Thanks to the help of Domer.mq, there are a couple things I’m going to do to decrease the amount of bandwidth I’m using (which is probably causing a lot of our problems). The only switch which I’m sure will have you all throwing tantrums is a change in the Shoutbox. Currently, the Shoutbox is taking up space on the HJE server. That was normally fine, until last month, you guys went crazy:
Most active month March 2008 : 112,170 pages sent. 3,704,442 requests handled.
That’s a lot of traffic, caused primarily by the Shoutbox.
I’m going to switch over to Shoutmix, which will take up space on someone else’s server. That said, I’m not entirely sure I’ll still be able to have the brilliant “Hide the Shoutbox” feature implemented by Thrillho and Pre (thanks, guys). Can everyone just TRY to keep in mind that there might be people reading the site for the first time, and they might cast a sideways glance at the Shoutbox? It would be nice if they didn’t need therapy because of anything they read there.
Here’s a good rule of thumb. Ask yourself, “Is what I’m about to type totally creepy?” If the answer is, “Yes,” don’t type it.
The new Shoutbox should be up shortly.
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Notice that JD has not been spotted since all this stuff went down?
Hmmmmmm?
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Jay Mari(h)otti(e) reply on April 3, 2008:
Who’s JD? It sounds like a dude I wanna party with. Me so horny, fellas. Me. So. Horny.
We can keep “creepy” in the comments, right?
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I might as well not visit this site if I can’t type creepy stuff
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Creepy is my middle name. I shall defend my right to be creepy here - but I will respect your request to not be creepy in the SBox - I guess that means no more faux-hitting on Tonker’s wife in public any more.
On an aside… 3.7 million hits? Take THAT Google!
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Tonker reply on April 4, 2008:
Just fucking stop it, will you?
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