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Pete Cashmore — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:15:33 -0000

Will,

Yeah, that feature is being screwy and I haven't had time to look into it yet. I also think the check box is displaying twice, correct?

I guess whether you respond or not depends whether you're subbed to this thread. Ironic. ;)

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Will — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:31:16 -0000

But what is annoying, is that I have to uncheck "Notify me of followup comments via e-mail" every single time. And some times it still subscribes me anyways. :(

And why is there "subscribe to comments via email" too on every post? At least its not checked by default.

Please make "notify me of followup comments via email" not checked by default... Some posts I do want to subscribe to so thats why I dont use the block all button on the subscription page. So for all the reset I have to uncheck it every time. Getting really really old....

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bann — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:12:41 -0000

"The only reason we ever put less posts per page is if the server is struggling."

I think you've just made the best case for pagination. Thanks again for upping the count. I suppose I'm a bit sensitive about it because I visit the main page about 4 times a day. :D

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Pete Cashmore — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:33:18 -0000

bann,

The only reason we ever put less posts per page is if the server is struggling. I prefer it with more too, because it saves people flipping back through lots of pages just to read the news from today (and those people include me!).

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bann — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:58:27 -0000

Thanks for putting more posts on each page. I know you'll serve more pages and have more ad impressions the other way, but this really is a better user experience.

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Jason — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:44:41 -0000

Pete,

(mt) looks like a good choice. If it's O.K., could you tell us which hosting plans you upgraded from/to?

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Pete Cashmore — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:57:30 -0000

You were lucky. ;)

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Will — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:06:50 -0000

Never had any lag or down time here. Been fast as its always been, loads in less than 1 second. :)

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Pete Cashmore — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:07:40 -0000

That's because Alexa overestimates tech sites and under measures non-tech sites. Rule of thumb: the more technical your users, the more likely you are to rank well on Alexa.

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Pete Cashmore — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:59:02 -0000

I always love how others know how to run your blog better than you. ;)

Yes, pagination is a suck, but remember that most people viewing blogs go direct to the blog posts, and hence most pages being served do not include pagination. I pulled it out this week, but it really made very little difference. Other additions also strain the db and were removed, but mainly it's just too many posts being viewed. I may decide to remove those features at peak times, but I'd rather just have a setup that lets us add stuff without worrying about server issues.

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Pete Cashmore — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:52:59 -0000

Yeah, but even that is misleading. It shows a recent traffic jump, whereas traffic has been growing steadily for months.

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Pete Cashmore — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:52:16 -0000

Incidentally, why would we purposely fake hours of downtime and database errors?

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Pete Cashmore — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:50:31 -0000

So are all US-focused sites. It's due to an increasing number of Chinese and Indian users downloading the toolbar, which gives the impression that US-centric sites are losing steam...

http://valleywag.com/tech/b...

Traffic is growing week on week.

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Pete Cashmore — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:45:30 -0000

We've always used (mt).

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Pete Cashmore — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:45:02 -0000

Chris,

I didn't expect any downtime. Hence no warning.

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bann — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:00:45 -0000

Maybe if you didn't just abuse pagination so badly, you'd serve a third less pages and your server wouldn't puke.

I'm moving to the feed so i don't have to wait for 4 extra pages to load.

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Shawn Plaster — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:46:14 -0000

Fran,
42,493 links. Must be doing something right.

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Alessandra Beckmann — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:12:13 -0000

I was having Mashable withdrawals! Good to see you up and running again. And Pete, congrats on your awesome growth!

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paulOr — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:00:00 -0000

i blaim Digg, there has been alot of mashable on digg recently :)

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Chris — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:39:32 -0000

Fran, Mashable is actually going up, http://www.statsaholic.com/...
Cheers

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Jason — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:50:05 -0000

Jon,
I was equally curious. A bit tracing shows they are using mediatemple? Assuming they chose extreme dedicate server plan, the hosting cost is about $1500 per year.

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Chris — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:30:58 -0000

I had some problems, I thought it was my computer connections, but other sites worked. Glad you guys are back, you guys should put a small note so others don't get frustrated. Cheers.

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Jack — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:39:07 -0000

Okay, mister Smart Guy.

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Jon — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:22:57 -0000

just curious, what hosting did you move from and who did you move to?

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Adam benayoun — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:04:54 -0000

Having too much traffic _IS_ a big problem. If your site isnt built to scale or your hosting cannot provide you with adequte resource to grow, then your users suffers until they leave and almost never return.
In your case, this might be different since, your userbase is loyal, wordpress can scale and im sure that with the recent switching of hosting, your servers will show improved performance.
Anyway good luck.