Server time out, Server not responding ---Totally locked out as of a couple days ago!

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Originally Posted by MusicalSpoons

Wow weird, now I've been locked out for most of the day too - can only get through on mobile data.

Is there a gathering place on another platform we could communicate if this does go down (hopefully any such occurrence would only be temporary, but might be useful just in case)? I know members are out there in the wilds of t'interwebs, but finding them is the challenge.

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There are quite a few people on Instagram. You can check this thread for members who have posted their IG usernames, search #longhaircommunity and look for people you recognize, or search for individual user names.

There is also the Discord server, which can be accessed via a sticky in the Meets subforum.

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Originally Posted by C_Bookworm

This is what the certificate looks like from my end:

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Thanks! It had not occurred to me that the home page has a different security certificate from the forum, but I suppose that makes sense as they are separate entities.

Here is what the certificate looks like for the forum.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1800af68bc.jpg

(For anyone who wants to check this themselves, in your browser (on a computer, I don't know how this would work on mobile), click on the icon just before the URL and then click on the text for the certificate.)

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Originally Posted by lapushka

It's still not fixed, you guys. What's the score?

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How do you propose keeping score?

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Originally Posted by lapushka

I am starting to miss a slew of people on here, Bat for instance, who posted quite regularly. I mean am I the only one that figured out you can check if the page is up through this site:
https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

and if it is up, then go through a proxy server?

ETA/ Who has trouble with their home line / fixed ethernet or WiFi? I mean roll call, people. I can't just be the only one, right? That would be weird, seeing as I am the only one except another few, that's posting about these troubles.

And if it's just a few, then that would be easy to fix, I presume? No? What is so complicated about this? :hmm:

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I'm not sure 3 hours in long enough to start fretting about Bat. Bat is on Instagram, BTW and I'm sure will alert us there if there are issues.

In terms of a fix, being such a seemingly random problem affecting what appears to be a handful of people makes it harder to solve. This is not helped by the reported timeout error having a very wide range of possible causes and solutions.

Well, I do have that Site-issue too.
I can post using mobile data but on wifi the page just tries to load forever.

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Originally Posted by neko_kawaii

Thanks! It had not occurred to me that the home page has a different security certificate from the forum, but I suppose that makes sense as they are separate entities.

Here is what the certificate looks like for the forum.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1800af68bc.jpg

(For anyone who wants to check this themselves, in your browser (on a computer, I don't know how this would work on mobile), click on the icon just before the URL and then click on the text for the certificate.)

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No problem! For kicks, I tried to see what my iPad was wiling to show me, and this was all it said:

https://i.ibb.co/P4FnyD3/1-ECAA480-4...54462-A1-C.jpg

I couldn’t expand it or click on anything to get more info :( I searched from this exact page and not the homepage, if that makes a difference. Super weird that the dates are clearly correct on your end but my device doesn’t think so.

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Originally Posted by neko_kawaii

How do you propose keeping score?



I'm not sure 3 hours in long enough to start fretting about Bat. Bat is on Instagram, BTW and I'm sure will alert us there if there are issues.

In terms of a fix, being such a seemingly random problem affecting what appears to be a handful of people makes it harder to solve. This is not helped by the reported timeout error having a very wide range of possible causes and solutions.

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Well score was a bad choice of words, "status" might be better. :)

Thank you for sharing the IG info.

And the main page, I can access, it's just the forum that gives me a time out error, time and again. Still in fact.

ETA/ Keep in mind that I can access the site through "certain" proxy servers; hit and miss there as well. The forum is up, after all, it's just inaccessible to some.

I know Aithne has been locked out too. She's been messaging me about the swap and last I checked, still can't access the site.

Shorty, you have the emails for everyone participating in the swap, can you send out an email letting folks know that there is a known connection issue and that there will be no negative swap feedback given do to not being able to access the site? I know some folks might fret about that. It could also help us identify other members who are effected.

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Originally Posted by neko_kawaii

Shorty, you have the emails for everyone participating in the swap, can you send out an email letting folks know that there is a known connection issue and that there will be no negative swap feedback given do to not being able to access the site? I know some folks might fret about that. It could also help us identify other members who are effected.

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Sure thing. I'll do that right now before I forget. :)

It looks like we are going to be more and more and more locked out members
Regards
Fiorentina