We're back online from the past few hours. I would like to thank @riverhead for all his contribution and service to the community in keeping the lights on at Steemit.Chat. With over 13K active members and hundreds signing up regularly, it's no easy to task to keep the chat going. We're on a new server today.
Without his constant support and technical know-how there wouldn't have been Steemit chat. Many incredible things that have resulted on Steemit from the use of this communications platform which connects various Steemit users directly with one another and James constantly keeping an eye on the server ensuring it's business as usual while I manage the user administration along with a bunch of incredible people to help us out!
USE http://52.15.210.158/home - temporarily!
Latest updates on the technical side of things from @riverhead's blog
Update5 - [Nearly There]
The brave among you can try the new server at: http://52.15.210.158/home
Not this is not ssl certified yet and may need to get reset but it'll scratch the itch haha. Once the DNS updates I can get us back to happy htps and steemit dot chat domain.
We still have some work pending and I request the community to remain patient as Riverhead gets it back up and running! You will be able to use the platform to it's fullest potential without any hickups soon enough!
We have hundreds of public and private channels, totalling over a thousand. I would also be initiating a clean up in the days to come as we've got some clutter that needs attention.
But over the past 10 months over 5,806,198 messages have been sent using this platform. It may not be as slick as 'Slack' but it has worked great over the past year and helped thousands of members network with one another.
Various curation guilds, trails, user engagement and retention initiatives, including the abuse fighting team @steemcleaners continue to use Steemit.Chat as a base of operations and help take Steemit.com to the next level.
I invite you to use Steemit.Chat and I'm sure you'll make some great friends along the way!
It's been a long journey from where we began and we've got a long way to go.
5.8Million+ messages in ten months is bananas!! Thanks for the post, and a big shout out to @riverhead for putting in all the effort to make steemit chat work!
Indeed! He's great! :)
yohoo that is such a good news man! I get used to open steemit once I back office, it is such a good way to dircetly communicate with all of you, no matter just chatting around or asking for help in the #help. People here are kind and funny! Happy so see steemit chat back and thank you for the update! Steem on!
I just joined the discord chat for #minnowsupport a couple of days ago, and there I found out that steemit.chat is no longer working. I want to thank you @firepower for the update and hard work on this :)
Can't wait to get home, and spend my weekend getting to know you guys better, and join the community even more. Heads up: expect some more content from me over the weekend! See you soon.
Thank you! :)
Thank you! You can use http://52.15.210.158/home temporarily! :)
meep
thank you so much...at first,i thought it was a network glitch ..thanks.
Thanks!
You welcome pal..
Yes, I missed you steemit.chat ! Thanks for all your hard work and dedication!
Thanks :)
Love the gif you chose .. I guess that is truly how most feel ;)
Yep!
Awesome!
Seems Down again, is there any way we can help.
http://52.15.210.158/home please use this link. It is mentioned in the post.
looks like domain & ip are not bound
I was lost connection with a group of steemian for a long time!
Thanks for all technician for repairing the server!
Hope I can connect with them as soon as possible!
Bless
Thanks! Now you can use it! :)
I´m happy to hear this. I have one question for you, @firepower. What´s the difference between steem.chat and Discord? Why should I use one or the other?
Steemit.Chat is currently the main/official chat/communication platform for the users of Steemit.com. http://52.15.210.158/home
That steemit.chat is not a RAM whore client for an IRC
lol!
Cool!, finally... i Thought it was just me...
Thanks :)
Sounds awesome! Will look into it and a big tnx to @riverhead for making it possible!💖
:)
very glad its back...thanks @firepower
Also @riverhead for your immense contributions and dedicated service to see that stem chat is back. I owe you guys a lot as I can now plan to post my milestone achievements in 10days of steeming hot and promote in steemchat promotions.
Thanks for the comment! :)
Thank you so much on getting everything back up and running again.
Thank you! :)
Yeah I also made a post about chat issues 3 days ago but nobody responded so I assumed it was just me with connection issues. I've missed the chat, thanks for fixing it!
You are welcome!
Wohoho. Awesome:)
BooYeah!!!
FINALLY! PRAISE THE MOON GODS!
YAY!
