Re:Signal is having technical difficulties
by bitcharmer on Friday January 15, 2021 @01:27PM
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Yup, and it's not like Signal should be surprised with it. The influx has been happening for a while now and it seems like they were incapable of handling it. I have no idea how I'm going to defend them against all my family members I somehow managed to convert from WhatsApp to stay on this platform.
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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties
by godelski on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:06PM
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I'm not sure a 5x+ growth in under a week is really "for a while now". If anything I'm surprised they've kept it together this long. The growth looks more like an exponential function too, so that's even more difficult.
Good luck Signal team!
Re:Signal is having technical difficulties
by bitcharmer on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:32PM
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As much as I'm cheering for Signal, yes this was absolutely foreseeable.
Re:Signal is having technical difficulties
by input_sh on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:17PM
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From their tweet:
> We have been adding new servers and extra capacity at a record pace every single day this week nonstop, but today exceeded even our most optimistic projections. Millions upon millions of new users are sending a message that privacy matters. We appreciate your patience.
https://twitter.com/signalapp/status/1350165610936766464
They've seen it coming, just never expected this much new traffic.
Re:Signal is having technical difficulties
by tamiral on Friday January 15, 2021 @01:36PM
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It’s an FOSS teaM working around the clock to support... let’s not be mean I’m sure they are doing all they can to get this resolved
It's only FOSS by appearance really - it's still a team of well-paid engineers that operate like any other startup, with the difference that you can read the code of their apps and the bug-tracker is public.
They operate on their own schedules and priorities, and it's tricky to get your PR into any of the clients.
Re:Signal is having technical difficulties
by windthrown on Friday January 15, 2021 @09:26PM
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Well paid, but not lavishly paid by Silicon Valley standards. Salaries listed in their IRS form 990 have the CEO making ~$200k and other engineers in the ~$120k-$180k range.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/824...
Re:Signal is having technical difficulties
by centimeter on Friday January 15, 2021 @01:42PM
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Whatever reasonable excuses the signal team has are completely irrelevant from the perspective of casual users.