BM had a problem for 10 hours
April 9, 2009
BookMooch had a technical problem for 10 hours, from about 5pm Pacific time to 3am Pacific time, and the web site was giving an error message in response to most things.
Everything should be back to normal now, but if you have any problems please do contact a tech support volunteer.
Sorry about that!
-john
Thank you for fixing the problem it was hard not having bookmooch. I just love this site.
Welcome back and it’s looking great. will take some time to check out the changes. Thanks for such a fantastic site! Ev
I wouldn’t call it outrage LOL!
I noticed but assumed it was a kink due to the new changes you made to the system. This was nothing like the Great Crash awhile back. Sure I missed Bookmooch for the day but I knew you would have it up in no time. I did notice though that today I have no book recommendations….
Absence makes the heart grow fonder… Thanks for all you do to keep us mooching.
One thing this blog needs: a link back to Bookmooch!
How about adding one in the header navigation?
It’s up and much faster this morning! Of course, some of us were sucking our thumbs and whimpering in corners on all the BM forums last night…
Thanks, John.
I was going into withdrawal…must….have….books! Running much smoother, and I too assumed it was due to the new changes to the system, but maintained hope it would be fixed. Voila, and thanks again!
I thought that I was the only one desperately missing my bookmooch for two days in a row
I am addicted. Thanks so much for this wonderful website and service.
thanks for getting it fixed – LOVE MY BM! hate not having it!!! LOVE BOOKMOOCH!
I wonder why I was down for about 10 additional hours?
Anyway, I’m so glad we are all back, I think that everyone was having withdrawal symptoms!
Thank you John.
I was heart broken! LOL
Great! I was thinking it was my computer! I was about to email someone from the site for help.
So glad its back!
Life without Bookmooch was unbearable.
So glad to have it back online. These little outages only make it clearer how wonderful the site is!
Missed you!
Hi John, BookMooch was down on Tuesday evening, all day Wednesday and first thing this morning here – I was so pleased to see it back after I had done my daily scan and virus check when I looked again at 11 am. I had withdrawal symptoms, and many others must have done as we got a rush of mooches! It followed a day when our broadband connection failed too, and I had to use dial-up, so I was hell to live with and had to go and clear horse manure instead! Thanks for the message and the restoration of normal service! Gill (& Mark)
Hi John,
thanks a lot for creating BM, to take care of it and specialy for the attention you put in each of us.
i am completely addicted to BM (funny things is that I never read so much since I am a member of it!!!)
Cheers
Lottie
I’M WITH ANDREW…WE’D LOVE A LINK TO GET BACK TO THE BM HOMEPAGE
I wasn’t concerned at all while it was down. After all, I had a few good books that I could indulge in!
Like many others, I want to thank you for your efforts on Bookmooch. It is a great community resource.
Wow!! the site is lightning fast! I am enjoying the new features…thanks so much for a great site that I am totally addicted to!
OMG Don’t do that to me again! I can’t go that long without a hit. I was refreshing and clearng cashes and all kinds of stuff. The panic attack was not abating. I am so glad to have the site back.
Hello. My name is sevedra w. I am an addict.
lol Sevedra W. I too am addicted. And I was worried about bookmooch going down, because I have so many points invested with you. I really need to start using those points. Please don’t go Madoff on me!
My name is Marc D and I am a bookmoocher.
I had reluctantly installed Service Pk. 2 on my old XP just before I tried to access BM . Wow.
It felt as if a lifeline had been cut. I found myself holding my breath.
Yeah….addiction thingy.
Can we start BM Anon?
Hi John,
Glad to see BM up and running again, thanks for all your work on the site lately. One thing I miss since the changes is being able to see why a moocher won’t send to you…if it is because it’s reserved for someone else or because they are set to my country only. Just a little thing:)
I was going insane. **must have BM** Now I know how an addict feels. Thank you for the wonderful site and all the time you invest to make it an awesone site.
Cheers!
-Karla
Thanks! great to have it back, the new changes are great, thanks again for all the hard work. panic over!!
thanks, bookmooch is okay now, i was really scared… never had been scared towards a loss of website before… Bookmooch really rocks!
Whew!! Thank you. The outage corresponded with my Mac rebuilding its brain, and I figured it was MY fault!
Thanks for the great website.
I love Bookmooch!!
Thank you. Everything is okay now.
Thanks for fixing it.
Glad the new server is up and running. I really missed it, but knew you would pull it through. We had fun on the forum commisserating with each other. The changes, except for the longer time to wait until an international book can be marked lost, are awesome. I have one book I was waiting to mark lost and had one more day until 12 weeks were over, now I have to wait another umpteen weeks? bummersville. I’m sick of looking at it. I want that thing off my pending page and so does the other member. I think the admins should be able to mark a book lost if the member requests it. Mine was from USA to Canada, not to Somalia!
You never know how much you’ll miss something until it isn’t there… I was so happy when BM came back to me.
hi guys and girls. while it was annoying to have the site down ,it reminded me that we should not take this site for granted. and it does not matter how many changes john makes to this site. ONE THING IS REALLY OUT THERE… HE CANOT PLEASE EVERYONE…AND BECAUSE THIS SITE IS FUNDED BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT private means-moochers included,it is not a commerical pay as you use site. WHILE I THINK WE SHOULD EXPECT A CERTIAN QUALITY,IT MUST be rembered what mooch site is… it is A FREE well run SITE. grey.