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Kobi
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Re: Forum Talk

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Good Change adding the quick verification page, makes the forum have less bots, and more safe.
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tornado
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Kobi wrote: Sun 23/03/2025 18:21 Good Change adding the quick verification page, makes the forum have less bots, and more safe.
I agree. this should be a safe place to share our weather stories and observations.
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc
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New Format?
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Willoughby
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Sun 04/05/2025 21:41 New Format?
I'm aware of some current design issues with the forum not rendering properly - can you please put a screenshot of the forum up?
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Simon Culling
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The Forum was offline here in the UK up until about an hour ago (15:30GMT). it seems to be some of the detail that is missing.

Screenshot of the front page attached. Is this what you require?
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Thanks. All appears normal now. I think it was a Chinese bot adding excessive strain onto the server yesterday causing the site to crash.
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc
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Not getting the "Are You Human" coming upon the screen now.
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Willoughby
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Tue 06/05/2025 00:30 Not getting the "Are You Human" coming upon the screen now.
Correct. I will toggle on/off if I notice the site is being subject to DDoS attacks and/or notice bad bots strain the server's resources. Things should be running smoother from here.
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Orion
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Something puzzling happened to the site yesterday evening, appeared very different to usual, or impossible to access; and would not accept posts at one point.
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Willoughby wrote: Mon 05/05/2025 20:52 Thanks. All appears normal now. I think it was a Chinese bot adding excessive strain onto the server yesterday causing the site to crash.
Not sure if it's related, but I read a couple of recent reports blaming the TikTokSpider for crashing their server?

Below is screenshot of how the forum looked on Tuesday evening (back to normal by morning). Same thing happened yesterday evening.
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