Mazz
THE BLEACH, IT DOES NOTHING!!!
They've never allowed replies on the Site Status section but they were posting most their updates here in Site Discussion which I found silly.
Site status closed?
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They've never allowed replies on the Site Status section but they were posting most their updates here in Site Discussion which I found silly.
AliothFox
That High-Flyin' Foxy
Oh, no. I believe it. Yeah, things get blown out of proportion when the site goes down, but I 100% believe that people are indeed acting that stupid over it. If the mods are stressed, so is everyone else. And stressed-out furries are prone to... well, idiotic behavior. Oh, I'll be the first to admit that I've done my share of griping about this site being down - and I've also griped about some people's dismissive attitude about it. But still - threatening the ones trying to fix it and keep us up to date isn't going to get it up and running any faster. My first thought upon seeing that was not one of disbelief - it was one of trying to put into words the feeling of wanting to put my palm THROUGH my face.
Shaon the Kozo
Member
I was a moderator of a video game site of one of the most anticipated video games for its time. You really think some of the childish, immature, and entitled people in a gaming community aren't just as bad? Go ahead and play sc2 or LoL sometime and tell me how understanding those individuals can be. I had angry people and "threats" all the time. I still feel the bodily harm and threats are blown out of proportion. You always have people saying "go kill yourself" and "I hope you die in a fire," unfortunately, because it's the internet. As much as everyone likes to hate on furries, they're hardly any worse than any other niche group - and I seriously doubt there are tons of lawsuit and death threat messages that are more than idle internet bitching, which everyone has experienced.
Aliothfox" said:
I really think everyone has just said "everyone is worse because furries" a million times, while trying to tell the public furries aren't all that bad. Pick one. I understand this group can be frustrating, but let's not pretend this community is any worse than any other group of people. And there is a HUGE difference between bitching and complaining and threatening someone and death wishes. I've done my share of bitching over this closure, but I think people are entitled to let off some steam.
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AliothFox
That High-Flyin' Foxy
Touché. You have a point there. I'll revise my statement to say "stressed out people" instead of "stressed out furries."
coyoteOdin
Active Member
When, finally, the site will work in normal mode? Almost a week waiting for .... nerves are no longer sufficient
AliothFox
That High-Flyin' Foxy
When, finally, the site will work in normal mode? Almost a week waiting for .... nerves are no longer sufficient
Net said it will be up today barring unforeseen circumstances. Yak reiterated that. Frankly, I'll believe it when I see it, but nothing any of us can do will make it go faster.
maxgoof
Active Member
Well, I admit I'm disappointed they could not estimate the data transfer rate better. It took two days more than they thought, because they underestimated the time to transfer notifications would take by a factor of ten, when the last data transfer took more time than anticipated because of the notifications.
cujoe_da_man
Member
So, as I'm reading through all of these threads, I can't help but fully understand the reason why they locked the update thread, the reason is staring everyone right in the face at this very moment. Anyone that has any bit of work with computers KNOWS that NOTHING goes as scheduled. Computers are not like cars, you don't just put gas in and go. I'm not trying to flame anyone or say that anyone is wrong for their opinion, but my god Furaffinity is NOT Deviant Art. They don't have the IT staff and thousands (millions?) of dollars of support needed to keep things perfect. That is also not my attempt to say that those working on this problem don't know what they are doing, they are doing what they can with what they have and for the most part, I appreciate them even taking the time to do this. If I'm not mistaken, every single FA staff member/mod/admin (whatever you want to call them) has a life and job outside of the site, they can't sit around 24/7 and watch the code fly by. I can certainly agree with "life and feeling sick" as a reason to lock a thread because if everyone just went there to bitch, it's just going to make that person feel even worse. We are less than two weeks away from Christmas, it's stressful. It's cold outside. People this time of year are stupid (in the stores), even if you don't work retail, you're bound to run into it at some point.
