Hey TERB, what happened?
- Thread starter bazokajoe
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Looks like a database error on the backend and they had to restore to a point before the data corruption. Just a best guess from experience with servers.
Guessing here as well - searches would be based on the database servers having their indexes online and updated. Give it a few hours, maybe a day and see if it's still not working. Great catch, had not tried a search since seeing terb was back online.
I suspect a purposeful roll back and/or corrupt/missing backup data when restoring the site from the latest outage.
Just a guess.
I know I haven't been able to get on the site on and off for a week. Given error messages like "Database connection lost" and "502 Bad Gateway". There have even been paid advertiser SPs complaining on X that they couldn't get on TERB.
Message from the terb management team:
I may have to restart some “Habs Suck” thread.
Really glad it is back up running. I was having Terb withdrawal symptom, anxiously checking back and back. Missing a quick way to find Maple Leafs news and discussions. Time flies, I have been a loyal Terbite since 2007.
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Understandable. Many don’t know about these year end database maintenance jobs as normally they go so smooth we don’t realize.
Many couldn’t post ads for a couple of days. Anyone who has plans to work the New Years Weekend were kinda screwed.
and the ladies had no idea when it if TERB was coming back.
I know but I have been here for years, but many ladies just come, post an ad and leave. They have no idea about how TERB operates really.
I think TERB should utilize their Twitter account next time to make the announcement that the site was down and would return. That would have helped lessen the panic and upset of the ladies. It was mostly the lack of knowledge that caused the upset. I bet they didn’t think of posting on Twitter though because they haven’t used their own account in years. So kinda out of thought. But for next time, if this happens, maybe they will remember.
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They could have sent a DM blast in the site (they've done it before), an email to everyone especially advertisers, or a message on the Terb.cc homepage. All of these are fairly easy to do and don't depend on people having a Twitter account.
Except most times when this is done, no one ever noticed and they didn’t predict the board shut down. Once the site was down, the only recourse is a post on Twitter.
Except not everybody has a twitter account...the professional escort have their own website, they shouldn't be relying on TERB 100% of the time.
that would have been the simplest and most effective way to share information
MERB had some information in their Lounge post, but nobody was really sure what happened
Sorry, I forgot to say that admins should have warned everyone well ahead of the maintenance. I know that not everyone will read the warning, but it's better than nothing.
It also seems that they don't have a list of advertiser email addresses that live outside this site. They could have sent a email to everyone on the list when the site was down.
Surely, their payment system has those email addresses on file too.
