Question

Attention all MODS!!!

Answer 1

I am not sure where this is going....

Answer 2

I know it could go any where Anyways there is a mayjor lag on this site.

Answer 3

LOL i think they know already xD

Answer 4

Happens every day. I posted an idea in the feedback area. It could be one of many, many factors.

Answer 5

I thought it was my internet, links take a lot of time to open. And typing is lagging as well

Answer 6

Sorry no ash, it is the site.

http://openstudyfeedback.uservoice.com/forums/95895-customer-feedback/suggestions/4578716-os-crashing

There are many more reasons beyond those that I listed in the feedback.

Answer 7

The queen of OS Ms.Pretha rama needs to know about it Ty!!! @Preetha I will now close the question.

Answer 8

There is a new CTO (head of development) and stability is one of the top agenda items.

Answer 9

Is the CTO who does updates and fixes the site?

Answer 10

The CTO is the Chief Technology Officer. Their job is to basically take care of all of the technical aspects of running the site.

Answer 11

All mods do u need someone with experience in IT?

Answer 12

And Must u have a degree in IT if not I am more than willing to do the job.

Answer 13

My IT skills are great.

Answer 14

Matter in fact I help my teachers with there PC's all of the time.

Answer 15

Also to clarify, not all moderators work for the parent company. Administrators are the only ones who can truly speak on that. Moderators are community members that have been chosen as responsible and willing to assist with the running of the site.

That having been said, there is a bit of difference between running a large-scale website and tinkering with a simple one machine operating system. You need to have a strong knowledge with whatever language they are using (I assume Java or the like), as well as network knowledge. There is a lot more that goes into it than you might think.

Answer 16

lol ya i had a lag 2 but i think it got fixed

Answer 17

"have been chosen as responsible" ... after the picked me they had to institute this criteria :)

Answer 18

Only thing I am unfimilar with is sequal server.

Answer 19

Get a few more years and some schooling under your belt and I think you should have a real shot. I believe Preetha even mentioned a paid position for programmers a little while back.

Answer 20

I do research everyday just for the learning.

Answer 21

Maintaining a PC and a server are very different in many respects. AD admin and web development adds to it. If you knew SCALA, MongoDB, JavaScript, and a few others, you could have applied for the job.

Answer 22

Ok then I would make a terrible it person. Lol!!!

Answer 23

could probably be like a dude that helps with PC issues.Lol!!! Maybe I am not ready for website issues.Lol!!!

Answer 24

I can do basic stuff like formatting but not more complicated than that.Lol!!!

Answer 25

I can handle a PC, I can handle small servers. But the scale of this site is daunting, as well as all the material that comes along with it. I wouldn't even begin to pretend to know what all is involved. Maybe one day I could work here, but today... today is not that day.

Answer 26

The big thing with database admin is optimization. This is partially making it scalable. The original developers talked about a few cludges they did to get it working that had not been ironed out. I think that if the new team gets that fixed, then OS will scale better by being able to be sharded properly. That means run on a farm rather than one server.

There is a ton of this you can learn online... and post questions over in the CS area here. =P

Answer 27

Heck I bet I would be good at teaching the newer mods ho the banning system works.

Answer 28

Even though I bet preetha already does that.

Answer 29

I believe only admins can ban. And mods can suspend. However I may be wrong.

Answer 30

Preetha's a mod and she can do either.

Answer 31

We also get the under-used kick, which is to slow a problem down.

Answer 32

Preetha is an admin. In fat, Preetha is The Admin. As in, #1 on the TOE.

Answer 33

@e.mccormick does this site use sequal server?

Answer 34

Or how ever it's spelled

Answer 35

No. Like I said, MongoDB. I see @shadowfiend lurking and I know he can explain more. Hehe. If he wants.

Answer 36

Mongo is a NoSQL server.

Answer 37

Isn't it C++ based?

Answer 38

Hey Shadowfiend

Answer 39

Hahaha!!! E. did u see that?