Hello everyone,
Many of you have been reaching out to me regarding the ongoing downtime on various alt-social channels. @riverhead has been on the top of this issue as we've been facing some minor bugs in recent times, causing a number of small issues on the platform.
With increased sign-ups on Steemit.com, we've been experiencing heavier load on our servers and recently we've been experiencing some database related issues as well. Our dedicated server is down at the moment. Nothing to worry about as it's being looked into but this might be a slightly longer downtime than we've seen in a very very long time.
I'll have a more comprehensive update on Steemit.Chat in the near future. Meanwhile, I thank you for patiently waiting till we get these issues sorted and the Chat is back online again!
I assure you that we will have Steemit's favourite communication platform up and running asap!
thank you for the update. I've tried to go on there a couple of times as I was notified I had a message. I got to write an initial response and then haven't been able to get back in there. Thank you all for all of your hard work.
Thank you so much! :)
Wait, there's a Steemit chat?
Noob alert!
Thanks for introducing me to it lol
Sign up when it's live.
Will do @firepower, thanks.
How does it work?
It is a sign that we are improving.
Indeed!
It certainly affects my posts, hope to see it up and running again
@firepower
@riverhead
I trust you guys are doing the needful. I love the chat platform as it's where I easily get realtime answers to my numerous inquiries as a new member and love d great sence of humor plus discipline to rules members exhibit. Great team...keep it up.
Thank you so much! :)
You are welcome @firepower
I need to publish my first 200+ followers after 10days of membership but my chat buddies need to be alerted...as such am anxiously waiting for update from u. Am following you hoping for favourable updates soon. Your efforts are appreciated I understand the huge work involved...
Hang in there! :)
Sure @firepower
Do visit my blog regularly to be checking my post.. Your constructive criticism shall be appreciated to enable me improve as one of the best content blogger on steemit..!
Great work guys. There's been a lot of new users recently so I appreciate the extra work needed and load on the server this must have. I second the option of having a status page. It at least give people peace of mind that it's not working and to come back later. May stop the huge amount of traffic constantly refreshing the page also.
Thanks :)
Thanks for the heads up @firepower - much appreciated
Thank you so much! :)
What's the chance of having a "status" page for all of Steem's services - so notifications like this are not necessary?
Indeed! Post it to steemit on GitHub. :)
Thanks for the suggestion.
I'd like to point out for regular users, posting a new feature request on GitHub may be a little too technical.
It's a shame there isn't a "suggestion" box or way for users to add new functionality requests and then have the community vote on it.
It think it's a worthwhile process to help support excellent development of features the community really wants.
That's a very good idea... All services like this could link back to the status page to give it more views too
I second this idea.
Growing pains I guess ;)
Absolutely!
Hold hold
Thanks. Good information
Oh, I'm glad that it is down, I thought that it wasn't working just to me. Thanks for letting me know about it, @firepower!
Thank you so much! :)
Thanks for sharing! I was wondering why I was having issues with the steemit chat site.
Thanks for working on the fixes @riverhead
Thanks!
OMG Thank you for letting us know! I was like darn this computer... why is it so slow! I need to talk to my friends already. Thanks for working on it @riverhead!
I was facing issues. I was not aware of you . I tried to connect @roelandp. Isn't he involved in development
No, Riverhead and I run the chat with some help from a few people volunteering their time to help the community.
@firepower Why did not you develop a site yourself?
@megatht Can you help me build one? It will need mad programming skills and a ton of investment.
@firepower
Yes, but at the very least it would be necessary to reestablish a temporary chat
Thank you for the update
Welcome! :)
@firepower
Yes ! I faced the same. As a new user trying to enter to steemit chat.
Waiting for the guide on steem chat. Following !!
Stay tuned! :) There is an older guide in my blogs. Scroll down a bit on it.
Thanks. Good information
Welcome!
its the issue I am facing fro yesterday......but wow I thought u were just a blogger but I came to know that u are creator of this steemit.chat :)
Riverhead and I run the chat. He owns the server and I run the front end!
Thanks for the update about steemit chat, Upvoted!
