http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577 We're following a situation where the servers are under high load, and thus any slowness in pageloads, timing out, or other wonkiness (like having to log back in sooner than normal) are tied to this.&nbsp; We're investigating and will keep you posted.&nbsp; We apologize for the inconvenience. We're following a situation where the servers are under high load, and thus any slowness in pageloads, timing out, or other wonkiness (like having to log back in sooner than normal) are tied to this.&nbsp; We're investigating and will keep you posted.&nbsp; We apologize for the inconvenience. en-us Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:46:43 PDT <p>We're working to resolve the current site/server issues causing load problems and will keep you posted.</p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382132 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382132 <p>We're working to resolve the current site/server issues causing load problems and will keep you posted.</p> <br /> <p>That little spammer this morning didn't help, I'm sure.&nbsp;&nbsp; What do you want to bet he's playing hooky from school.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382133 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382133 <p>That little spammer this morning didn't help, I'm sure.&nbsp;&nbsp; What do you want to bet he's playing hooky from school.</p> <p>Must be the Secret Service combing the site for hate speech, lol.&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382143 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382143 <p>Must be the Secret Service combing the site for hate speech, lol.&nbsp;</p> <p>I suspect the lagginess might have been due in part to our little Nigerian scammer being blocked from posting but not banned from accessing the site (e.g. dropping all packets coming from the scammer's IP address). Assuming our scammer was in fact a bot, bot programs can get mighty confused by such things and freak out in unexpected, and lag-inducing, fashion. The lag seemed to start right when the scammer was blocked from posting, so that's my theory. </p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382263 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382263 <p>I suspect the lagginess might have been due in part to our little Nigerian scammer being blocked from posting but not banned from accessing the site (e.g. dropping all packets coming from the scammer's IP address). Assuming our scammer was in fact a bot, bot programs can get mighty confused by such things and freak out in unexpected, and lag-inducing, fashion. The lag seemed to start right when the scammer was blocked from posting, so that's my theory. </p> <p>Shwaine, when spammer accounts are identified, we block the associated IP address as well as suspend the account.&nbsp; So if a human or bot spammer tried to reach the site after I suspended and blocked that user, they would have gotten a &quot;blocked IP&quot; message.&nbsp; I don't know what kind of effect that might have had on the server load (as you know, I'm not a techy).&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382307 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382307 <p>Shwaine, when spammer accounts are identified, we block the associated IP address as well as suspend the account.&nbsp; So if a human or bot spammer tried to reach the site after I suspended and blocked that user, they would have gotten a &quot;blocked IP&quot; message.&nbsp; I don't know what kind of effect that might have had on the server load (as you know, I'm not a techy).&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Oh!&nbsp; I feel so violated.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382316 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382316 <p>Oh!&nbsp; I feel so violated.</p> <p>If they get a message from the server, that means the server is responding to them in some fashion, so yeah, it could affect server load. The sort of blocking I was talking about would get no message from TBC servers, just that &quot;Could not connect to website. Try again later.&quot; default page that IE and Firefox bring up when they can't connect.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382463 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382463 <p>If they get a message from the server, that means the server is responding to them in some fashion, so yeah, it could affect server load. The sort of blocking I was talking about would get no message from TBC servers, just that &quot;Could not connect to website. Try again later.&quot; default page that IE and Firefox bring up when they can't connect.</p> <p>ditto, what</p> <a href="../../../home/User/vanityfair">vanityfair</a> <p>said on Mar 18, 2009 at 11:03 AM</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382481 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382481 <p>ditto, what</p> <a href="../../../home/User/vanityfair">vanityfair</a> <p>said on Mar 18, 2009 at 11:03 AM</p> <p>Darn. I read this blog too late. I done cursed and kicked my computer for being a piece of junk. (Again.)</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382493 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/jasonsperber/42577/#c_382493 <p>Darn. I read this blog too late. I done cursed and kicked my computer for being a piece of junk. (Again.)</p>