Comments on: Indo attack bloggers yet want them to work for them for free http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/ Invisible people have invisible rights Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Leisa Nordenson http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-916565 Leisa Nordenson Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:45:08 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/#comment-916565 My God, i thought you were going to chip in with some decisive insight at the end there, not leave it with we leave it to you to decide. My God, i thought you were going to chip in with some decisive insight at the end there, not leave it with we leave it to you to decide.

]]> By: ValueIreland.com - Irelands Only Truly Independent Consumer Watchdog http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-912609 ValueIreland.com - Irelands Only Truly Independent Consumer Watchdog Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:32:53 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/#comment-912609 [...] a couple of blogs today about the attitude of the Irish Independent towards bloggers. Damian Mulley mentions here that they’re looking for people to blog for them on their site for free. While over at Maman [...] [...] a couple of blogs today about the attitude of the Irish Independent towards bloggers. Damian Mulley mentions here that they’re looking for people to blog for them on their site for free. While over at Maman [...]

]]> By: Dickheads of the year, 2007 » Twenty Major - Still smoking in Dublin bars http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-638701 Dickheads of the year, 2007 » Twenty Major - Still smoking in Dublin bars Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:50:59 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/#comment-638701 [...] Attacks on blogs and bloggers yet they approached bloggers and asked them work for free [...] [...] Attacks on blogs and bloggers yet they approached bloggers and asked them work for free [...]

]]> By: one more hour :: Well, fancy that :: December :: 2007 http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-499858 one more hour :: Well, fancy that :: December :: 2007 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:02:37 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/#comment-499858 [...] been well covered that some Independent News & Media staffers are fond of appropriating bits of writing they find on [...] [...] been well covered that some Independent News & Media staffers are fond of appropriating bits of writing they find on [...]

]]> By: Sabrina Dent: Pixel Pushing Ireland » Can’t Write, Can’t Spell http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-499263 Sabrina Dent: Pixel Pushing Ireland » Can’t Write, Can’t Spell Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:19:40 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/#comment-499263 [...] wonder the Independent wants bloggers to work for them for free. They can’t even afford original reporters! At least, not who can [...] [...] wonder the Independent wants bloggers to work for them for free. They can’t even afford original reporters! At least, not who can [...]

]]> By: Fuck off, Indo » Twenty Major - Still smoking in Dublin bars http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-497165 Fuck off, Indo » Twenty Major - Still smoking in Dublin bars Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:49:24 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/#comment-497165 [...] As Mulley points out the Independent, if we didn’t know already, is a quite reprehensible rag. [...] [...] As Mulley points out the Independent, if we didn’t know already, is a quite reprehensible rag. [...]

]]> By: Crunchy Links - December 10th 2007 http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-494206 Crunchy Links - December 10th 2007 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:51:25 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/#comment-494206 [...] hammering among the online community, no more so than in the Irish blogosphere. As Damien reports, they’re attacking bloggers while at the same time wanting them to work for free… not quite how it works, that, is [...] [...] hammering among the online community, no more so than in the Irish blogosphere. As Damien reports, they’re attacking bloggers while at the same time wanting them to work for free… not quite how it works, that, is [...]

]]> By: Steve http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-492551 Steve Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:50:55 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/#comment-492551 @Justin - Take your point entirely. We're not 'wordpress' experts and no doubt there are things we could have done to help more. That said, the customer was emailed and phoned by one of our team on the 28th November, warning about the situation, suggesting a review of the site, and offering options on dedicated hosting. DB access was suspended on the 5th December, as we had not heard back from the customer and the site was running many thousand concurrent DB queries, taking an average of 31 seconds each to resolve, effectively crippling a large DB server for other customers who use it. The Senior engineer on case at the time made the call to suspend access to that server for that account due to the impact, he wasn't up to speed on the historical stuff, and the people who were, were only informed after the fact. This is unfortunate, but our engineers of course need discretionary authority in the case of service impact for a large number of customers. The next reply we had was after we suspended access to the DB server. @Justin – Take your point entirely. We’re not ‘wordpress’ experts and no doubt there are things we could have done to help more. That said, the customer was emailed and phoned by one of our team on the 28th November, warning about the situation, suggesting a review of the site, and offering options on dedicated hosting. DB access was suspended on the 5th December, as we had not heard back from the customer and the site was running many thousand concurrent DB queries, taking an average of 31 seconds each to resolve, effectively crippling a large DB server for other customers who use it. The Senior engineer on case at the time made the call to suspend access to that server for that account due to the impact, he wasn’t up to speed on the historical stuff, and the people who were, were only informed after the fact. This is unfortunate, but our engineers of course need discretionary authority in the case of service impact for a large number of customers. The next reply we had was after we suspended access to the DB server.

]]> By: Richard Hearne http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-492190 Richard Hearne Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:27:04 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/#comment-492190 @aphrodite - <blockquote>...and demand we move to a dedicated server - which of course we can’t afford.</blockquote> Perhaps you were mis-quoted <a href="http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/#comment-489669" rel="nofollow">above</a>? @aphrodite –

…and demand we move to a dedicated server – which of course we can’t afford.

Perhaps you were mis-quoted above?

]]> By: Justin Mason http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-492178 Justin Mason Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:11:14 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/12/07/indo-attack-bloggers-yet-want-them-to-work-for-them-for-free/#comment-492178 Steve -- you make things sound so much worse than they have to be. I've had a tech support person from Dreamhost get in touch with me *personally* by email, because he noticed that my Wordpress blog was getting slashdotted. He suggested various tweaks to help it deal with the slashdotting -- enabling WP-Cache and so on. All were spot on advice -- I would have gone for it, except my blog was actually hosted elsewhere, not on DH at that time! Note, he suggested ways to cope with it, rather than suggesting I upgrade to a more costly plan then kicking me off. Dreamhost is a good example of baseline hosting nowadays. For god's sake, it's free to host with DH for a year with the right affiliate code! how much more basic can you get? if an Irish ISP can't compete with *free* hosting, what *can* they compete with? Steve — you make things sound so much worse than they have to be.

I’ve had a tech support person from Dreamhost get in touch with me *personally* by email, because he noticed that my Wordpress blog was getting slashdotted. He suggested various tweaks to help it deal with the slashdotting — enabling WP-Cache and so on. All were spot on advice — I would have gone for it, except my blog was actually hosted elsewhere, not on DH at that time!

Note, he suggested ways to cope with it, rather than suggesting I upgrade to a more costly plan then kicking me off.

Dreamhost is a good example of baseline hosting nowadays. For god’s sake, it’s free to host with DH for a year with the right affiliate code! how much more basic can you get? if an Irish ISP can’t compete with *free* hosting, what *can* they compete with?

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