Fern Outage

[Kirwan]

Yeah, it used to run off my own server. That was before cloud really took off, the stuff you can build these days is nuts.

[canefan]

Will the site eventually go back to the old web address?

[Duluth]

@canefan

The old address will redirect here.. eventually

But this is the url from now on

[canefan]

So the stragglers will eventually find their way back....

[Duluth]

@canefan said in Fern Outage:

So the stragglers will eventually find their way back....

Yeah

Loads of people would not get the email or it will go to spam. For them they'll get here by

• The url being passed around (please keep passing it around)
• Google search
• Eventually we'll unlock the account and get the old url back and that will redirect

We don't have a time frame on unlocking the account

Google search will help. We are indexed again and are appearing on searches for 'silverfern forum' etc (tested in incognito mode)
There's things we can do to improve the chances of finding us via google. Still working on that

[Virgil]

@Duluth said in Fern Outage:

@canefan said in Fern Outage:

So the stragglers will eventually find their way back....

Yeah

Loads of people would not get the email or it will go to spam. For them they'll get here by

• The url being passed around (please keep passing it around)
• Google search
• Eventually we'll unlock the account and get the old url back and that will redirect

We don't have a time frame on unlocking the account

Google search will help. We are indexed again and are appearing on searches for 'silverfern forum' etc (tested in incognito mode)
There's things we can do to improve the chances of finding us via google. Still working on that

a search for silverfern forum comes up with the new page as first result for me.
would the more searches taking place help direct more results here?

Googles AI answer makes the fern sound very civilized and polite...
The "Silverfern Forum" refers to the discussion forum on the Silver Fernes website. It's a place for users to engage in discussions, ask questions, and participate in general conversation. The forum is organized into sections like "General Discussion" and "Questions & Answers"

[frugby]

Pleased everything is back up and running… I thought New Zealand Rugby had had the page taken down for the leaked lineups!

[Duluth]

Number of people logged in is recovering

[bayimports]

i swear by the amount of BS posted most were bots, probably why new server so responsive

[Duluth]

@bayimports said in Fern Outage:

probably why new server so responsive

It's actually the shitty old server still

We had a huge bot issue and they're all gone. Millions of hits

We'll still upgrade to the faster server soon. There's better bot protection on that already

[Virgil]

@Duluth said in Fern Outage:

Number of people logged in is recovering

Holy shit you can track in real time with @MN5 started posting memes again

[Duluth]

@Virgil said in Fern Outage:

a search for silverfern forum comes up with the new page as first result for me.
would the more searches taking place help direct more results here?

Results are tailored for each user. You’ve been to the url already so google will take that into account.

So the real test is when you are in incognito mode

Active threads will help. Eventually the old .com links will drop off

[canefan]

@Duluth said in Fern Outage:

@Virgil said in Fern Outage:

a search for silverfern forum comes up with the new page as first result for me.
would the more searches taking place help direct more results here?

Results are tailored for each user. You’ve been to the url already so google will take that into account.

So the real test is when you are in incognito mode

Active threads will help. Eventually the old .com links will drop off

What's this incognito mode you speak of?

[MN5]

@Virgil said in Fern Outage:

@Duluth said in Fern Outage:

Number of people logged in is recovering

Holy shit you can track in real time with @MN5 started posting memes again

We live in a golden age

I’ve only posted one today though so not sure how accurate these stats are ?

[Duluth]

@canefan said in Fern Outage:

@Duluth said in Fern Outage:

@Virgil said in Fern Outage:

a search for silverfern forum comes up with the new page as first result for me.
would the more searches taking place help direct more results here?

Results are tailored for each user. You’ve been to the url already so google will take that into account.

So the real test is when you are in incognito mode

Active threads will help. Eventually the old .com links will drop off

What's this incognito mode you speak of?

An anonymous chrome tab. Different browsers have different names for it

[canefan]

@Duluth said in Fern Outage:

@canefan said in Fern Outage:

@Duluth said in Fern Outage:

@Virgil said in Fern Outage:

a search for silverfern forum comes up with the new page as first result for me.
would the more searches taking place help direct more results here?

Results are tailored for each user. You’ve been to the url already so google will take that into account.

So the real test is when you are in incognito mode

Active threads will help. Eventually the old .com links will drop off

What's this incognito mode you speak of?

An anonymous chrome tab. Different browsers have different names for it

[canefan]

Sorry Duluth, should have made it obvious by adding a wink emoji

[Victor Meldrew]

@Duluth said in Fern Outage:

@Chris said in Fern Outage:

Brilliant work @Duluth and @Kirwan
you don’t know how much you miss this place until it is gone.

It was so strange having a couple of big games to watch without the chat

I missed the match thread when watching Frog 3. There's some really useful running insights and thoughts in those threads.

Really well done guys - I'll hold off on posting any memes to keep traffic down in the hope of encouraging @MN5 to do the same..

[Victor Meldrew]

@Donsteppa said in Fern Outage:

The outage probably saved the server from exploding completely at the time of Ardie's chip kick on Saturday night...

When I saw that I actually tried to login to see @bones reaction....

[canefan]

@frugby said in Fern Outage:

Pleased everything is back up and running… I thought New Zealand Rugby had had the page taken down for the leaked lineups!

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