Is it worth slowing down EnWorld for the XP system?

[xigbar]

I look forward to the day where I can once again receive recognition for my half-baked ideas.

 

[Qik]

Personally, I enjoy the XP system. However, no minor perk is worth returning to the speeds that we were experiencing a few months ago, which made the site barely functional, and led some to contemplate leaving or actually do so. So, in a vacuum, I'd have to prioritize site functionality over the minor, though admittedly enjoyable, perk of the XP system.

That said, I'm glad to know it'll be coming back online. I would miss it.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Yep. I read that. And I read that Morrus shutdown a whole swarm of things. I am skeptical that XP had that significant of an impact by itself, especially under normal operating situations.

And example of something being shutoff and seeing immediate performance improvements are the blogs. When those went off the site speed increased tremendously and that was under normal traffic conditions, not a major release news day.

And while I would rather not see XP turned off, I totally support the site staff's decision to do so on the day of a major news release. I thought the site performed remarkably well for the amount of traffic it must have been receiving.

Actually it does add up. For example lets see how many xp querries happen each time one user looking at this thread.

1 querry per post to see if it had xp placed on it.
1 query to see who placed xp on it, and what was said if their was an exp comment.
1 querry per post to see if the poster has xp turned on.
1 querry to per post to see the poster's xp amount and xp level.

Times this by 4000 members and remember these queries also happen when you view the profiles, blogs, etc.

 

[darjr]

It's complicated.

The blogs were getting trounced by spam traffic, mostly failed attempts to spam, but not all. I think the XP system is fine, under lower load, but under the high traffic numbers it just didn't do so well. And it dragged everything else down with it.

I do think that the xp system performance could be improved with out a lot of brain surgery.

 

[LightPhoenix]

The XP system can't be used if the site itself is not usable.

 

[Roland55]

I guess I'm slightly humbled to admit I like the XP system.

Of course, turn it off whenever you need to and for as long as you need to.

After all, "the Board's the thing!"

Still ... I was just about to XP Gary ...

 

[IronWolf]

The blogs were getting trounced by spam traffic, mostly failed attempts to spam, but not all. I think the XP system is fine, under lower load, but under the high traffic numbers it just didn't do so well. And it dragged everything else down with it.

I do think that the xp system performance could be improved with out a lot of brain surgery.

Thanks for the work darjr! I don't miss the blogs at all, especially given how fast the site has been since they were disabled. And I totally understand why XP was disabled. The site did well yesterday!

 

[Relique du Madde]

Personally, I never really used the blogs that much. Considering how the wiki was killed, I'm not sure I would use them ever again (just in case).

 

[jbear]

I like the xp system.

1) Its an nice way to welcome new members
2) Its a nice/quick way to adress a particular post in a long thread. I don't even know how to mulitquote, so its prefect for non-savvy folk like myself.
3) Its a nice way to give some virtual thanks to someone for a particular contribution/help they have offered you
4) Its a nice way to show someone you appreciate their thoughtful of insightful comment.

I like it. I'd miss it alot.

 

[jonesy]

I like the xp system.

1) Its an nice way to welcome new members
2) Its a nice/quick way to adress a particular post in a long thread. I don't even know how to mulitquote, so its prefect for non-savvy folk like myself.
3) Its a nice way to give some virtual thanks to someone for a particular contribution/help they have offered you
4) Its a nice way to show someone you appreciate their thoughtful of insightful comment.

I like it. I'd miss it alot.

I'd give you exp for that post, but, you know.

Edit: and there we go.