Website performance - Apr. 12 (PDT) update

[dwell]

Hello everyone, here is the update from the weekend. I will cover the 2 points from the previous lj_maintenance posts so we can close the loop on them.

Speed up the way our user information is pulled out of our databases.There were 2 more emergency patches released this weekend that have been helping the situation. We will continue to look at

Comments

[foxfirefey]

TALK GEEKY TO ME dwell.

[pw201]

Thanks for keeping us all informed about this: while it is frustrating that the site is slow, the communication from your team is excellent.

[daluci]

All these lovely words. Who says tech people aren't talkative?

Thanks for the continuing updates. I'll just be sitting here and continuing to wish you luck.

[yuki_scorpio]

I read...

- Explanation of the situation (useful to know)
- Attempts to resolve and planned further attempts to resolve (very good)

What I want to know now is what the programme is. Is there a target date to getting everything running smoothly? It's no good knowing the rest if there isn't a time scale.

[alby_lion]

As time goes on and demands increase, are there any plans to delete long-abandoned journals (those without a login for three-to-five years or more)?

[darkblysse]

I'd like to know this as well.

There's journals out there (one that I wanted for my username, for example) that were taken in 2000/2001/2002 and have no entries, friends, or comments posted at all. I'd like to know if there's a plan to maybe purge some of those accounts in the future.

[alby_lion]

Exactly.

I also have a few people who only registered accounts to stalk me then gave up when it was all friends-only. But it's a bit of a waste to be "friends of" these journals when they've never had a post.

[icequeen64]

I'd also like to know this, because my very first LJ (shiva64) I ever had was hacked into years ago, and I would like it deleted. I don't know french, and this was when I was stupid about password security. :|