Delay in posting comments

[MG]

It looks like scanning for malicious content like ddos requests, identity manipulation or some forum content injection attempt.
A delay can also be used to verify that nothing on the other side is automated.

 

[loveydovey]

I think the forum is hacked and pwned for a while now. I see more of abrupt cutoffs of page loads midway through the page. What would cause that?

 

[drhowarddrfine]

Guys I started this thread on September 15 and all these questions were answered

 

[blackbird9]

When it times out, I get an error message popup dialog saying: "the server did not respond in time; please try again". I've seen it do that a few times in the last couple of days.

 

[SirDice]

I think the forum is hacked and pwned for a while now.

It isn't.

The delay seems to come and go, haven't found an exact cause yet. But I do have some leads, it may have something to do with the "notifications" and how they are processed. Apparently when you post Xenforo immediately starts processing the notifications (push notifications, watched threads, posts, that sort of thing) and for some unholy reason they're doing this as your post is processed, it holds up the actual posting. I have no idea why the heck they don't do this asynchronous.

 

[astyle]

I came to ask about this. Please tell me straight up: Are you guys partnering with any of these security/AI companies that are scanning user submissions before allowing them to be posted? By that I mean: automated LLM powered moderation.

It certainly doesn't look that way to me. Besides, I did see some mod posts that hinted that there's still humans on the moderation team, and they enforce Code of Conduct. And yeah, they have other things on their plate, too. Basically, lots of telltale signs that you just won't see with automated LLM powered moderation.

I only get this delay when posting new threads/posts. If I edit an existing post the reply is posted instantly as it should be. But if I wait say 30 minutes then go back and add say 3 paragraphs to a post I made the delay comes back. This can only lead me to one conclusion.

Only one???

I should tell you straight out that I'm very familiar with how Xenforo works. Along with what came before it (vBulletin) and what came before that (UBB). So I know what I'm seeing isn't related to any type of bug in the Xenforo software itself. I haven't had the time to go poking through the javascript I allowed to run in my browser from the freebsd.org domain yet. But if I go poking through it and find what I'm expecting to find I won't be happy and I'll stop posting here.

Yeah, right. Forum software and web browsers are not the only plausible places to look - you kind of have to realize that there can be issues with the hosting metal on the other end, there can be config issues for any number of components along the way, and there may be a moron or two who did not set things up right (like wrong firewall or routing settings), or even intentional global geopolitics like the Great Chinese Firewall. You gotta look through the entire TCP/IP stack, end to end, to know what to look for.

I just don't buy this high-and-mighty attitude, and anyone on the Internet is capable of responding in kind, in an attempt to play a game of one-upmanship. I don't buy the self-promoting commentary claims of any kind of real competence, either.