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Gagh knock it off....

Eggs Mayonnaise said:
Well thery're first in line in any purge no matter what. So it's always just a matter of time... ;)
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Someone might want to check CPU activity and see if there are any spikes.

Have someone else try to spam the thread and observe the effects. If it slows down, then it's a problem with inefficient code and/or low server resources when handling a thread that size. It loads slowly for me and while it does, resources are probably being consumed to find that post among thousands requested to be viewed. Not something others might not have guessed by now. A cap should be put on thread sizes in case discussions get really heated and generate 10,000+ posts to prevent this in the future.

If someone wanted to interfere with TK, they would get a few buddies to post in those threads, conveniently located in a subforum where AFAIK new accounts can post immediately.
 
CaptainWacky said:
The board IS slow when Dork's thread is posted in too, so that thing about him being on dial-up not slowing the board was wrong. Unless it's slow for some other reason.
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Gagh said:
I'm sure those here also noticed the board speed up after Dork stopped spamming SCII as well ;)
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Having been assured by mm herself that my posts were too slow to affect the board's speed, I can only apologize as empirical evidence seems to indicate otherwise.
 
Love Cunt said:
I would like the same respectable warning if Spamcapital was going to be purged as well.
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Gagh said:
Understandable, seeing as it's a Frankentstein's creation of hundreds of legitimate threads.
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My only concerns as to a possible purge of SPAMCAPITAL are as follows:

1) That the thread be allowed to reach its current goal of 50,000 posts (which should occur today),

2) And that every reasonable attempt be made to seperate and preserve the aforementioned "legitimate" threads contained therein, (The original Karma thread, LC's Goodnight thread, Gonad's sex thread, etc.)
 
btw, Pickle: The SCIII is only at 3500 posts, less than a 10th of this one. I may joke about nuking it over there, but I won't worry about it until it approaches 10k. I'll cap it at that point.
 
OK, I think I have been able to locate parts of Gonad's thread, but I have no idea which posts belong to LC's Goodnight thread. Separating the Karma thread posts from Spamcapital will prove to be very difficult, especially when there isn't much karma given on the posts.

Also, if I start splitting SpamCapital now, it will not reach the 50,000 posts - mark as soon, so what d'you want: splitting or getting 50,000 with risking to lose it all?
 
Umh, just to be clear - although I am talking about the future death of SP, I have no idea if this is an actual risk at this point ;)
 
If spamcapital is so important why not just put it in the archives?

And DL, you know exactly what the hell I mean, lol. You know you're spastic about your post count.
 
As far as I am concerned, Spamcapital was never intended to contain important stuff. We created it to contain exactly those posts that can be purged without anybody being sad about it as well as having fun with creating a huge thread.
The fact that some threads have been merged into it by mistake kinda changed the status quo, so now, if it is deleted, some really awesome posts will be lost.
It being archived doesn't make a lot of sense, at least not if we can manage to split the "important" posts from it first.
 
There is no smart/methodical way to split "important" threads out of a 40,000+ post thread. You have to pick away at them post by post. So unless Ilyana wants to start hunting, pecking and splitting, it's not going to happen. And the drain on the server while using the search function on a huge thread is a perfect example of how a big spam thread affects the board without any rapid-fire posting.

It's spam. I have no fond affection for this cause. It sucks that some nonspam threads got mixed in, but there is no "cause" here to champion IMO. Luckily it's not my call.
 
The Dork Lord said:
Having been assured by mm herself that my posts were too slow to affect the board's speed, I can only apologize as empirical evidence seems to indicate otherwise.
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MM knows two things about the board's software. One is Diddly. The other is Squat.
 
OK, let's spam it up to 50,000, then I will try and split some of the good stuff (and whoever is inclined to do so and has too much time on his/her hand is always welcome to point me to posts they want to save), then Eggs or whoever has the power can delete it along with Gagh Central. That should take care of the server drain. Remember, Spamcapital IV (or V, since some of us are actually planning on planting one into EI) is only one mouse-click away :D

Deal?
 
Just to add some perspective, mm hasn't called for any deleting of anything yet.
This all happened in the course of casual conversation between Gagh & me.

But yes, if there are some posts in there that you want to keep, better safe than sorry. ;)
 
Eggs Mayonnaise said:
Just to add some perspective, mm hasn't called for any deleting of anything yet.
This all happened in the course of casual conversation between Gagh & me.

But yes, if there are some posts in there that you want to keep, better safe than sorry. ;)
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Yeah, I know it's nothing official right now. I also know that I am not going to win the most-favorite-BL-mod award from LC, Dual and DL for my suggestion, but it's just that, if those two threads really make TK slow for a bunch of people, I think it is time to do something about it.
 
Ilyanna said:
OK, I think I have been able to locate parts of Gonad's thread, but I have no idea which posts belong to LC's Goodnight thread. Separating the Karma thread posts from Spamcapital will prove to be very difficult, especially when there isn't much karma given on the posts.

Also, if I start splitting SpamCapital now, it will not reach the 50,000 posts - mark as soon, so what d'you want: splitting or getting 50,000 with risking to lose it all?
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Eggs Mayonnaise said:
There is no smart/methodical way to split "important" threads out of a 40,000+ post thread. You have to pick away at them post by post. So unless Ilyana wants to start hunting, pecking and splitting, it's not going to happen. And the drain on the server while using the search function on a huge thread is a perfect example of how a big spam thread affects the board without any rapid-fire posting.

It's spam. I have no fond affection for this cause. It sucks that some nonspam threads got mixed in, but there is no "cause" here to champion IMO. Luckily it's not my call.
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Ilyanna said:
OK, let's spam it up to 50,000, then I will try and split some of the good stuff (and whoever is inclined to do so and has too much time on his/her hand is always welcome to point me to posts they want to save), then Eggs or whoever has the power can delete it along with Gagh Central. That should take care of the server drain. Remember, Spamcapital IV (or V, since some of us are actually planning on planting one into EI) is only one mouse-click away :D

Deal?
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Ilyanna said:
Yeah, I know it's nothing official right now. I also know that I am not going to win the most-favorite-BL-mod award from LC, Dual and DL for my suggestion, but it's just that, if those two threads really make TK slow for a bunch of people, I think it is time to do something about it.
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SPAMCAPITAL LEXICON

I've serched through to page 15, where the second I'LL NEVER STOP thread begins, I will search it more later. The only thing I KNOW FOR CERTAIN that I want saved that I haven't found yet is Enk's Skinofevil stories.

I hope this helps...
 
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