Welcome! :)
@firepower- Thank you for the update. As a newcomer, a minnow only 7 days old, I am trying to learn the ropes. I was afraid that I was doing something wrong due to which I was unable to get on the chat.
It is but natural to face such growth issues when the popularity rises fast and outpaces infrastructure. The exponentially growing popularity shows how great a job all of you at Steemit are doing! Kudos. Following you.
Am more into wildlife and nature photography as well as travel. I would be honored if you see some of my work and provide your valuable comments.
Regards,
A minnow (7 days and counting)
Well dont worry! We'll have it up and running soon! :)
Thank you. Appreciate all your hard work
This is very informative. Actually, steemit is growing at a very fast pace and hopefully will continue to do so.
Check out my new article on steemit here: https://steemit.com/steemit/@nikita.adroit/why-steemit-cannot-take-place-of-the-biggest-social-media-networking-sites-or-about-steemit-or
Sure
Thanks for the information. I'll resteem it.
Thanks
Good to know that's not just some issue on my end.
Thanks for info!
Everything will be fine soon! We're on it.
Thank you for inform us. I thought that this was my system's fault.
Missing steemit.chat a lot, steemit doesn't feel whole without it and I am missing my daily convo with the whole community.....
Please fix it as early as possible.
Appreciate you for your efforts.
Thanks
Excellent regard and reward for you brother.
But I dont have both of them. Could you like sharing upvote to me brother?
Thanks!
Im one of the newbs...sorry.
Oh, and if you like the strange and hidden....
Hope you dont mind the almost shameless plug here, but its truly hard starting from nothing on here. Finding my type of fans is tough.
haha! no worries dude!
thank you for sharing
Welcome!
Thank you for this information. I will wait patiently until everything is going well again!
Thank you so much! :)
welcome..
Thank you...
Nice post
Welcome! :)
Thank you @firepower..
Please vote all my post @firepower....
Thanks for the update , I thought it was just me lol
Welcome! :)
Thanks for the update @firepower
I thought i was having issues with my log in.
Upvoted and followed..
Great! :)
.. Hope you would stay in touch
Thanks for the info @firepower
Welcome!
Thank you for working on problem solving.
Welcome! :)
They need some time :>
Yep!
@firepower
Steemit.chat is awesome platform. Get it back soon.
We love it
Thanks!
How much more time will it take approximately? @firepower
as long as until it's backup!
Thanks for the update!
Welcome! :)
I hope the issues get resolved soon :) really missing steemit.chat
Soon!
Awesome!
Let's see when it comes back online.
Soon!
Waiting
Great work and I'm looking forward for the Steemit.chat back. A great week for you @firepower
Thanks it's back up, still resolving some issues! :)
oh dear loard!!! please hurry ;) I miss my box and my mood mod and my snark space.
haha! I hope you are having fun using it again! :)
You and @riverhead are both greatly appreated.
;) don't tell tuck or moon mod ... they might get jelly.
Have a great week!!! Steem On!
haha thanks!
I tought "Steemit's favourite communication platform" was the Steem blockchain.
haha! ;)
looking forward to the update steemit chat! I have used it for a week and I find it is a good way for newbie to raise out questions, thanks to those kind experienced blogger there, who always willing to answer our questions as well! Can't wait to see your update and thank you for developing such a good platform !
You are welcome :)
Do you want Dennis to take a look at it?
Im not sure who that is? Riverhead is working to get it back up. We should be live soon and hopefully not go down after that. :D
Thank you so much for the update @firepower. I thought I am having trouble with my internet connection.
You are welcome! :) It will be fine soon!
Thank you so much! :)
damn what a pitty :/
dont worry, not for long!
Thank you @firepower for confirming my share: https://steemit.com/steemit/@dowithlove/steemit-chat-unavailable-fork-19-the-reason#@firepower/re-dowithlove-steemit-chat-unavailable-fork-19-the-reason-20170622t084713983z
Kind regards,
@DoWithLove
thanks for this i was wondering what was going on:)
Welcome! :)
Thank you, you just answered my recent article!
Welcome! :)
@powerfire It would be cool to be able to speak seriously