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Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 9:00 am
by Caronte3D
It's really unpleasant, this is the only site I visit regularly with these problems, something must be done
Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 9:10 am
by Little John
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
.
Very annoying indeed!
And this problem exists since several months.
Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 11:22 am
by Drone
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
.
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
)
Very annoying ... YES
Something positive : Have a nice day, everyone !
Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 1:25 pm
by Piero
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"…
Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 5:30 pm
by threedslider
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
.
Yeah I know it is very annoying though
, 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...
Other trying to login as failed need to limit of 3 or 4
Or better is to buy from Cloudflare... Dunno if Fred is agreed on that
Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 9:21 pm
by Olli
Fine my friends ?
Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 6:32 am
by idle
It's like being back on dial up Brrrr Brrr de la de la de la lar Brrrr Brrrr!
Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 7:31 am
by Little John
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 ...
Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 7:41 am
by idle
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
Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 8:01 am
by Little John
idle wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2026 7:41 am
It's more like a BBS, make that 40 years
At that time, I didn't even know how to spell the word “computer”.
Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 11:38 am
by Axolotl
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.
Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 12:55 pm
by threedslider
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
https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/per ... a-website/
Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 2:45 pm
by Caronte3D
Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 5:45 pm
by threedslider
For younger, better to know it now
: Bulletin Board System !
Ok !
Happy coding !
Re: Please fix this annoyingly slow forum
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 8:00 pm
by idle
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.
