1610 posts
Posted 01 May 2016 - 07:01 PM
They've been up and down a lot more than usual, and now posts require approval. Anyone know what's going on?
Edited on 14 May 2016 - 10:45 PM
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taken in April 2020.
What happened to the forums?
Started by apemanzilla, 01 May 2016 - 05:01 PM
524 posts
Cambridge, England
Posted 01 May 2016 - 07:11 PM
They have been under persistent DDOS attacks for several days now.
1610 posts
Posted 01 May 2016 - 07:16 PM
That doesn't explain the posts needing approval, or the buttons though
598 posts
The United States
Posted 01 May 2016 - 07:24 PM
The posts needing approval is probably to prevent bot-spam attacks if I had to guess.
2427 posts
UK
Posted 01 May 2016 - 08:01 PM
I was about to ask what you meant by the by the buttons flying away but then found out when I was about to click the quote button.
Maybe the forum software has been hacked?
Maybe the forum software has been hacked?
477 posts
Germany
Posted 01 May 2016 - 08:19 PM
These flying buttons are actually pretty fun. "Quote me if you can"
But more seriously: What happened? Did these Anonymous guys got angry and hacked the forums, enabling a moderator approval for everyone and adding flying quote buttons?
But more seriously: What happened? Did these Anonymous guys got angry and hacked the forums, enabling a moderator approval for everyone and adding flying quote buttons?
1140 posts
Kaunas, Lithuania
Posted 01 May 2016 - 08:30 PM
Also, is posting a problem that it needs approval? I wonder what the actual moderators think about this, there will be a lot more work for them and the forums will slow down, because of slower reply rates.
And I cannot edit my post yet (which should be above this one) because it's not approved yet, which is a bummer.
And I cannot edit my post yet (which should be above this one) because it's not approved yet, which is a bummer.
2679 posts
You will never find me, muhahahahahaha
Posted 01 May 2016 - 08:32 PM
I just PMed Lyqyd about this. Apparently it's not only me then. I think these measures are justified, given the situation.
524 posts
Cambridge, England
Posted 15 May 2016 - 01:37 AM
Explanation of the outage: http://www.computercraft.info/2016/05/06/were-back/
Explanation of the disappearing explanations of the outage: http://www.computercraft.info/forums2/index.php?/topic/26613-where-are-all-my-posts/
Explanation of the disappearing explanations of the outage: http://www.computercraft.info/forums2/index.php?/topic/26613-where-are-all-my-posts/