Greetings wonderful peoples of the forums!
I'm posting here in an attempt to keep you all updated on what is actually going on, and what we are doing to make things better.
Server OS, PHP, and Forum updates completed 1/9/2017
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Techy stuff for people that care:
Database:
Database upgrade has helped significantly. Things in the back-end are running much more smoothly.
Version Update:
Just updated the forums to 4.1.17.1 from 4.1.14.3
Highlights:
Performance improvements on activity streams
Remember me cookie is now 90 days rather than 7 days
The editor will now show a message if a link that can be embedded (image, video, etc.) failed to embed for some reason.
There is now logic to prevent double-posting when the initial post encounters an error on submit
You can now press ctrl/cmd+enter in any editor window to submit the reply
There is now a setting to change the number of topics per page in the forum view
If you are using multiple devices to login to a site you will be less likely to be logged out
Tags can now be quickly edited when viewing an item
Added quite a few new embed providers:
codepen.io
coub.com
deviantart.com
docs.com
funnyordie.com
gettyimages.com
iFixit.com
kickstarter.com
meetup.com
mixcloud.com
mix.office.com
on.aol.com
reddit.com
reverbnation.com
screencast.com
screenr.com
slideshare.net
smugmug.com
ustream.tv
Full list of changes found here