Please fix this annoyingly slow forum

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It's really unpleasant, this is the only site I visit regularly with these problems, something must be done :cry:
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STARGÅTE wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2026 10:56 pm It's a real shame that the PB's forums and the website are no longer usable.
Each click takes more than 10 seconds and many end in an ERR_TIME_OUT or ERR_CONNECTION_TIME_OUT error, and all this since 3 weeks in series.
I don't know the solution myself, but if this is now "normal" ... the humanly community will leave I guess, if the navigation through the forum takes longer than reading a full thread.

Again, I know there is no easy solution, but the current situation is annoying :evil: .
Very annoying indeed!
And this problem exists since several months.
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Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum

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Little John wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2026 9:10 am
STARGÅTE wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2026 10:56 pm It's a real shame that the PB's forums and the website are no longer usable.
Each click takes more than 10 seconds and many end in an ERR_TIME_OUT or ERR_CONNECTION_TIME_OUT error, and all this since 3 weeks in series.
I don't know the solution myself, but if this is now "normal" ... the humanly community will leave I guess, if the navigation through the forum takes longer than reading a full thread.

Again, I know there is no easy solution, but the current situation is annoying :evil: .
Very annoying indeed!
And this problem exists since several months.
Could it be that some of this is DDOS ? , because it happens in the evning, mornings weekends often several days at a time.
How many AI's are there (1000's)?
How many times do they need to "read" the forums pr. week (all at the same time) ?
... and why spend so much time on this forum week after week ? .... (That is what I want todo :mrgreen: )

Very annoying ... YES

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I feel culprit: I'm posting cryptic PB/AS code with spaghetti-english comments; it probably makes AIs parse this Forum again and again, trying to make sense of my anti-pineapple-pizza madness…
Hope it will not lead them to frustratedly launch missiles to annihilate "Mad Italians"… :mrgreen:
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STARGÅTE wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2026 10:56 pm It's a real shame that the PB's forums and the website are no longer usable.
Each click takes more than 10 seconds and many end in an ERR_TIME_OUT or ERR_CONNECTION_TIME_OUT error, and all this since 3 weeks in series.
I don't know the solution myself, but if this is now "normal" ... the humanly community will leave I guess, if the navigation through the forum takes longer than reading a full thread.

Again, I know there is no easy solution, but the current situation is annoying :evil: .
Yeah I know it is very annoying though :evil: , I think there is a solution for Fred is to make a google re-captcha in PHP for login that is reduce drastically the amount of bots... :shock: :lol:
Other trying to login as failed need to limit of 3 or 4 :twisted:

Or better is to buy from Cloudflare... Dunno if Fred is agreed on that :shock:
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Fine my friends ?
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It's like being back on dial up Brrrr Brrr de la de la de la lar Brrrr Brrrr!
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idle wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2026 6:32 am It's like being back on dial up Brrrr Brrr de la de la de la lar Brrrr Brrrr!
About 30 years back in time ... :-)
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Little John wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2026 7:31 am
idle wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2026 6:32 am It's like being back on dial up Brrrr Brrr de la de la de la lar Brrrr Brrrr!
About 30 years back in time ... :-)
It's more like a BBS, make that 40 years 😆
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idle wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2026 7:41 am It's more like a BBS, make that 40 years 😆
:D At that time, I didn't even know how to spell the word “computer”.
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I'm not usually quick to criticize or complain...
but the forums haven't been working properly for days. It's a shame that there are no (effective) ways to block the siege. I'm sure Fred is doing everything he can.

Just my opinion: A lively forum is an absolute USP of PureBasic, which is why these “BOTS” are really damaging to his business.
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Axolotl wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2026 11:38 am but the forums haven't been working properly for days. It's a shame that there are no (effective) ways to block the siege. I'm sure Fred is doing everything he can.
I think there is always a way to block them, Fred needs to read that if it can help for him as well i hope :shock:
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idle wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2026 7:41 am It's more like a BBS, make that 40 years 😆
Some young users will be thinking: What the hell is a BBS? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Caronte3D wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2026 2:45 pm Some young users will be thinking: What the hell is a BBS? :lol: :lol: :lol:
For younger, better to know it now :D : Bulletin Board System !

Ok !

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Caronte3D wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2026 2:45 pm
idle wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2026 7:41 am It's more like a BBS, make that 40 years 😆
Some young users will be thinking: What the hell is a BBS? :lol: :lol: :lol:
yes well when I got my first computer in 1976 I didn't know what a BBS was either lol.
I think it was 1978 I got my first modem.
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