Ledgies who have disappeared

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

My last little absence was because of a glitch of some sort. I kept getting “server not found”. .

I don't remember that error but sometimes it still appears the database error, server timout or handshake error, and I have to retry. It seems the server get out of resources, oversaturated and they reboot it or clear RAM or buffers, something like that.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Villavic

I don't remember that error but sometimes it still appears the database error, server timout or handshake error, and I have to retry. It seems the server get out of resources, oversaturated and they reboot it or clear RAM or buffers, something like that.

And it seems to happen the most on the weekends.

[FuzzyPlum]

The strangest is not the people that were on here long ago….i notice there are periodically people that come on The Ledge and post incessantly for a year or two….many thousands of posts. And then completely disappear.

[DownOnRodeo]

Mildly disappointed this wasn't the scintillating true crime thread I'd expected from the title.

For many years a date in 2018 was listed as the time with record number of users online. I assumed it was related to the firing. That inglorious brouhaha seemed to bring many back out of the woodwork, including myself after a decade hiatus.

I surmise that the bulletin board format is a bit outmoded these days, especially for Gen Z (internet native generation) or younger. Without enthusastic fresh young blood coming in, you're left with a handful of reminiscing codgers (again, myself included).

There is also just the dearth of novelty in what can be discussed. The era I joined the Ledge, between The Dance and Say You Will, the FM/solo space was practically alive with possibility. Even Chris gave us a solo album after stepping back from the band. Contrast post-firing, where the best The Ledge can hope for in terms of novel content is our dear friend Villavic's selection of best twenty-year-old threads for the week.

Long live The Ledge and all who sail in her!

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by sleepless child

I'm not sure how long I have been on the Ledge,

I see I joined in 2007. Almost 20 years!

the fact that 2007 was a whole TWO DECADES AGO now is just.......my head can't compute.....

not that I have a nostalgia for the world in 2007,it's just the math doesn't math for me...like.....when I think 20 years ago my brain thinks oh that was the 90s or something...

Or when I hear 2017 my brain goes, oh that was like what 5 years ago now?

Sigh.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

And it seems to happen the most on the weekends.

Yes! It seems there's nobody checking at the datacenter until monday morning when they restart or tune services.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Villavic

Yes! It seems there's nobody checking at the datacenter until monday morning when they restart or tune services.

The odd thing is that we have very little traffic here on the weekends, and that's when it goes down.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

The odd thing is that we have very little traffic here on the weekends, and that's when it goes down.

Maybe because the servers host other webpages. Usually those services run different websites on server farms, clusters, etc. So maybe other sites do consume a lot of memory, traffic, CPU, etc., on weekends. I'm only guessing, because when you hire a hosting service, the contract can include performance guarantees, resource allocation, etc. But of course, those contracts are more expensive.

Anyway, I still find The Ledge a good place to discuss, read interesting information, or simply have some fun.

Just curious, are there other cool forums like this one, not threads in Reddit or other sites where all kinds of topics are discussed, but entire places dedicated to bands or musicians, similar to The Ledge?

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Villavic

Maybe because the servers host other webpages. Usually those services run different websites on server farms, clusters, etc. So maybe other sites do consume a lot of memory, traffic, CPU, etc., on weekends. I'm only guessing, because when you hire a hosting service, the contract can include performance guarantees, resource allocation, etc. But of course, those contracts are more expensive.

Anyway, I still find The Ledge a good place to discuss, read interesting information, or simply have some fun.

Just curious, are there other cool forums like this one, not threads in Reddit or other sites where all kinds of topics are discussed, but entire places dedicated to bands or musicians, similar to The Ledge?

That's my guess as well.

I don't know if there are many dedicated bands pages these days, or not. I'd ASSume most of them are just run off of social media pages.

[reebokandlace]

Originally Posted by sleepless child

I'm not sure how long I have been on the Ledge,

I see I joined in 2007. Almost 20 years!

I joined in 2003. I think i started lurking in 1998/9. It took a while for me to jump on the whole forum bandwagon and actually join the Ledge. Almost 28 years ago. Whoa.

I still chuckle when I see these 1990’s post icon smiley faces. So last century.



No one can update them to something a little more 21st century? Even early 21st century would be fine.

Can you believe that term…. Early 21st century, turn of the century….

25 years ago. Omg

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by reebokandlace

I looked at the top 25 people listed and many of them stopped posting a decade ago

I wonder how many ledgies (out of the total) who still enter to read but haven't posted anything in years are among those who have achieved the 10,883 views of this thread (up to this point).