You're probably not getting many responses because a lot of people probably haven't even gotten the mail. I know for a fact it wouldn't be marked as spam so it leads me to believe I have something not configured to get said email or you have an error in your code somewhere that is doing the sending. Is there an option I should be checking or unchecking in my preferences or what?
In my case I thought I had, but when I checked it hadn't remembered the setting.
Not surprising, I get so many 503 errors from the site's broken cache.
Kinda pathetic it is supposedly a site for nerds, but there is no sysadmin... or if there is, please, nobody out their handle, they don't to be as embarrassed as they should be. I'd be more forgiving if there was a giant "sysadmins needed please volunteer" or something on the front page. Then I'd think, well, nobody wants to help so they're doing the best they can.
I know in my experience as a sysadmin, users should not get lame cache errors. It proves the site is being run by somebody that doesn't know how to configure a webserver, and isn't taking the error log seriously. The first day there were cache errors, it should have been fixed by changing the broken part of the configuration; e.g. when a backend fails, the front end should use one that is working. This generally happens automatically if you're using something like apache proxy balancer in the front, and mainstream tools in the back.
We had approximately 20 minutes where the site was flopping on and off today due to trying to properly fix the portscanning bug (the feature wasn't fully disabled, and had to push a fix which made thing worse before getting it properly fixed).
I got some about 3 hours ago. First the site was totally down. Then it was half-working, with several 503s.
I didn't notice anything at http://status.soylentnews.org/ [soylentnews.org] - I wonder if it's worth having a "most recent website problem" entry on that page permanently, so that we can check you were aware of any apparently temporary problems we've encountered. OTOH, maybe it's not a big deal at this stage in the site's development.
Linode switch went out, the site was inaccessible for approximately 30-45 minutes, and then I have to scrape Apache's remains and bring it back to life.
It's showing as checked for me and no email here either, or entries in my email server logs to indicate it might have been bounced for that matter. Oh well, not like I've thought of any worthy entries to suggest, and maybe the actual voting emails will arrive OK.
Ah. OK, I see what the problem was; your IP address is blacklisted on some DNSBLs, and if the DNSBL IP address is cached on my local DNS, SMTP won't even say HELO. See for info [mxtoolbox.com] to clear it.
Gah, I had no idea that was even there. No wonder I was never asked to vote, and now it's too late. Do you have stats on the number of people who didn't have it ticked? Maybe time for a second post on the front page highlighting it, and another round of emails.
-- const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
It would appear the egg is on my face. But I don't think I saw that article. This new config opt seems like something that would be more appropriately announced on a front page banner. In any case now that people know this perhaps you could resend that mail.
I wonder whether you will get into the 2nd round if you enable that setting now.
The first round is just a call for suggestions.
I'm one of the 91 people so far who "received the domain suggestion email, but I haven't responded". Because I haven't thought of any good suggestion. If you have a good suggestion, feel free to make contact with me.
Why the fuck would one look *there* for something like "how to register for voting"?
I do believe that on a bus late at night I may have seen that title and scrolled right past, as I had no suggestions, as I trusted the staff who were in control of such things to do things sensibly.
However, now I've seen they can't title a topic to distinguish "we have something important to tell you" from "do you have anything important to tell us", I do have a suggestion - LEARN HOW TO COMMUNICATE.
Not enrolled for the vote, and pissed off about that.
-- Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
Looks like a few people missed the registration. We want to include as many people as possible so we are looking through comments and contacting people individually. We'll make sure your votes are counted.
Yup, same here. No email. I did turn off Daily Headlines (which seemed to be on by default). Is there a pref that allows those one-off emails to be delivered?
(Score: 5, Informative) by Lagg on Sunday April 13 2014, @06:59PM
You're probably not getting many responses because a lot of people probably haven't even gotten the mail. I know for a fact it wouldn't be marked as spam so it leads me to believe I have something not configured to get said email or you have an error in your code somewhere that is doing the sending. Is there an option I should be checking or unchecking in my preferences or what?
http://lagg.me [lagg.me] 🗿
(Score: 4, Insightful) by cosurgi on Sunday April 13 2014, @07:17PM
Did you check "Willing to Vote" in http://soylentnews.org/my/homepage [soylentnews.org] ?
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(Score: 2) by Aighearach on Sunday April 13 2014, @07:36PM
In my case I thought I had, but when I checked it hadn't remembered the setting.
Not surprising, I get so many 503 errors from the site's broken cache.
Kinda pathetic it is supposedly a site for nerds, but there is no sysadmin... or if there is, please, nobody out their handle, they don't to be as embarrassed as they should be. I'd be more forgiving if there was a giant "sysadmins needed please volunteer" or something on the front page. Then I'd think, well, nobody wants to help so they're doing the best they can.
I know in my experience as a sysadmin, users should not get lame cache errors. It proves the site is being run by somebody that doesn't know how to configure a webserver, and isn't taking the error log seriously. The first day there were cache errors, it should have been fixed by changing the broken part of the configuration; e.g. when a backend fails, the front end should use one that is working. This generally happens automatically if you're using something like apache proxy balancer in the front, and mainstream tools in the back.
(Score: 3, Informative) by NCommander on Sunday April 13 2014, @07:42PM
When did you get these?
We had approximately 20 minutes where the site was flopping on and off today due to trying to properly fix the portscanning bug (the feature wasn't fully disabled, and had to push a fix which made thing worse before getting it properly fixed).
