Cannot review a beer

Help Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by Wasatch, Aug 25, 2017.

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  1. Wasatch

    Wasatch Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,050) Jun 8, 2005 Colorado
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    Pages come up, but not all info there. In the search I will put in tired hands select beer, page shows up with some of tired hands brews, when I click on the tired hands brewery link the page comes up but this is all I get.

    Tired Hands Brewing Company
    Place Reviews | Events
     
  2. Bitterbill

    Bitterbill Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,036) Sep 14, 2002 Wyoming
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    Until this gets worked out, use your mobile to post reviews. I do that almost exclusively anymore.
     
  3. Wasatch

    Wasatch Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,050) Jun 8, 2005 Colorado
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    That is a pain in the ass. I won't be able to see it on my computer anyways. That really is not an option for me.
     
  4. Bitterbill

    Bitterbill Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,036) Sep 14, 2002 Wyoming
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    Did you try rebooting your computer? /Me grasping at straws at this point.
     
  5. Wasatch

    Wasatch Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,050) Jun 8, 2005 Colorado
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    Done all that. I can write, edit a review. I just cannot see it.

    Cheers!
     
  6. Bitterbill

    Bitterbill Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,036) Sep 14, 2002 Wyoming
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    Which browser are you using? Maybe another would work??
     
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  7. Wasatch

    Wasatch Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,050) Jun 8, 2005 Colorado
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    Already tried that. It's like 99% of the page information is not there.
     
  8. Bitterbill

    Bitterbill Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,036) Sep 14, 2002 Wyoming
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    I give up.
     
  9. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Based on this, I think I know what it is. We have some code in place that when triggered will render the page useless to deter data scraping. And the only way to trigger it is to be a known bot, be somehow associated with a known bot, or exhibit bot-like activities. Or our CDN is having issues. I'm looking into this a bit more.
     
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  10. avas

    avas Initiate (0) Apr 30, 2014 New York

    Also experiencing this issue in both Chrome and Safari. Screenshots:

    EDIT: Experiencing on mobile (Chrome, iOS) as well.
     
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  11. Wasatch

    Wasatch Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,050) Jun 8, 2005 Colorado
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    Thanks Todd.

    Cheers!
    Fuck Yeah! Thanks.

    Cheers!
     
  12. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    @Wasatch @avas: How quickly where you trying to access pages before this started to happen? My guess is that your activity (like clicking through a bunch of listings very quickly) may have triggered this.
     
  13. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    @Wasatch @avas: Also, try hitting some of the pages you had issues with now.
     
  14. Wasatch

    Wasatch Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,050) Jun 8, 2005 Colorado
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    I did not do anything like that. Typed in tired hands, clicked on the brewery, but no beers appeared for me to select. Went pretty slow on the clicks, like always.

    Cheers!
     
  15. Wasatch

    Wasatch Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,050) Jun 8, 2005 Colorado
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    Looks like it's working good again. Thanks.

    Cheers!
     
  16. avas

    avas Initiate (0) Apr 30, 2014 New York

    Back to normal! Thanks, Todd!
     
  17. avas

    avas Initiate (0) Apr 30, 2014 New York

    I suppose it's possible, but I would imagine threshold for page open frequency to detect a bot is pretty high. Don't think I ever exceed a couple / min, but who knows...

    Either way, appreciate the quick follow-up and fix!
     
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  18. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    @Wasatch @avas: Glad it's working again. I'll look into this a bit more next week, and update the thread if needed.
     
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