An update and an apology in Site Updates (Josh)
- Aug. 23, 2024, 12:46 p.m.
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Hey everyone,
The last few days have been a whirlwind! Had a few things I wanted to update everyone about.
We’ve been steadily pushing out updates for the last 48 hours attempting to iron out some of the performance issues we’ve been seeing. We’re to the point now where we’re feeling pretty good about things, so for the next bit we’ll be closely monitoring things and only pushing out critical fixes.
Here’s a quick and dirty rundown of what’s been keeping us busy:
- Fixed Javascript errors with auto-save on the create entry screen
- Upgraded primary and database servers to dedicated setup and higher CPU
- Upgraded the back-end and turned on some new more modern database functionality that seems to be helping
Next, I wanted to touch on the resurgence of the spam on the front page: we’re looking into it, and we appreciate everyone that’s been reporting the entries. My hypothesis is that somewhere along our upgrade journey, the spam filters got a bit messed up, and a bunch slipped through. Fixing this is high on the priority list after making sure the server is stable, so please be patient. We’ll take a hatchet to these jerks once again very soon.
Finally, in the interest of transparency, I wanted to share and apologize for something truly unfortunate that happened the other night after the server upgrade.
What happened?
There was a glitch overnight Tuesday where all comments — even private ones — were visible for any logged in users that had access to an entry. Private entries were not visible, and if a user didn’t have permission to view an entry, they weren’t able to see anything. This was the case for about 8 hours, from 10:30 PM to 7:50 AM CST, and there were about 160 people online at that time. The moment Buffy woke up, he checked the site, saw a comment pointing out what was happening, and quite literally ran to his computer (pre-coffee) and took the site down to fix things.
The glitch was caused by a broken filter when we added comment pagination. What’s truly frustrating is that we ran the beta for months, and this never happened. It somehow slipped through the cracks.
What now?
Going forward, we’re putting automated testing in place to make sure this kind of thing can never happen again. We’re also adding a “Report Bug” feature so you can quickly alert us if anything seems off.
We both want to be very very clear: your privacy is incredibly important to both of us, and we’re committed to keeping it protected. We are truly sorry that this happened. We screwed up, and we’ll do better going forward.
Alright, I’ll leave it there. Feel free to ask any questions and we’ll do our best to answer.
<3,
-J
Meeks ⋅ August 23, 2024
Thank you.
Shattered ⋅ August 23, 2024
Thank you for everything!
Mr. Mofo ⋅ August 23, 2024
Why does Mochi look so tired?
How did the two of you learn all this computer programming stuff, please?
betteroffbrunette Mr. Mofo ⋅ August 23, 2024
The way I knew this comment was you before I saw the username… 😉
The Gal Who Gets It ⋅ August 23, 2024
I love the culture of transparency. Thank you again and again for creating a safe space for all of us! I am eternally grateful <3
GypsyWynd ⋅ August 23, 2024
Thank you for letting us know, and reacting so quickly (poor Buffy! No coffee!)
I've always felt safe here, and that is in large part because of all the work you do to keep this site running (most of which I will never understand).
You,Buffy, and Mochi deserve a rest (I see Mochi's all ready)
simple mind ⋅ August 23, 2024
Thanks for all your hard work!
As far as spam goes, have you considered using a whitelist for common sites people may want to link to in their entries or comments? Backlinking to crappy-ass sites seems to be the only real motivation of these people, and in 2024 I really don't understand why - Google stopped using backlinks in their search engine algorithms a long time ago since everyone was just trying to game their rankings. Anyway, I was just thinking about it. Maybe you only put in links for known/common sites, and for unrecognized ones you just leave the link as plain text in the entry/comment. People could copy/paste if they were actually interested in following it. Doesn't seem like it would be that inconvenient for PB users, and there's no longer anything in it for the spammers.
Deleted user simple mind ⋅ August 23, 2024 (edited August 23, 2024)
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I was hoping maybe there was a common IP thread with these clowns that we could block from the root, like what if there was a specific site they're filtering in from, but I don't have time to really dig and investigate or I would. Some of these newer spammers are getting silly; they're creating accounts to comment on their spam entries 😆 now that's dedication.
simple mind Deleted user ⋅ August 23, 2024
Oh yeah, they are dedicated. They'll find new loopholes, IP addresses, what-have-you as long as there's any way to accomplish creating a backlink. For more information on backlinking, please visit: www-dot-someStupidWebsiteThatImBeingPaidToDoSeoFor-dot-com.
Buffy simple mind ⋅ August 28, 2024
Great idea - I think we're going to try a version of whitelisting in the next week or so. They're vicious lately 😬
simple mind Buffy ⋅ August 29, 2024
Fingers crossed! But yeah, once they notice that web links aren't being created I think they would go away. :)
Deleted user ⋅ August 23, 2024
Yer Cool, Josh and Buff. You workin' yer asses off. Much appreciated. Folks want to bitch about the spam they CAN just block each one. Swatting flies. Thanks for the updates and hard work!
