Steemit.chat Being Updated
Update5: And we're back. Let's never do that again.
Update4: Brought down to adjust some configs for multi-threading.
Update3: The performance issues are being worked on.
Update2: 4.3 GB/6.7 GB (65.2%) of messages restored. Folks have had a lot to say haha.
Update: If steemit.chat didn't exist would it move the conversation to steemit.com? Would that be good or bad? Discuss.
Sorry for the down time folks. I was made aware of a security vulnerability for older versions of Rocket Chat (we were on 0.56). The only solution was to update version which requires a database conversion. We're going to skip a bunch of versions to 0.60.0 which comes with its own issues.
If you use a mobile client be sure to download Rocket.Chat+ (note the plus sign at the end)
Currently mobile reactions aren't working. Hopefully that'll be resolved in an upcoming release.
The new version has a lot of performance optimizations but requires a different configuration than the current setup we've been optimizing over the past year or so. I ask that you please be patient with the admins and moderators while we get things back up to snuff.
Steem on!
James aka Riverhead.
Image Source: https://github.com/RocketChat
This just shows how much needed an implented chat / message system in Steemit is ..
It was never the plan for this to be my life's work :)
I read you are mainly dealing with DDoS instability, but are running directly off Amazon AWS. What kind of DDoS? Have you considered putting the Rocket.Chat instance behind Cloudflare?
That ended up being what I did. It has really hampered usability for some users but the trade off may be worth it in lack of lag and less spammers/scammers.
Great to see it working! I have not experienced the service being unavailable since you added Cloudflare.
Were you perhaps looking for more people to help you operate and maintain steemit.chat? You noted this was not supposed to be your life's work, and @deltik (has rocket.chat experience) and I would be keen to get involved. We run the @gridcoin.science witness - first to operate on minimal hardware using zram memory compression as detailed here, technical overview here.
But you are doing an amazing job! Transfers are ok, but even with discord - steem.chat has currently no real alternative.
We need Steemit chat fast...
Plz do it faster sir
Great work, thanks for the update! Steem on and keep up good work. Thank you!
I must say I like it.
Usually, my eyes and brain can't take a design change within the first hour or so as it is simply not used to it. But this, I really liked.
Just the simple addition of profile pictures next to people's names rather than just the @ sign is really helpful.
Well done.
Glad to see that the chat is back! Thanks for the update!
It's back for you? I am still being greeted by the down front-end.
It's down for me as well. I saw the post first, and when I opened the chat I saw that is down!
Same here...
We need as soon as possible.
Working on it :)
My answer to the question is: bad. It would be really bad not to have steemit.chat, because it really doesn't have any alternative, even though people use discord. Thank you for doing this, using your precious time so we could have a platform for a nice chat with other steemians. I am fairly new to steemit, but when I first came I didn't know much about steemit, and I've got all my answers on steemit.chat so thank you once more. Have a nice day!
Good job. Thanks
Thanks for the update man, much appreciated. You never realize how important steemit.chat is until it goes offline.
Thanks for the update and all your support!!
The < bot > messages while steemit chat was down yesterday were hilarious!
I love how it was recommending people to go check out acroyoga!! ;)
Thanks for your effort! I'm serious :) It's a really useful tool for the steemit community. You have my vote for witness. Keep up the amazing work, please!
Cheers
When they activate the chat again ?
There are communities activated within the chat, whenever I enter they are only spam, is it any of you who know active communities? If you know them, let me know.