Ned, c'mon! You have to realize that this is not a satisfactory update. What is happening, and when can we expect it to get better?
The site was working much better than this up until about two weeks ago, at which point we were told a DDoS was happening. The story doesn't make sense. All we want is communication, we know it's hard.
There definitely was a DDoS two weeks ago. It was very aggressive and was mitigated.
There are many things to consider for steemit that make mainstream DDoS solutions non-starters, but we've been able so far to work with our own solutions and are considering additional mechanisms to prevent future attacks.
Maybe Steemit should have a button that would lead to the Steemitblog or many Steem blogs where announcements could be made without the need to make it to the top of the trending page.
the trending page is a turn off to basically anybody who isn't on it or isn't paid off to get on it and this is known by everyone, I am glad solutions are being implemented so some users who rely on this platform for FOOD and Medical care especially in other countries as well as America can keep on steemin'
The DDoS Perps are definitely contained in this exhaustive List ;)
Cheer up @ned.
Everyone still loves Steemit ! even if it does feel like a 56k dial up with freeserve.net circa 1996.
Gremlins
btw busy.org is a pain in the arse
p.s all seems to be working fine at the moment.
What’s working just fine?
my little buffering circle is only taking a few seconds when posting (at the moment), is what's working just fine @mammasitta
Ok! I just befriended steemitstage clone and more than happy at the moment. It happenes in all relationships that you need to keep your distance from toxic vibes 😛😜 things will get better again. I’ve been through a lot
I'm not quite sure what steemitstage clone is.. like busy.org ? glad you're smiling.. I've been through a lot too. I've had a viral infection of the immune cells in my blood for about a year and can't really do much else other than steemit cos of chronic fatigue.
I am getting better, slowly. I can only eat about 15 foods off a strict list (no sugars or starch, so that's fruit, bread, pasta, rice, beans and potatoes. no biscuits, juice. ( I can have a cup of black coffee once a day.)
I've got 2 small babies, so I'm still smiling too. They are amazing (the girls) and life is always worth striving for. ask for nothing, give everything you've got. you find new avenues where you least expect them!
today I got offered a sync licensing partnership deal for my music catalogue.. things are looking up. @outerground is also an electronic music producer with 2 published albums
Nothing is really working fine.
I'm just using https://beta.chainbb.com/ for the moment... couldn't get used to busy.org... (by the way still not sure if chainbb is trustworthy enough so use your posting password at your own risk)
to be honest steemit seems to be back to it's normal self from where I'm jacking in. !!
Thanks Ned, I appreciate the follow-up.
@ned hopefully it is all fixed by Oct 29th!! We want to have a huge Steem-O-ween party!! Will you join us? No flights or hotels... All on Steemit!!
Peace
I'm by no means surprised that most mainstream solution were non-starters for the website as it needs to function quite differently. To me it's also quite understandable that building a custom solution to prevent or mitigate such attacks would take more time than just implementing Cloudflare (which was surprisingly a suggestion I saw on multiple occasions).
On one hand, not being able to use steemit.com reliably for some time was quite frustrating, but the fact that it took some time to get it back to normal with the infrastructure upgrades I'm sure were made was not surprising by any means and I think a lot of steemians showed a bit of undue impatience.
I really hope all issues are behind us :)
Thank you @ned. I don't think users understand the word "currently"
You are right! I did not understand
LOL! It's a wonder some read the post!
At least an explanation on top of the calm down headline - thanks for the second stage update, appreciate knowing you have no marketing team......
good to see you're still here. perhaps my plea for you to not quit didn't go unheeded.. Hope all is well and things have straightened out for you @uwelang
Thank you for the update. Strong work Ned! Hey, how are you going to use that cool Steem Silver Coin that you have now? I think it would look great as a bolo tie!! You can buy the bolo tie kits on Amazon and I've heard that they love bolo ties in Lisbon.
Some dolphin's are losing their patience. I'm just a minnow relating to you what some on my following list are saying. "Done powering down", etc..I try telling them to wait, but there are no real formal responses. It seems we are on a need to know basis, which might not be the best approach.
Obviously you will lose those who don't fully appreciate what "long haul" or long term mean. They want instant profit etc..
With that being said I would urge you to have a little more engagement. I'm sure you are way wealthier and smarter than me.. but sometimes being on a need - to - know basis generates more frustration.
I get it; something behind the scenes "might" be going on, and we might not necessarily need to know because it could cause more of an exodus.
its working ok for me? I understand and appreciate your team staying on top of this as well as your personal update.
Would be nice a simple notice, a friendly update that something is wrong so we don't have to hit our head when its not working :)
And thank you for all the hard work.
@Yehey
It might be very possible that more attacks are coming, and personally I think there's a good reason for that. It may not even all be with bad intentions, it could perhaps be necessary in order for Steem to really increase in value. If Steemit is preparing for this, seems to me their priorities are set in a very smart way.
So either two reason:
The internet trolls anyone that doesn't meet an expected timeline.
They don't actually know what's going on so they can't give one
They just don't want to tell us.
They're too busy working on fixes and performance improvements to provide an udpate.
???????? (Could be anything)
lol. two reasons:
Lists five reasons hahaha
saywhaaaaaaa
Five reasons I love Steemit:
🤦😄