bakkermaarten007: About Staff And Charts

bakkermaarten007 09.13.11	So I posted a message on the sputnik forum about the charts and when they're coming back up. This was a while ago, I didn't insult staffmembers in any way, but there was some guy (I assume he was staff) who acted like he didn't even know what I was talking about, so I explained I was referring to the charts at the top beneath each music section. Then I got banned from discussions, I can't even send an e-mail to ask why and it's permanent. Conclusion: yes, this site is going to waste.
taylormemer 09.13.11	lol
omnipanzer 09.13.11	It was a thorn and you got smacked for poking it.
bakkermaarten007 09.13.11	Clearly
Liberi Fatali 09.13.11	Um if you'd believe most users, the sites been going to waste since 2001. Funnily enough I haven't noticed that much difference.
omnipanzer 09.13.11	I call shenanigans.
bakkermaarten007 09.13.11	Whatever, I just want an explanation for my ban. It's not fair.
Eulogize 09.13.11	"It's not fair." Lol.
Liberi Fatali 09.13.11	I could post in http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?p=18645892 and ask why you were banned. But then again, so could you by creating a second account and using that.
Willie 09.13.11	You were banned forever by one of the forum mods. So, posting in the review site won't get you answers because we had nothing to do with it.
xenocide. 09.13.11	Don't talk about charts with staff! It's a taboo. Btw, have you noticed the charts don't refresh?
Willie 09.13.11	They don't refresh because Mx had to change the way they work. They were bogging down the site because they were presented in real time. So, every time someone was on the charts area or refreshed it would scan all the album ratings and present an up-to-the-moment picture -- which was killing the server. So, now they scan the site once a day and then create a static image for the next 24 hours.
Crysis 09.13.11	So now the site just goes down once a day ;)
Willie 09.13.11	Well, that's different ;) The site is just pulling in more traffic than anticipated. It's being worked on. The entire site just needs to be transferred to better/larger servers.
Crysis 09.13.11	Yeah, hopefully that's in the works because lurking the site in the morning when it's most uneventful because the server overloads at night is no fun.
bakkermaarten007 09.13.11	Yea, I won't bother any more, it's annoying that's all.
omnipanzer 09.13.11	"The entire site just needs to be transferred to better/larger servers." Out of curiosity what does it run on... HP rx2600?
xenocide. 09.13.11	@ Willie: I'm not sure if you're right. Charts seem to be frozen from the day they had been restrored. Look at 2011. The second spot is still occupied by "Lapsus", with average rating 4.27 and 27 votes, but if you click on the album, you'll see the rating has dropped to 4.1, out of 71 votes. On the other hand, new Thrice album is absent on the chart, when it should be #7. They don't refresh, even once a day.
BigHans 09.13.11	The entire site just needs to be transferred to better/larger servers. ^ Yeah, like not using open source/free servers would be a good start.
anarchistfish 09.13.11	loads of albums on the charts seem to be stuck with 127 votes
Willie 09.13.11	Initially the new method was to have the charts update once a day, but that might have been shut off due to the latest round of server issues. As for having server issue for the past 'x' amount of years -- during that time the site has had it's servers updated/upgraded more than a few times. That's why the problems will go away eventually. The 'problem' is that the site is growing faster than Mx can keep up. Remember, this is privately owned and run by one person.
toxin. 09.14.11	"The site is just pulling in more traffic than anticipated" You mean to tell me that this site isn't going to the dumps? /half-sarcastic rhetorical question
Tyler. 09.30.14	Conclusion: yes, this site is going to waste. omg people have never stopped saying that lmao
mxbrady 09.30.14	This site just hasn't been good since Al Gore invented the internet tbh