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hlthe2b

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11. On behalf of MIRT, would you consider halting new registrations a few hours during the debates?

Reply to Skinner (Reply #10)

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 10:09 PM

Oct 2012

We were all astonished to see more than a hundred (or was it 150) new registrations in just over an hour, which if follows the usual percentage of malicious intruders, is going to be pretty overwhelming for some time to come.

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"Latest" page not loading--defaults to forums & groups 10/3 10:18 PM ET [View all] hlthe2b Oct 2012 OP

Is there a fix? Never seen this happen before. nt FLyellowdog Oct 2012 #1

Alerting to admins (Elad)... hlthe2b Oct 2012 #2

Greatest Threads is doing the same. Downwinder Oct 2012 #3

Cannot get Latest or Greatest pages to load Lifelong Protester Oct 2012 #4

Whew, I'm Not Losing It Then Redlo Nosrep Oct 2012 #5

Well we broke DU again. Historic NY Oct 2012 #6

I'm getting cranky here... Lifelong Protester Oct 2012 #7

Me too. EC Oct 2012 #8

me too Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #9

We got slammed tonight and we had to take drastic measures. Skinner Oct 2012 #10

On behalf of MIRT, would you consider halting new registrations a few hours during the debates? hlthe2b Oct 2012 #11

The high number of registrations is probably because the site was unavailable... Skinner Oct 2012 #13

You could announce a 2 hour moratorium on memberships Ms. Toad Oct 2012 #15

thanks, Skinner, I'm just a little cranky Lifelong Protester Oct 2012 #12

No worries. Skinner Oct 2012 #14