Question

Why does Open Study always have bad connection? Or is it just me with the bad connection? Because last time I remembered I had Strong connection and it still fails to load properly...I don't know >.<

Answer 1

It is most likely because of all the updates they are doing...just be grateful you can use your account. I lost my account because it is broken :(

Answer 2

Oh I'm sorry to hear that. I just hope all these updates are done xD

Answer 3

OpenStudy will most likely never stop lagging. It's not you, It's OpenStudy.

Answer 4

\(\color{blue}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @TypnoEchosis
Why does Open Study always have bad connection? Or is it just me with the bad connection? Because last time I remembered I had Strong connection and it still fails to load properly...I don't know >.<
\(\color{blue}{\text{End of Quote}}\)

It's been like this for a while..

Answer 5

The admins are trying to removing the bugs and everything. The admins are working hard and for them to make new updates means they have to take the site down for a few minutes. @TypnoEchosis

Answer 6

A while is quite the understatement. It's been like that for years. xD

Answer 7

Oh well I never knew how long exactly has it been like this??

Answer 8

Meanwhile, EclipsedStar has only been on OS for a few months now, yet she claims it has been like this for years....

Answer 9

@EclipsedStar You haven't even been on here for 6 months.. xD

Answer 10

Years...

Answer 11

Anyways, the cause of the bad connection: Way too many users online at the same time that the system can handle.

Answer 12

@igreen I have seen the old posts.

Answer 13

The servers crash?

Answer 14

Yes.

Answer 15

Screenshots don't show bad connection.

Answer 16

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Answer 17

\(\color{blue}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @EclipsedStar
A while is quite the understatement. It's been like that for years. xD
\(\color{blue}{\text{End of Quote}}\)
Yea years haha. Its be OS has soo many members so it crashes sometimes.

Answer 18

Lolol x'D
ok I got your point. anyways I have seen years old posts about bad connection lol

Answer 19

I don't think the "soooo many users" thing actually changes anything..think about other sites with thousands of users..

Answer 20

Devs need to delete un-used accounts.

Answer 21

@iYuko That would make things worse

Answer 22

Well at least now I know why it lags and crashes...*strolls off*

Answer 23

OpenStudy has millions of users. This all takes space which causes a portion of the lag. I think OpenStudy should delete all the users with a 0 SS.

Answer 24

Green I get your viewpoint but os's servers aren't the best like facebook and youtube.

Answer 25

Become a subscriber and help them make better servers. :)

Answer 26

Hopefully they aren't buying food with my $10.

Answer 27

Actually, for the last several weeks OS has been under an assortment of DDoS attacks... so there is more than usual for them to deal with.

Answer 28

lol xD

Answer 29

What is DDoS?

Answer 30

A crime.

Answer 31

Hackers try to make the website crash

Answer 32

Oh okay...but is it abbreviated for something?

Answer 33

Distributed Denial of Service.

Answer 34

OHHHH...It is all making sense now :D

Answer 35

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+a+DDoS+attack

Answer 36

But who in their right mind would want to hack a study site that's a little backwards <.>

Answer 37

Someone that is probably mad about something

Answer 38

Or someone that has nothing better to do...

Answer 39

Mad over what? Someone didn't answer their question on time?

Answer 40

who knows

Answer 41

Either way they wasting time...

Answer 42

They see it as a hobby. They think it's fun and don't understand that their doing....Crime

Answer 43

Well, a user made some poorly chosen, sex related comments in chat. They were suspended. Not long after that, there were threats made in chat that if that account was not reinstated and given immunity form moderation, the site would be taken down, destroyed, etc.

There has also been, for over a year now, a hacker group that formed because they did not like OS moderation and they think that free speech means they can say whatever they want on OS.

It is kind of like people that come over for a BBQ deciding that because you invited them to your place they can do anything they want to your house. So while they start digging a pit in the yard and then get irritated when you call the cops. Logically it does not make sense, but it has happened here on OS.

Answer 44

The Site and the Service may be temporarily unavailable from time to time for maintenance or other reasons.
http://openstudy.com/terms-and-conditions

Answer 45

We are in the same boat :P

Answer 46

What? I thought we had different boats. The only difference is that one doesn't have a hole.