I never saw this site slow or had any problems with it EXCEPT when Steam is down.
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I'd say this site needs optimization, bug fixes and design changes before better hosting.
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Exactly. I was not talking about the looks (which I like, by the way). I think this site was well thought and decently implemented, but never moved on from release 1.0, despite some obvious flaws. For example, the Replies function is half-broken, making Steamtrades harder to use. And all functions people get from the SG+ addon should be implemented server-side. As a guess, I would also say the database design could use some work.
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for example the fact that to do any basic search or filtering on site you have to use addons. And using filterig addon doesn't mean that a load of unnecessary data is first downloaded and only then filtered, so it gives massive loads to server anyway. Even if SG+ shows you 3 GAs per page, the site must send you data about all 50 GAs nonetheless b4 they get filtered.
Other thing? Search functions. Searching forums is a joke - to find posts by user you must use google outside of SG and then try categorizing it etc. And it can be pain in the arse for users with thousands of comments. Why not simple use implemented Google Search every serious forum uses anyway? Whole load of serching is on google side anyway. Not being able to search topics by user is even worse case on ST, as you would this way find why he has negative rep. Did he made shady deal, or is it just some hater -reping?
And many others ;) SG has a nice, simplistic art-design, but very poor usage-design.
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cg always said he does not want a donate button.
Instead, if you want to help, disable Ad-Block (if you haven't already) and/or click on the ads if you're planing to buy anything from the advertised sites anyway.
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True, do disable adblock if you haven't, the ads on this website are really minor ads anyways, and no pop-ups.
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Ad revenue with 0 transparency. And cg is very much a loner which doesn't make it easy to help/get updates/#change. As for buying from ads, this is what I get so no: http://i.imgur.com/UATyfWO.jpg
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This is pretty much why I disable them everywhere. "Minor" or not, I do not need or want to see these kind of things on a site about video games. I do not understand why he wouldn't want to implement a donate button unless it has to do with more work or something. Why not make it add to CV? It wont be beneficial due to sales giving more cv cheaper, but it will make it still worth while.
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I don't feel comfortable giving away my Stems. Thanks anyway.
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IIRC what cg told me, we're not even using half of our server capacity.
The slowness is due to how the site and the database are designed, and cg is working on optimizing them both.
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Once they start trying to take donations, whether it is for profit or to simply improve the site, they are putting themselves at risk of being shut down by Steam.
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Thanks for the info...I work for the Steam investigative team. Because of your contribution you have helped bring down Playblink. Please get a great deal on a new game during the next summer sale for your help in bringing down these profiting hooligans.
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This site would probably run much faster if it weren't for all the bots.
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This site is so slow all the time if it even loads most times, how about you put a DONATE button somewhere so we all can chip in and cg/owners ect can buy better hosting
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