Forum Operator

[cbeams]

This role is about operating and administering the Discourse forum at https://bisq.community.

Spec: https://github.com/bisq-network/roles/blob/master/forum-operator.adoc

[alexej996]

Cycle 26 report

Discourse had no updates this cycle.

Forum activity decreased by almost half again this cycle, compared to last.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/869

[alexej996]

Cycle 27 report

Discourse was updated once this cycle to the current version of 2.8.0.beta4.

Forum activity remained about the same from last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/892

[alexej996]

Cycle 28 report

Discourse was updated once this cycle to the current version of 2.8.0.beta6.

Forum activity remained about the same from last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/915

[alexej996]

Cycle 29 report

Discourse was updated once this cycle to the current version of 2.8.0.beta7.

Forum activity decreased from last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/936

[alexej996]

Cycle 30 report

Discourse was updated once this cycle to the current version of 2.8.0.beta8. I switched domain hosting provider this cycle to porkbun, since gandi uses bitpay payment processor which started requiring KYC.

Forum activity increased this cycle. Mostly by new users creating support topics.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/951

[alexej996]

Cycle 31 report

Discourse was updated once this cycle to the current version of 2.8.0.beta9.

Forum activity increased this cycle. Rate of new users got back to usual.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/967

[alexej996]

Cycle 32 report

Discourse was updated twice this cycle to the current version of 2.8.0.beta11.

Forum activity increased this cycle. There was more posts, but fewer new topics.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/991

[alexej996]

Cycle 33 report

Discourse was updated twice this cycle to the current version 2.9.0beta2.

Forum activity increased around 50% this cycle.

[alexej996]

Cycle 34 report

There was no updates for this cycle. Overall there was a slight decrease in forum activity this cycle compared to last of around 15%, but still more than cycles before.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1028

[alexej996]

Cycle 35 report

There was one Discourse update this cycle to current version of 2.9.0beta4.

Overall forum activity dropped by 50% this cycle, but new users this cycle dropped by 10%. It seems like the activity returned back to usual.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1049

[alexej996]

Cycle 36 report

There was no Discourse updates this month.

Overall forum activity this cycle roughly stayed the same as last cycle, but the number of new topics increased and number of new users decreased.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1072

[alexej996]

Cycle 37 report

There was one Discourse update this month, to current version of 2.9.0beta5.

Forum activity almost doubled this cycle, twice as many users and twice as many posts compared to the last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1094

[alexej996]

Cycle 38 report

There was one Discourse update this month, to current version of 2.9.0beta7.

Forum activity returned back to normal from a temporary increase last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1115

[alexej996]

Cycle 39 report

There was one update to current version of 2.9.0beta9.

Forum activity is about the same as usual this cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1135

[alexej996]

Cycle 40 report

There was no Discourse updates this cycle.

Forum activity has decreased almost by half this cycle, compared to last.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1157

[alexej996]

Cycle 41 report

There was one Discourse update this cycle.

Forum activity mostly recoverd this cycle from the last cycle's drop and is back to normal.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1175

[alexej996]

Cycle 42 report

There was one Discourse update this cycle.

Forum activity has decreased by half this cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1192

[alexej996]

Cycle 43 report

There was one Discourse update this cycle.

Forum activity recovered from the last cycles drop and returned back to usual.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1210

[pazza83]

Hi @alexej996

A user in Matrix is reporting a spammer on the forum impersonating a support agent.

The spammers name is Haral

Please can you take a look.

Report on Matrix can be found here

[alexej996]

Cycle 44 report

There was no Discourse update this cycle.

Forum activity doubled from last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1230

[alexej996]

Cycle 45 report

Forum activity halved this cycle compared to last.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1248

[alexej996]

Cycle 46 report

Forum activity decreased by around 20% this cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1269

[alexej996]

Cycle 47 report

Forum activity increased by around 50% this cycle, mostly on 2nd of April.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1291

[alexej996]

Cycle 48 report

Forum activity returned to usual level before the last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1310

[alexej996]

Cycle 49 report

Forum activity decreased this cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1327

[alexej996]

Cycle 50 report

Activity increased this cycle back to usual levels.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1348

[alexej996]

Cycle 51 report

Activity is similar to last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1359

[alexej996]

Cycle 52 report

Activity is similar to last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1390

[alexej996]

Cycle 53 report

Forum activity is the same as last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1413

[alexej996]

Cycle 54 report

Forum activity is less than half of what it was last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1436

[alexej996]

Cycle 55 report

Forum activity further decreased from last cycle by about 30%.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1460

[alexej996]

Cycle 56 report

Forum activity tripled from last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1480

[alexej996]

Cycle 57 report

Forum activity stayed the same from last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1500

[cbeams]

Attention @bisq-network/forum-operators: https://bisq.community is down and has been for at least the last two hours.

(screenshot from #Ops Matrix channel)

[suddenwhipvapor]

No developments since the above?

[alexej996]

Cycle 58 report

There was a huge problem with the VPS that was hosting the forum and unfortunately all data since the last backup was lost. Last backup that was stored offline on my personal computer was long time ago, from last year. This is a huge problem and unfortunately no way to get the data back.

The forum is now restored to that last backup and is back online.

[alexej996]

For Cycle 59

Forum activity seems to have increased this cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1548

[alexej996]

For Cycle 60

Forum activity slightly decreased from last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1573

[cbeams]

Hi @alexej996, could you comment on the current state of backups for the Forum? I may have missed it, but I don't believe this was ever followed up on after the outage in April. Thanks.

[alexej996]

Hi @alexej996, could you comment on the current state of backups for the Forum? I may have missed it, but I don't believe this was ever followed up on after the outage in April. Thanks.

Sure, backups are done regularly every month now. I plan to do backup at the end of every cycle.

[alexej996]

For Cycle 61

Forum activity was about the same as last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1604

[alexej996]

For Cycle 62

Forum activity has decreased in the total number of new posts, but the number of new topics and new contributors is about the same as last cycle.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/1604