Still always moving
(Score: 2) by Open4D on Tuesday April 15 2014, @12:48AM
I got some about 3 hours ago. First the site was totally down. Then it was half-working, with several 503s.
I didn't notice anything at http://status.soylentnews.org/ [soylentnews.org] - I wonder if it's worth having a "most recent website problem" entry on that page permanently, so that we can check you were aware of any apparently temporary problems we've encountered. OTOH, maybe it's not a big deal at this stage in the site's development.
(Score: 3, Informative) by NCommander on Tuesday April 15 2014, @05:52PM
Linode switch went out, the site was inaccessible for approximately 30-45 minutes, and then I have to scrape Apache's remains and bring it back to life.
Still always moving
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday April 14 2014, @07:03AM
Strange, I've not gotten a single one. Maybe the server saw your user name starts with "Ai" and decided it won't serve an artificial intelligence. :-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by zocalo on Sunday April 13 2014, @11:26PM
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
(Score: 2) by AudioGuy on Monday April 14 2014, @11:27PM
Zocalo, your server seems to be blocking us, I suspect a firewall problem.
Detail from the logs here:
http://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=1177&thresh old=-1&commentsort=0&mode=flat&startat=100 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by zocalo on Tuesday April 15 2014, @06:20AM
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 26 2014, @10:10AM
Use it as a weight, but the 100% way you are doing will cause you more problems.
(Score: 5, Informative) by elf on Tuesday April 15 2014, @01:19PM
My first impression was "what mail?" too. I also didn't know there was a setting in preferences to turn this on. Was there a notification on this?
I personally wouldn't want to suggest name, but I'll vote if and when the vote happens. Will there be an opt in for this too?
(Score: 1) by Alien8r on Tuesday May 06 2014, @08:09PM
Same here, until I saw your message I didn't understand what the issue was.
Now I know, I left the willing to vote unchecked for now.
No brain, no pain.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by unitron on Tuesday April 15 2014, @07:40PM
When was that option added to that page and when was the addition announced on the main page?
something something Slashcott something something Beta something something
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday April 16 2014, @11:34AM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by mojo chan on Wednesday April 23 2014, @07:33AM
Gah, I had no idea that was even there. No wonder I was never asked to vote, and now it's too late. Do you have stats on the number of people who didn't have it ticked? Maybe time for a second post on the front page highlighting it, and another round of emails.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
(Score: 1) by Lavaeolus on Sunday April 13 2014, @07:18PM
I can confirm that - no email here either. I have solent emails whitelisted and searched my spam folder just to be sure.
Oh, yes, and the missing poll option is "the truth is... there is no email"
(Score: 2) by AudioGuy on Sunday April 13 2014, @07:43PM
You did not have the 'willing to vote' box checked. As required and specified in our article about the vote.
Sorry.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Lagg on Sunday April 13 2014, @08:47PM
It would appear the egg is on my face. But I don't think I saw that article. This new config opt seems like something that would be more appropriately announced on a front page banner. In any case now that people know this perhaps you could resend that mail.
http://lagg.me [lagg.me] 🗿
(Score: 2) by Open4D on Tuesday April 15 2014, @12:41AM
For the record it was Call for Suggestions for Site Name Vote [soylentnews.org]
I wonder whether you will get into the 2nd round if you enable that setting now.
The first round is just a call for suggestions.
I'm one of the 91 people so far who "received the domain suggestion email, but I haven't responded". Because I haven't thought of any good suggestion. If you have a good suggestion, feel free to make contact with me.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Lavaeolus on Tuesday April 15 2014, @05:52AM
Thanks! My bad - I must have missed that story when it was first posted.
(Score: 2) by mrbluze on Wednesday April 16 2014, @01:43AM
Still it's a fair point - blink and you miss it. That needs to be improved.
Do it yourself, 'cause no one else will do it yourself.
(Score: 2) by cosurgi on Sunday April 13 2014, @07:19PM
Oh, and you have seen this one?
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/04/08/22 16224 [soylentnews.org]
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(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday April 16 2014, @11:43AM
Why the fuck would one look *there* for something like "how to register for voting"?
I do believe that on a bus late at night I may have seen that title and scrolled right past, as I had no suggestions, as I trusted the staff who were in control of such things to do things sensibly.
However, now I've seen they can't title a topic to distinguish "we have something important to tell you" from "do you have anything important to tell us", I do have a suggestion - LEARN HOW TO COMMUNICATE.
Not enrolled for the vote, and pissed off about that.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 3, Informative) by mrcoolbp on Wednesday April 16 2014, @09:01PM
Looks like a few people missed the registration. We want to include as many people as possible so we are looking through comments and contacting people individually. We'll make sure your votes are counted.
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(Score: 1) by thoughtlover on Sunday April 13 2014, @07:58PM
Yup, same here. No email. I did turn off Daily Headlines (which seemed to be on by default). Is there a pref that allows those one-off emails to be delivered?
(Score: 2) by mrcoolbp on Monday April 14 2014, @03:27PM
Instructions are here [soylentnews.org]:
(Score:1^½, Radical)
(Score: 1) by xtronics on Tuesday April 15 2014, @10:26PM
Do mail here either - grepped the logs..
(Score: 1) by cubancigar11 on Tuesday April 22 2014, @12:41PM
I just received a list of domain names yesterday, and replied back with ranking.
I was going to pick soylentnews anyway, but some of the suggestions have definitely changed my mind and I hope one of them wins.