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I created a ko-fi account so that I could set a monthly donation, but when I check it it says that I have no 'subscriptions'.

Any ideas?
 
No idea, new to ko-fi myself.

Delayed with the test release of the updated forum. Hopefully this upcoming weekend.
 
@icerat Two things...

1. Do I understand correctly that the test upgrade failed? Are you using an import feature in the new software, or is this a sql operation? If sql, I'm glad to help in any way I can.

2. The bot attack argues for a hosted solution, where the host deals with such problems.
 
1. It wasn't the site upgrade per se, it was a test migration of the DB to a DB cluster to make future migration and upgrades smoother and quicker
2. Considering to implement CloudFlare post-upgrade
 
icerat said:
1. It wasn't the site upgrade per se, it was a test migration of the DB to a DB cluster to make future migration and upgrades smoother and quicker
2. Considering to implement CloudFlare post-upgrade
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The forum was down for some hours last night. Was this part of the upgrade? Are we now running on the DB cluster?
 
steenkh said:
That must be a drawback when using Tapatalk: I never saw it.
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The announcement sporadically appeared at the top of the main page, in like a pale yellow hilite. It was really easy to miss if you were not looking for it.
 
Thermal said:
The announcement sporadically appeared at the top of the main page, in like a pale yellow hilite. It was really easy to miss if you were not looking for it.
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It was also on the Facebook page, but to be fair some people aren't on Facebook.
 
steenkh said:
The forum was down for some hours last night. Was this part of the upgrade? Are we now running on the DB cluster?
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Sadly not. The transfer - which takes 7-8hours each attempt - kept failing. I tracked at least part of the issue to a corrupted index in the original database, and the first attempt to fix it - which shouldn't normally have caused much trouble - broke it completely after logs and reindexing unexpectedly filled the storage.

Hence the short notice.

The corruption is now hopefully fixed. Another backup and restore to attempt another test of getting the DB on the cluster will be attempted soon. 17GB data dumps do not transfer nicely.
 
icerat said:
Sadly not. The transfer - which takes 7-8hours each attempt - kept failing. I tracked at least part of the issue to a corrupted index in the original database, and the first attempt to fix it - which shouldn't normally have caused much trouble - broke it completely after logs and reindexing unexpectedly filled the storage.

Hence the short notice.

The corruption is now hopefully fixed. Another backup and restore to attempt another test of getting the DB on the cluster will be attempted soon. 17GB data dumps do not transfer nicely.
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I have great patience with such things. After all, I have been in the IT business myself, and upgrades that failed because of DB corruption are not uncommon. At least you could revert to the original state. I have not always been that lucky.
 
steenkh said:
I have great patience with such things. After all, I have been in the IT business myself, and upgrades that failed because of DB corruption are not uncommon. At least you could revert to the original state. I have not always been that lucky.
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I lost my old website, arthwollipot.com, and everything on it because of a failure much like that.
 
icerat said:
Sadly not. The transfer - which takes 7-8hours each attempt - kept failing. I tracked at least part of the issue to a corrupted index in the original database, and the first attempt to fix it - which shouldn't normally have caused much trouble - broke it completely after logs and reindexing unexpectedly filled the storage.

Hence the short notice.

The corruption is now hopefully fixed. Another backup and restore to attempt another test of getting the DB on the cluster will be attempted soon. 17GB data dumps do not transfer nicely.
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Thanks for keeping us up to date. Glad you are working on the upgrade.
 
arthwollipot said:
I lost my old website, arthwollipot.com, and everything on it because of a failure much like that.
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I was admin on atheist.net when a hard disk failed, and the backup didn’t work. But then, at least I knew it was an Act of God that took down the site forever ;)
 
ISF Staff said:
International Skeptics is alive and kicking, and plans for growth are afoot! We are now launching fund-raising to further develop the platform.
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First half 2024

  • Migrate the forum to Xenforo. This is a modern forum software platform, with better performance, better editing, better media integration, better mobile access (built in PWA) and more
  • Create a main International Skeptics website, in addition to the forum. This will include the ability for members to write articles or blog posts. This may, for example, be for a "long form" argument about a topic, which can then be discussed in the forum. It will also allow for the introduction of further features in the future.
  • Create and maintain an International Skeptics social media presence.
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icerat said:
Sadly not. The transfer - which takes 7-8hours each attempt - kept failing. I tracked at least part of the issue to a corrupted index in the original database, and the first attempt to fix it - which shouldn't normally have caused much trouble - broke it completely after logs and reindexing unexpectedly filled the storage.

Hence the short notice.

The corruption is now hopefully fixed. Another backup and restore to attempt another test of getting the DB on the cluster will be attempted soon. 17GB data dumps do not transfer nicely.
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icerat said:
We're in the process of planning and designing the "home" site for International Skeptics, as well as the upgrade to the forum software. As part of that we're going to be sending out a survey to all members to get feedback on what type of features/services that you'd like.

First though, I'd like an open discussion that we can use to decide on the questions to ask! So the floor is yours, pretty much anything is open. This can be for the forum, for the "parent website", the organisation as a whole, whatever.

A quick list of ideas to get the ball rolling

rule changes, events, social network, real world meetups, dating, process for selecting mods, member blogs (all or select?), like buttons :boxedin: or other feedback mechanisms, social media integrations, competitions, etc etc etc
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Hello? The first half of 2024 has come and gone. Icerat has gone silent since April. I guess it could be several years before he posts again.

An update from Icerat would be welcome.

I am not happy.
 
In case anyone thought Icerat may have been just too busy undertaking disaster tourism doing humanitarian work in Ukraine, or incapacitated, I can confirm neither of those is correct.

He's posting flat-out on X about Biden, Trump, Ukraine, Sunak and his pet hobby-horse, long covid, with last post yesterday. (or today, depending which time X uses)
 
Anyone managed to cancel their ko-fi subscription? I can find no way and their only reply to my emails is a meaningless form email fired back. Every damn month I have to dispute the payment with my bank. It's a small amout but a damn nuisance.
 
This is what I could find. I did a one time donation to make sure this was legit - which it has turned out not to be. Hope this works for you and anyone else who continues to get scammed.

Login to your Ko-fi account and navigate to More > Account and Billing. Scroll to the Subscriptions selection, you will see all your active subscriptions. Select the Cancel Subscription option and this will end your subscription to this Creator. You will continue to have access until the end of your subscription.
 
GlennB said:
Anyone managed to cancel their ko-fi subscription? I can find no way and their only reply to my emails is a meaningless form email fired back. Every damn month I have to dispute the payment with my bank. It's a small amout but a damn nuisance.
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Some of you are still paying?

Sorry, but that's actually hilarious.
 
Vixen said:
Perhaps if 280 of members contribute $100 each, members could do a management buy out (MBO)...?

One vote per member could mean it is run democratically.
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The $28,000 is a joke. Right now, it's not worth $28, being closed to non-members.
 
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