or 20 years ago with over 300 pages are treated as vital artifacts that must be preserved and regularly bumped up. But realistically, who is actually reading them? 🤷 Forums aren't libraries or archives; they are living discussions involving people who are active right now. On Reddit, threads are locked after six months, and if interest resurfaces later, new ones can simply be started on the same topic. Old threads are often just cluttered with posts from users who left years ago and outdated information...

If there were any real openness to progress and new features, this site would have been upgraded and redesigned long ago, but that hasn't happened. So, this is just how it is. 🤷 We enjoy ourselves while it works, and when it eventually fades, we move on. 😁

Honestly, we could just lock this entire site down—set it to read-only so the archives stay up, but nobody can post anything new—and then just migrate all the major subreddits and their most vital threads over to a brand-new platform.
It would be a massive undertaking, I'm sure, but I suspect the moderation team would jump at the chance if someone actually had the guts to pull the trigger. We just need someone to take the first step, and we all know exactly who that needs to be.

Casey Bennett said:Honestly, we could just lock this entire site down—set it to read-only so the archives stay up, but nobody can post anything new—and then just migrate all the major subreddits and their most vital threads over to a brand-new platform.
It would be a massive undertaking, I'm sure, but I suspect the moderation team would jump at the chance if someone actually had the guts to pull the trigger. We just need someone to take the first step, and we all know exactly who that needs to be.

Archiving this site—similar to how the old IMF website remained accessible for reading—and launching a fresh one with current topics would be the cleanest approach, though I suspect there are downsides to consider.

This community is substantial, boasting numerous threads, sub-forums, and registered users, which gives the impression of high activity. Even if new members are scarce and some sections haven't seen a new thread in months, the sheer volume of historical posts from long-time contributors remains impressive.

A brand-new site would start quite small, with very few members and limited discussion. In this day and age, it is difficult for a general interest forum like ours to gain traction and grow again.

Therefore, I don't believe it would be worth the effort...

I'm really digging the concept behind the architecture and this new platform 👍

In my view—and I say this after looking at the logistics—moving everything over shouldn't be much of an issue.

Rachel Richardson said:I'm really digging the concept behind the architecture and this new platform 👍

In my view—and I say this after looking at the logistics—moving everything over shouldn't be much of an issue.

Nobody joins an empty Reddit community, much like nobody signs up for a brand-new dating app. That's why most of those platforms launch with fake profiles or bots to simulate activity and attract actual users.

When I was looking for new communities to join, I always checked the user count and engagement levels, specifically within the subreddits that caught my eye. If there isn't regular posting from multiple users, it simply means the community is dead and won't interest anyone new.

Building a community from scratch with just a few hundred regulars and trying to make it appealing to newcomers is an incredibly difficult task.

In this day and age, everything comes down to clicks. Just look at how newspapers craft headlines today just to bait people into clicking. It’s the same principle here. Even if a thread is titled 'Buddhism,' it will likely grab the attention of someone browsing the web. It doesn't matter if the topic is massive, old, or largely inactive—it still fulfills its purpose by generating that click.