Is anybody else getting the occasional error page due to the server reaching capacity? I just checked the numbers at the bottom of the page and I'm seeing: "1567 users active in the past 15 minutes (4 members, 3 of whom are invisible, and 1561 guests)." That's nearly a 1:400 ratio. Seems a bit high. Time to prune the bots?
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 (March 14, 2026 at 10:51 pm)Paleophyte Wrote: Is anybody else getting the occasional error page due to the server reaching capacity? I just checked the numbers at the bottom of the page and I'm seeing: "1567 users active in the past 15 minutes (4 members, 3 of whom are invisible, and 1561 guests)." That's nearly a 1:400 ratio. Seems a bit high. Time to prune the bots? Yes, and we have reached out to tech support, aka @Jackalope . Please be patient as he is traveling.
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AD is experiencing similar issues with high volumes of guest accounts taxing resources intermitttently.
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Similar problems are occurring on other atheist sites I visit. Not saying it's the same error.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
Yes, frequently.
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Albert Einstein
It's now happening to me constantly, even during times when the forum seems to be dead.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Yup, several times a day, I get nothing but that complaint.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
  (March 14, 2026 at 10:51 pm)Paleophyte Wrote: Is anybody else getting the occasional error page due to the server reaching capacity? I just checked the numbers at the bottom of the page and I'm seeing: "1567 users active in the past 15 minutes (4 members, 3 of whom are invisible, and 1561 guests)." That's nearly a 1:400 ratio. Seems a bit high. Time to prune the bots? That depends on the server capabilities. In the early 2000's I used to run a phpbb2 forum with 12,000 registered users who were online 6 to 8 hours a day and the server never crashed even once.
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I get the message 2 or 3 times a month (I tried to post this a few minutes ago but I got the same message!)
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