Saidit is currently undergoing the largest DDOS attack we've ever had

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[–]magnora7[S] 41 insightful - 2 fun41 insightful - 1 fun42 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I literally get DMs that are almost exactly this on a weekly basis. Sometimes even from mods on saidit. Not even joking. It gets real old.

[–]whistlepig 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You should make posts out of them. That would be entertaining. ;]

Maybe make a sub for them.

[–]magnora7[S] 20 insightful - 3 fun20 insightful - 2 fun21 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Ugh I don't want to give the attackers one more bit of attention, they thrive on that, so it'd only be inviting more attacks, imo. I think that's why most admins don't speak out about this stuff, because even just talking about it often causes more attacks.

[–]brbmodule 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

i beg to differ. the attacks happen, putting up a banner that said something along the line "currently under fire from geo region X" doesn't give more attention to them. you just point out an obvious fact. furthermore it looks like saidit can fend of the brunt of it, the countermeasures are working. so you're ahead of that game keep doing that.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

furthermore it looks like saidit can fend of the brunt of it, the countermeasures are working

Yeah this is the only reason I feel comfortable talking about it at all. In the past when we couldn't handle it, talking about it was frightening because it would likely just invite more attacks