Cat Mommy ⋅ August 23, 2024
Thanks! Still very sluggish though.
NorthernSeeker ⋅ August 23, 2024
thank you for improving the site and keeping it going. much appreciated.
cricket_factor ⋅ August 23, 2024
Thank you for everything!
Jinn ⋅ August 23, 2024
Thanks! I Appreciate your efforts greatly !
Athena ⋅ August 23, 2024
💕
sassafras ⋅ August 23, 2024
You guys are just the best.
Justlovely ⋅ August 23, 2024
Thank you!! And I say, if we don't want the whole world to see it, we are responsible not to put it up on the internet. And now, having said that: thank you for your diligence and attention to the privacy issues.
stargazing ⋅ August 23, 2024
Many thanks to you and Buffy! I truly Appreciate all that you do as well as the transparency. 💜
josh ⋅ August 23, 2024
santa monica josh ⋅ August 23, 2024
😍
Jodi ⋅ August 23, 2024
My On This Day from around June 26th forward is still not visible.
Jodie ⋅ August 23, 2024
I have been noticing that when I am trying to write or post my entries I am getting the box that says "NON RESPONSIVE" and I am wondering if it's me or soemthing with this site?
Camdengirl ⋅ August 23, 2024
I really appreciate the transparency - these things do happen, but how it is dealt with is always what leaves the impression.
I was finding typing would kinda freeze on the new site, seems a bit better now.
gypsy spirit ⋅ August 23, 2024
thanks for all you have done and continue to monitor....it was extremely slow when first returned too but thankfully okay again now. I love this site. thanks again p
Jodi ⋅ August 23, 2024
A "like" button would have been nice, for whatever it's worth. Sometimes I read an entry and I can't really think of anything to say but I still like the entry. So it would be kind of nice if I could actually "like" it instead.
JustSurviveSomehow ⋅ August 24, 2024
I truly appreciate everything you guys do to keep this site running. You have your real jobs and families and I'm sure other hobbies that you can be partaking in. I probably seems like a thankless job at times. People bitching about using a free site when so many other have just shut down completely. It's not a good look. I would have said FUCK YALL long ago if I was the one running this page. So I just wanted to say thank you for everything.
thesunnyabyss ⋅ August 24, 2024
Thanks!
Flyte ⋅ August 24, 2024
Y’all have done a great job. Thanks for all yall do to keep the site u to date!!
gattaca ⋅ August 24, 2024
Hi Josh. Thanks for all your efforts. One little issue - it seems like the embedded Youtube linking function no longer works. At least it's not working on my journal.
Buffy gattaca ⋅ August 27, 2024
Thanks - working on a fix for this asap
simple mind Buffy ⋅ August 27, 2024
I just posted and it looks like you've got it embedding now but it shows up as "Video Unavailable". Might be a simple fix if you haven't tried it yet:
gattaca simple mind ⋅ August 27, 2024
Interesting.
On my journal it still posts as a YouTube link you can click on, But no embedding.
Buffy gattaca ⋅ August 28, 2024
YouTube embeds be working again (edit and resave the entry) - let me know if you run into anymore issues
gattaca Buffy ⋅ August 28, 2024
Thank you!
Buffy simple mind ⋅ August 28, 2024
Thanks! I updated the embed code's policy and it seems to have worked :)
simple mind Buffy ⋅ August 29, 2024
Thank you! Just reposted my entry and it looks good now.
Jinn ⋅ August 24, 2024
Thank you !
music & dogs & wine ⋅ August 24, 2024
In case you didn't know, entry searches are no longer just showing the titles, but the entire entry, that's annoying! Hope it can be fixed :)
Buffy music & dogs & wine ⋅ August 27, 2024
Thanks - I'll add it to the list to fix asap :)
music & dogs & wine Buffy ⋅ August 27, 2024
Thank you!
Buffy music & dogs & wine ⋅ August 28, 2024
Fixed search to show only a short snippet and title ☺️
music & dogs & wine Buffy ⋅ August 29, 2024
Perfect! Thanks so much 😎
raeven ⋅ August 26, 2024
Thanks
Jodie ⋅ August 27, 2024
Thank you so much...Maybe in the future we can get an option where we can leave our id just to say we were at the persons diary?
SilverStar46 ⋅ August 28, 2024
Thank you for all of your hard, Buffy and Josh! We appreciate it, and we understand that accidents happen, and the fact you are transparent about it means so much!
Sending hugs and loves to sweet Mochi!
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music & dogs & wine ⋅ September 11, 2024
Hi! I came across another issue, I edited an entry and it threw the formatting off BIG TIME. I was going to manually fix it, but I am not in the mood for all that. Is that something that can be fixed? Thank you!!!
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