We’ll give the upgrade new try tomorrow. I’ve had some good input from admins of other instances, which are also gonna help troubleshoot during/after the upgrade.
Also there are newer RC versions with fixed issues.
Be aware that might we need to rollback again, posts posted between the upgrade and the rollback will be lost.
We see a huge rise in new user signups (duh… it’s July 1st) which also stresses the server. Let’s hope the improvements in 0.18.1 will also help with that.
I don’t see the point in returning to reddit. The Spez has lost the thread and lost any trust from any user who isn’t too young to care or the people who don’t have a brain. So anyone left, isn’t worth interacting with to me. If a miraculous recovery happens, maybe, but I don’t see it as likely at all.
I’m actually glad this has happened. Quality has been going down on average over time there as it got more popular. And I don’t just mean the site itself.