Recent content by lazy llama

Looking at your site now, there are 32 members and 2,134 guests online. Is that what you’d expect?

That comes from the (very highly recommended) @digitalpoint add on for Cloudflare.

I ran a bulletin board, Arkham BBS, for about 7 years (1989-96). That started on a 4.77MHz 8088 Wyse PC+ with 512K RAM and a 20MB HD runnig Opus. Ended up with 2 dedicated phone lines with V.34 modems on a machine running RemoteAccess on OS/2. Used to get well over 100 calls per day.

Same, vB wasn't good with big threads - so the 271k post thread is actually 'part 5'. My experience has been that Xenforo handles large threads and conversations really well. I've not even had issues with most add-ons, apart from one which got a bit stressed at a DM conversation of thousands of...

271k posts, 9043 pages, thread started in 2010

They seem to be targeting Xenforo URLs, lots of requests to URLs ending in “/reactions/“ or individual posts by number using “/goto/post?id=“. By getting Cloudflare rules to challenge requests for those types of URL (combined with some other specific conditions), I’ve reduced guests by 90%.

I noticed a recent increase in Guest users on the forum I administer. We're behind Cloudflare, and I'd previously set up some Cloudflare rules to challenge connections from certain countries and ASNs. We also use CFs AI bot blocker etc. The increased traffic is from multiple IPs, with...

I found this where they tell providers not to encourage VPN use... https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/age-assurance

And I’m sure Ofcom have a solid 100% means of detecting VPNs which they’ll be sharing with everyone. 😂

Also Reform UK have come out saying they'd scrap the OSA, and the media frenzy that happens whenever Reform say anything means lots of people end up talking about it. https://www.servelegal.co.uk/news/surge-in-vpn-use-as-internet-users-reject-online-safety-act The fact that VPN uptake has...

Hi @AndrewSimm Great addon which I've been using quite a lot - many thanks. The one thing I am having issues with is the Force Ignore: Force one user to ignore another user Two way force ignore option Users that are force ignored cannot remove force ignore If one of the users is already...

This one https://xenforo.com/community/resources/add-on-update-notifier.9002/ There will be one built in to the core Xenforo system when 2.4 is released.

I think it just shows how unrealistic the OFCOM rules are. Because everyone reads the TOS don’t they? Thoroughly, and memorise them for later recollection. Before asking what kind of lettuce to give their hamster. 😄 And anyone who was likely to post that sort of harm is unlikely to give a stuff...

It all comes across, particularly regarding the blocking of access to pornography by children, as putting a heavy load on legit organisations which are trying to comply, with any illicit sites who don't really care probably being out of realistic reach of OFCOM. The most they will be able to do...

Not sure that OFCOM would need to prosecute, they seem to be handed regulatory powers so can impose fines without court involvement; it’s not clear from their website. So they could fine the forum, but how would that fine be enacted? I doubt the site owner, who the BBC have identified in...