A lot of reasons for not updating can be made, partly the technical jargon, I just barely understand most of it myself and I build my own rigs. Sometimes you get so deep into working on things that you don't realize you've literally just wasted a day and forget to update. I do wish I had the kind of experience needed for working on something like this, but what bit of knowledge I do have keeps me humbled and knowing that even a fuzzy deadline can become even fuzzier. They just reported that a burn in of two of their drives failed, that's not a good thing, it means another failure if they had ignored it to get the site up and running, then we would be right back where we are now. Just let them do their work, it'll be fixed when it's fixed.
I love being around the site, for the most part, people can be fun and inviting... but as I seen on one thread here, if one thing goes wrong, you're just short of marching on Dragoneer's house to tar and feather him. I think the Beatles said it best, "let it be"
A lot of reasons for not updating can be made, partly the technical jargon, I just barely understand most of it myself and I build my own rigs. Sometimes you get so deep into working on things that you don't realize you've literally just wasted a day and forget to update. I do wish I had the kind of experience needed for working on something like this, but what bit of knowledge I do have keeps me humbled and knowing that even a fuzzy deadline can become even fuzzier. They just reported that a burn in of two of their drives failed, that's not a good thing, it means another failure if they had ignored it to get the site up and running, then we would be right back where we are now. Just let them do their work, it'll be fixed when it's fixed.
I love being around the site, for the most part, people can be fun and inviting... but as I seen on one thread here, if one thing goes wrong, you're just short of marching on Dragoneer's house to tar and feather him. I think the Beatles said it best, "let it be"
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Sar
Guest
At this stage, there isn't really anything new or within topic anyone will attempt to say that hasn't been said. The only change will be the site is back online.
That's it really.
/sitethreads
LadyDarkSphynx
New Member
There have been a significant number of people complaining in the update threads over the fact that it was forum moderators posting updates and 'they weren't hearing from someone in a position of true authority/knowledge to speak for what has been occurring'. If I were to hazard a guess, net-cat was sent in to address that particular segment of the populace.
Gryphoneer
20 Quatloos on "disruptive"
Yay, back to business as usual!
See you in two to three months when the shit hits the fan all over again.
See you in two to three months when the shit hits the fan all over again.
Blackheart the wolf
New Member
I will just be glad when the site comes back online. The last time I remember it being down for this long was last year.
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Sar
Guest
I'm doubt that being the reason but rather take the post from net-cat as it's face value.
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Chazykins
Guest
"In roughly one hour, we will begin the final fixes for FA. The site may go in/out during that time while we do hardware changes, reboots " from FA on twitter
Cough. Bullshit. Cough Lol jk, but I don't see the site being on tonight. I'm just glad they are working hard on this~
Cough. Bullshit. Cough Lol jk, but I don't see the site being on tonight. I'm just glad they are working hard on this~
sethtriggs
New Member
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"In roughly one hour, we will begin the final fixes for FA. The site may go in/out during that time while we do hardware changes, reboots " from FA on twitter
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That does not say the site will be up in an hour.
Do you really feel your invective is helping to fix the site at all?
Duraji
"That Android Guy"
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Chazykins
Guest
"FA will be up tonight. The drive transfer's complete, and we've scheduled time to do hardware fixes." from FA on twitter.
LOL . Okay ill stop trolling. I hope the site is up tonight. I feel kinda bad for the ones that are working on it.
LOL . Okay ill stop trolling. I hope the site is up tonight. I feel kinda bad for the ones that are working on it.
Mazz
THE BLEACH, IT DOES NOTHING!!!
Everything this user (as in Etiainen) has said has been nothing but trolling, rude, borderline abusive comments about the staff and FA.
The best thing to do is ignore the vile stench of words seeping through their teeth.
Duraji
"That Android Guy"
At this point I can't even tell if you're joking/exaggerating or if that's actually true, I half expect both equally.
Though you were right when you mentioned the failed hard drives and said "enjoy your FA-free weekend"... worry worry worry!
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Blackheart the wolf
New Member
I sure as hell hope it is not true. People are already irritated enough. That would just make it worse.At this point I can't even tell if you're joking/exaggerating or if that's actually true, I half expect both equally.
