What's with all the dead members?

[DARKPLANT RISING]

Recently, the number of online users has diminished. A lot.

I mean, right now there's only 10 members online. Until this week, that's never happened. At least 100, and usually around 150 - that was the YCM I knew.

Is this a simple server error? Or are some computers unable to reach here? Whatever the reason is, I feel something's wrong.

[Catterjune]

*from the mod forum*

[quote name='YCMaker' timestamp='1335403896' post='5925425']
Yeah, problem was I started using a CDN service to cache files, but a lot of IPs were viewed by IP.Board as the same because of this, so the board started automatically banning people. Should be fixed now.[/quote]
Well that solves everything now! Time to comb my hair.

[Tentacruel]

[quote name='Hatcher' timestamp='1335355308' post='5924819']
OBJECTION!

Is there any proof that the newly registered users being banned in-mass are actually new users and not spambots? Judging by the IPs of the newly banned, it seems a lot of them are remarkably similar.

tl;dr - How do we know that YCM didn't used to have 120+ spambots, and 20 actually users?
[/quote]

Because a ton of non-spam bots are missing.

[Partangle the Candle Jangler]

This is typical of YCMaker. For every one thing he fixes, he creates 3 new problems in their place.

[.Rai]

[quote name='Comrade Trollestia' timestamp='1335375374' post='5924991']
Because a ton of non-spam bots are missing.
[/quote]

Like who? There's no notable people who have actually disappeared.

[Tentacruel]

Huh. Maybe it you're right. But it seems a lot less active in places where spam bots never post anyway.


Like the status bar, it's way less active then usual. C&O seems dead, ect.

[Nicο]

[quote name='Comrade Trollestia' timestamp='1335378880' post='5925035']
Huh. Maybe it you're right. But it seems a lot less active in places where spam bots never post anyway.


Like the status bar, it's way less active then usual. C&O seems dead, ect.
[/quote]I'd like to point out that spam bots do post in the status bar, they are deleted just like other spam bot posts, but it does seem less active.

[Kakashi Hatake]

[quote name='Crab Helmet' timestamp='1335349731' post='5924796']
We believe YCMaker tried to install some sort of new anti-spambot filters or something. Unfortunately, since actual competence is too much to ask, the result is that people are now being autobanned at random - most visibly newly-registered users, but it may also be killing other users less obviously.
[/quote]
This is very possible. It could also be that people simply cannot reach the site. For a little while there, I kept getting an Error Page saying that the site was unavailable. It wasn't the usual one saying that YCM would be back online soon, but that the site is just unavailable.
Besides, look on the bright side. If people are getting banned, then we (the ones who haven't been banned) will be the veteran members who will be looked up upon and praised like gods by the next generation of YCMembers!

[Tentacruel]

If people are getting banned at random, this is a serious issue indeed. Hopefully it won't be another 2 years before YCMaker comes back. Also, we should probably try to identify who's missing.

[Zektor]

woah thats really wierd...... it needs to be fixed if people are getting banned randomly ASAP.

[Jord200]

Oh..... We need YCMaker to get back here at once. This is not good......

[Catterjune]

[quote name='Crab Helmet' timestamp='1335349731' post='5924796']
We believe YCMaker tried to install some sort of new anti-spambot filters or something. Unfortunately, since actual competence is too much to ask, the result is that people are now being autobanned at random - most visibly newly-registered users, but it may also be killing other users less obviously.
[/quote]
OBJECTION!

Is there any proof that the newly registered users being banned in-mass are actually new users and not spambots? Judging by the IPs of the newly banned, it seems a lot of them are remarkably similar.

tl;dr - How do we know that YCM didn't used to have 120+ spambots, and 20 actually users?