Part 2: Was the site down yesterday? [User data collected, etc.]

Thanks for replying in my previous post. Ever since the Great AFF 2012 crash, I became more observant. Little problems accumulate if ignored and then it would be too late. 

I went to twitter and the tweets about the site being down started at 4:01PM, April 7, 2014 GMT+8. Here is the status history of AFF yesterday: http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/asianfanfics.com.html. It did went offline at 2:25AM (GMT-7). But for how long, it's different for everyone. Based on the time stamps of the tweets, the site was down from four to six hours and then we have other users claiming it was only for a short time. 

I don't trust the countries they listed in their profiles but I recognized the languages used, haha, Bahasa, Filipino and then most are in English. But I think it would help boss if we give him a list of the areas affected. So far, users who experienced problems are from the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, USA (states: California, North Dakota), China, Spain, UK, Australia... I informed AFFHelper with this list but will update them later if you want to add your country to the list.

I went to Cloudflare to understand more (Did you see the error message from Cloudflare yesterday?) when I stumbled upon their most recent blog post: Staying ahead of OpenSSL vulnerabilities by Nick Sullivan. It was published yesterday April 7, 2014, 11:00AM. 

"We fixed this vulnerability last week before it was made public. All sites that use CloudFlare for SSL have received this fix and are automatically protected."

I am not saying that what happened yesterday is connected with this bug fix or vulnerability fix. Let's just hope that whatever it is, it's fixed. And don't ask me about that article because I don't know a thing.

And oh, I saw one user in twitter complaining that AFF should have an app. So I would like to remind everyone that developing an app is not easy. And it's definitely not cheap like I've shown in an old post. Do you have at least twenty thousand dollars? Hmp! It not the site's fault it went offline yesterday. Or anyone's. While Cloudflare makes sure the site is protected, their system is not perfect. Glitches or bugs happen. Hackers exist. 

This is the reason why I don't go to twitter anymore. I feel like I am so old when I read tweets from whiny users. My three year old neighbor is better in handling her emotions than most of them.

 

 

Keeper

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aleric #1
I had experience it as well :) But it didn't go for 4-6 hours though. In fact, it must have been less than an hour here in Australia.
Crys_Marie2oo5 #2
You cannot be that old...if the numbers in your username are your birth year then I am older than you. We are probably old in the eyes of those who use this site. For crying out loud I'm older than most people in their K-Pop acts. Especially SHINee. Maybe not Super Junior...I think I'm a month older than Raeywook (sp?)the ones older than him are older than me.

Yes, my 5 year old daughter is better equipped to handle her emotions and acts more mature than most people do on twitter, but then again, the majority of people who use twitter are tweens and teens...I only check my twitter to check to see if Jonghyun or Onew posted anything of interest. Same reason as to why I opened an instagram, Key has one and a couple of people that I'd like to keep in contact with have them too. Really the only thing I understand about Social networking is that you can talk to people in the privacy of your own home, but I'd rather hangout in person with them, and not talk to them from behind a computer screen or phone. It's a great thing if you're in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, or pandemic, but not in the real world.

People should be grateful that AFF exists. Sure it's not perfect, but its definitely a lot better than other sites out there. :D You're doing a wonderful job Keeper. I applaud you!
Yoruclaw #3
deh~Australia was affected. I dunno wat time but yeah. I couldnt get any reviews done -_-
YHyunah #4
UK was effected at around late evening probably at 8:00 pm and lasted for around an hour.
Marianations #5
Spain was effected too, around 10:50 AM to 13:00 AM local time.
Madchen #6
Aff is not perfect. In fact, users should be grateful for the outstanding services rendered by the site. One small glitch from cloudflare shouldn't cause users to act like weirdos because this site is free and everyone should be open minded about how the system works.
smolder #7
Oh wow, thank you for gathering the info.
LOL at the last line. The accuracy of it is sad.
Yeah, if they want an app, they better contribute to the fundraiser instead of complaining all day.
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