META: 408 / 525 server errors
These errors have recurred again and again in the decade (!) I've posted here. Even a June evening without much going on isn't safe from server problems, apparently. This is a perennial topic of discussion but is never resolved. How is it that MGoBlog seems to be more afflicted by this problem than any other college sports site?
What is the barrier to having a more functional site? Money? This community doesn't have a problem opening its wallet...
I really don't think it's from too much traffic, which always seemed to be the reason before. I'm hoping they're doing some updates. It would seem inevitable that there would have to be some server errors if they're messing with the site, right?
Internet was a mess yesterday. May be premature to think it was a site issue. I was having outlook issues on and off all day depending on which computer I was using to log in.
Yeah, that was my guess as well. Also, the errors are related to request timeouts and SSL handshake failures, two things that might well be caused by an introduction of some features or a change to a backend system.
I'm more troubled by the recent ads and how you can't scroll past more than a few comments in any given thread before seeing yet another one.
Piggybacking off of this, on mobile I always get a drop down ad that completely covers the menu bar thing. It’s super frustrating, especially since pressing on the arrow to make it go up clicks on the actual ad like 50% of the time.
This is correct
Sorry to say but the Ad Blocker app takes care of this. I turned it off to see why people were complaining and holy cow, I totally get it.
If you can offer up an adblocker that works while in incognito mode on android I'd love to get rid of this issue. On the upside for the site it has caused me to inadvertantly click on ads. Design? /s
AdBlock add-on if you use Samsung Internet works well for me
Try AdLock.
MGC - Holy negative MGoPoints, Batman! What happened?
Haha! I’ve been in Bolivia for over 2 years! I blew up at someone for starting a political thread and was deducted many Schrute Bucks. It’s all good. I don’t really start threads anyway. ?♂️
So you didn't start the forbidden thread but you got put in Bolivia?
Just like in football, it's always the ones who respond who get the flag.
I'm more troubled by the recent ads and how you can't scroll past more than a few comments in any given thread before seeing yet another one.
From some of Brian's comments concerning politics in Ann Arbor and affordable housing, I believe what we are seeing is a push to increase ad revenue, everything else be damned. You have to provide a balance and it seems that has been lost here as well as, I suspect, many users.
If they cleaned this mess up, I'd be happy to support the site with an annual fee.
If they cleaned this mess up,
I think a good start would be going back to the old format.
At least with the old format, there wasn't all this wasted whitespace and ads weren't embedded in the posts -- just on the sidebars.
I think enough time has passed that we're out of the "people don't like change" excuse window.
The way the site loads is a mess. You can't even load tabs in the background, while any other website would pre-load your pages.
I get that the changes are to keep the servers free from unnecessary incremental traffic, but it is significantly worse than almost literally any other website I can think of.
Not sure if it is something HUEL designed or some other constraint, but it has got to be addressed if this site is going to survive whatever the next wave of digital evolution will bring.
What's annoying is how much the admin of this site was pumping up HUEL in the years leading up to mgoblog 3.0.
The site doesn't load correctly all the time because Urban Meyer touches himself at night
Where’s the crime in that?
It's more just frowned upon. Like counting cards or masturbating on an airplane
You cannot touch yourself in the privacy of your own home now?
Pretty sure that's illegal too.
Yeah, ever since 9/11. Thanks a lot Bin Laden.
I thought it was when the airlines stopped providing blankets in coach and/or domestic flights.
Serious question.
Is there a board type site that people actually like how it interacts and loads?
I go to a lot of boards and rarely see a board go very long without a complaint on how the site works.
As a Corvette owner, I go on a site called corvetteforum.com which works well in most regards and has been around for about 20 years with a very large user base. Stable as a rock most of the time.
Stackoverflow
StackOverflow is pretty solid (reddit similarly deals with a lot of traffic pretty well), though in both those cases they have relatively simple sites in terms of what gets loaded. Their big issue is with sheer traffic. And even with that, Stack has issues that sometimes degrade performance.
This site isn't the best-designed in the world by any means, but people complain about it constantly seemingly out of habit.
but people complain about it constantly seemingly out of habit.
You seem to make a lot of assumptions about people in your posts.
Is Brian paying you to defend his honor as well?
Not an apples to apples comparison, but I literally pay for The Athletic just because it's ad-free.
1 Blocker has been a game changer for me on my iPad and iPhone. Apple recommended.
Thanks for the recommendation. Along these lines, does anyone else have a good ad blocker for iPhone? Some sites have become unreadable in mobile due to their ads.
For me, 1 Blocker blocks ads here but it also prevents comments from being viewable on my iPhone.
I've found Crystal to be a better option for this site because it catches ads while still allowing comments to be readable.
That being said, put me in the camp of those willing to pay for content. How about a tier of sponsorship with HTTV that comes with a one-year ad-free subscription to this site?
(Not telling Brian and Co. how to run their business; just offering a suggestion while absolving my guilt on blocking the horrendously imposing ads here.)
That damned al gore should have created a better internet.
There is a contingent on this site that perpetually complains about how this site doesn't work in the ways they believe it should, despite evidence that it is improving and, honestly, wasn't all that bad before.
Also, this is the internet - things sometimes don't work. Google was down a couple of days ago to an extent that people couldn't open their smart doors or run their AC. If it can happen to Google, then a temporary breakdown in site functionality here in the middle of the day in June isn't out of the picture.
My guess is that there are new features being added or enabled; I've seen those errors before and they usually appear because of site maintenance.
There is a contingent on this site that perpetually complains about how this site doesn't work in the ways they believe it should, despite evidence that it is improving and, honestly, wasn't all that bad before.
Also, this is the internet - things sometimes don't work. Google was down a couple of days ago to an extent that people couldn't open their smart doors or run their AC. If it can happen to Google, then a temporary breakdown in site functionality here in the middle of the day in June isn't out of the picture.
My guess is that there are new features being added or enabled; I've seen those errors before and they usually appear because of site maintenance.
My guess is that there are new features being added or enabled
A 525 error is often on account of a server side misconfiguration rather than too many people bogging down the internet with their IoT devices.
Yeah. I assume they're adding something new (perhaps some requested changes to comments). My larger point was that when a site doesn't function properly it doesn't necessarily mean it is some horrific sign of incompetence and cheapness.
Also, this is the offseason for the site; I always assume there will be quirks during this time.
I don't think anyone on the backend is incompetent.
I think it is clear the site is cheap and there's noting wrong with saying that. Nobody is virtually kicking Brian's puppy by saying so.