It's still not working for me. I'm getting "This site can't be reached"
Update: it worked with internet explorer, but not chrome.
Please use this link http://52.15.210.158/home it is mentioned in the post. It's working, please try again. :)
Any idea on when the site will be functional again? Like, a best guess as to how many more hours? Need to contact some people...
We're live here: http://52.15.210.158/home you can use this temporarily David :) It will take some time to migrate to the domain name with SSL.
Thanks for sharing! A link to your post was included in the Steem.center wiki page about Steemit Chat. Thanks and good luck again!
Thanks this is currently the temporary url http://52.15.210.158/home we will move back to the main one soon!
I've never tried steem chat, thanks for sharing, followed and upvoted!
Thanks for your comment! I hope you can get on it and collaborate with people from your country and community! :)
looks like more fun!!
yep!
That's what I'm talkin about 🙌🏼🙌🏼... I only used it a few times though 😂 But I'm a newbie and I'm going to use it all the time now!
Thanks dude! :)
You the man! 🙌🏼
Scaling the Steem infrastructure will have its share of growing pains but generally speaking we're off to a tear only a little over a year in.
When the floodgates open, this could be a bigger issue. But we have to take it one day at a time.
True, true.
very nice. will be trying out steemit.chat.
ok
Wow, again? This ain't gonna work for ya bud. Steemit is essentially spam-resistant. Gotta add genuine value or else the protocol will downrank your reputation score :)
agree with you there.
well said @writewords!
Im running around steem trying to put out spam fires everywhere I go!
@firepower
Thanks for the update.
I was not able to login citing wrong password error
I tried to reset the password, and when I enter new password...
A big error message and unable to get through it.
http://52.15.210.158/home use this link for now and try a password reset. Make sure you have created a separate account here. Steemit.com account wont work here. Also, ensure it's the same as your username on Steemit.
VOILA!!!
I get through.. Thanks @firepower
But at the time of registering the account, i made a mistake of using slightly different username from what i had here on Steemit.
Does it affect ?
ok
Drop drop dropppppin links like they hot :)
So many apps and websites in the steem ecosphere to keep track of :) Seems like a lot of action is going on Steemit.chat so i'll be giving it a shot. Thanks for the effort you are putting in building this community.
Thanks. It's the official steemit chat currently. :) http://52.15.210.158/home
looks like more fun!!
Thanks
Great post. Check out my profile if you have time :)
thanks for the update dude. upvoted you and followed. do me favor please give me a follow back because your follow will be very worthy.
Great news It is...!! Followed you <3
follow and upvote me i am doing that for you
its a very informative topic ,a best piece of information you really deserve for upvoting on that post keep it up my bro nice work cheers i am supporting to you its a very helpful topic following you my bro
spamitty spammm spamm I ate a spam sandwich for breakfast because i'm a spam lover :)
yuuhuuu !!
Thanks for the hard work!
Much appreciated!
Thanks for the update!! Finally, its been down for the last 2 days.
Oh and followed!!
Thanks a lot for the update, keep up the good work :)
Great!!! :D
Thankyou for the information keep sharing ..
@firepower
Cool, if you need me, do not hesitate!
thx for update
Yay! I can spam it again with my hilarious jokes!
What are some benefits to chat? Sorry I'm a complete noobie to all this
The main thing I use it for atm is as a DM feature basically. I get a good convo going with some1 on steem in a comment thread and I want to talk in private. Rather than publishing my skype or something on steemit, I can just say, hey, message me on steem.chat. :)
ooh wow awesome I'll have to check it out! :) also if you like to read on topics such as cryptocurrency, finance, or anime reviews please give me a follow :)
I don't follow people that ask me to follow them.
But chat link is still not opening for me?
http://52.15.210.158/home
thanks
Thanks god (that admin/coder who fix it)
So happy to have the chat back.
Thank for the update..its a great new...
i also use rocket.chat on my website and have had a few 'games' with it. to your success!
Firefox: "user not found or incorrect password
Chrome: "This site can’t be reached;steemit.chat unexpectedly closed the connection"
Oopsie.
I'll be using it for the first time today ! Upvoted , hope you can show some love too