Like a Dog That’s Just Been Beaten
Well that’s how it feels when you work really hard for something for weeks just to have some bully kick sand in your face in the end. Yeah, we most likely will not be launching tonight and that sucks. I guess it goes with the territory when you’re a small start up. All of your photos are safe and your blogged photos will still work. We just need to stop this attack before we will be able to go back online.
Sorry to all of you and we’ll still be down here at 365 Brannan St. tonight talking about Zooomr. Come on down and enjoy a beer with us. We will be back and a lot stronger when we can and in the end as a wise man once said, “that which doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.”
July 14th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
Good things come those that wait. Granted I didn’t even know about Zooomr until a few days ago, I’m still excited about the launch and will be checking back in the AM. Good luck all!
July 14th, 2006 at 6:27 pm
Can’t wait to check out Zooomr for the first time! Good luck — think about Prolexic for the ddos stuff
July 14th, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Stay strong. Things will come together.
July 14th, 2006 at 6:45 pm
some people just don’t deserve the priveleges that they have…..an unwarranted and unnecessary attack on us zooomr-ites….
we hates them, Precious. Oh yes, we really do.
July 14th, 2006 at 6:53 pm
Mind my ignorance, but don’t you have an httpd with the code running on your laptop?
On a second note, if they are hitting just beta.zooomr.com remove the dns entry and create a new one so you can present it. At least the zombies won’t get a resolved ip.
July 14th, 2006 at 8:21 pm
How does a DDoS attack affect internal development and testing?
July 14th, 2006 at 9:24 pm
hang in there - your fans will all still be there on the other side.
best of luck for a successful launch.
July 14th, 2006 at 9:42 pm
HAAAAA
Glad this pump and dump farce failed
July 14th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
when you will launch Zooomr again?
July 14th, 2006 at 10:48 pm
Tip. Timestamp your blog entries. I have no idea when this was posted except from the first comment timestamp.
Otherwise wish I’d have known it was going on or I’d have stopped by to wish ya luck!
July 14th, 2006 at 11:21 pm
Ha! I told you I was better than you! Web 2.0 my butt! I made Web 2.0
July 14th, 2006 at 11:45 pm
[…] I’ll keep you up to date here, but you can also get the very latest news from the official Zooomr Blog. […]
July 14th, 2006 at 11:52 pm
why not just put the old version up in the mean time? i mean its been like 32 hours that you guys have been offline
July 14th, 2006 at 11:54 pm
btw i hope this new version lives up the hype you guys created, like on techcrunch you guys said it would blow our minds out… i doubt it but if it has better stuff than flickr i’ll be happy. i guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
July 15th, 2006 at 2:06 am
Why do you have the timer stuck on 11′09”?
July 15th, 2006 at 5:33 am
[…] Well is appears that Zooomr has encountered some bumps in the road in travelling to their 2.0 upgrade. It sucks that it appears that most of their problems (at least as they report them) appear to be DoS attacks. If it is truly Dos related, who initiated the attacks? I find it hard to believe that a competitor in the photo sharing market would be directly responsible. What I wouldn’t find hard to believe is that is could be a cooridinated effort for the users of a competitor’s photo sharing service. It’s all speculation, but the internet is mostly about guessing and gossip these days (or so it appears) so that’s just my guess. […]
July 15th, 2006 at 7:24 am
Hang in there guys.. some people just can’t stand the “new”, and they try to kill anything innovative. But we are here.. us zooomrs so don’t you worry
Now how about you FTP a beer over here in CT? LOL
July 15th, 2006 at 8:03 am
Hey guys! Just to say, “In the end, everything goes right, if it haven’t gone, it’s because the end haven’t come!”
Good Luck!
I can’t hardly wait for Zooomr 2.0 lauch, guess like everybody else…
July 15th, 2006 at 8:09 am
Can we get an idea about when you guys expect Zooomr to be back up and running?
Good Luck!
July 15th, 2006 at 9:54 am
Man, some people are jerks, not just talking about the DoS here.
Sorry I missed the party, by the time I got out of work I was running late for Fire Arts, so I had to skip out on Zooomr 2.0.
I wish the best of stuffs to all off you, and if you have some free time totally drop by West Oakland, as fire fixes everything!
July 15th, 2006 at 12:55 pm
Don’t let the botnet turkeys get you down! We’ll be waiting to see all the cool stuff whenever you get past this DoS mess.
July 15th, 2006 at 4:25 pm
One day soon you’ll look back on this and laugh (no, really, you will!)
All the best of luck, looking forward to seeing Zooomr 2.0 in the very near future!
July 15th, 2006 at 5:21 pm
so, almost 24 hours later, no news?
July 15th, 2006 at 5:49 pm
still waiting and best wishes.
and maybe you could give your funs more info on that?
July 15th, 2006 at 7:10 pm
now the countdown says 42 minutes 16 seconds…….dont know what that could mean
July 15th, 2006 at 7:20 pm
Ha! Yeah it’s been reporting some weird times ever since it reached the end. It’s all good though. It’s gonna rule when the attack lets up.
July 15th, 2006 at 8:41 pm
Don’t worry too much about this guys. Great things goes through major problems and trials. Good thing tho is that its happening now while ZoomR is still new. …”What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger..”
July 15th, 2006 at 8:48 pm
I’m curious though. I mean, it’s not their fault, but I’d like to know what’s going on
July 15th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
Considering Kris and a select few are pretty much doing the whole thing…man. I can’t begin to imagine the stress and pressure they’re under. I’m curious too, but perfectly content waiting patiently for the release. It’ll come.
July 16th, 2006 at 4:15 am
Would have loved to have that beer, but the trip would have cost too much time. Maybe next time I visit the US.
I hope you succeed in stopping the attack soon, and when you do please blog a picture of you all with a smile on your faces. You are looking way too serious in the pictures you have posted so far.
Good luck!!!
BTW:
I don’t mind waiting a few days or more.
July 16th, 2006 at 5:06 am
Obviously someone has very powerfull anservers and lots of ‘em.
A 36 hour DOS already? Erm, even FBI, Nasa or MS have never been subject of this.
Little by little the Zooomr hype is already fading for me.
July 16th, 2006 at 5:54 am
How are things looking?
This must be incredibly frustrating.
July 16th, 2006 at 7:11 am
hi zoomer guys,
so sorry for what’s happening to the site. but you need to communicate better with us. last post was 2 days ago…
all the best, ren
July 16th, 2006 at 7:21 am
Sheesh, people are harsh and impatient aren’t they?!
Hang in there guys!!! You got tons pullin’ for ya and I can’t wait to see the final result! Don’t let this get ya down!
July 16th, 2006 at 8:10 am
I’m curious… why is there a so big delay without any new news? :-\
July 16th, 2006 at 8:19 am
I talked to Kris a bit last night and he told me they’re busy beefing up the servers. I’m sure this is a lot more frustrating for them than it is for us
July 16th, 2006 at 8:58 am
Hang in there guys, I know how hard (D)DoS can be to get around.
Chris
July 16th, 2006 at 9:36 am
Will this be back by the Aug?
July 16th, 2006 at 11:40 am
C’mon team Zooomr! We believe in you
July 16th, 2006 at 11:49 am
(D)DoS? Is it also stopping them from posting something about the launch?
This is frustrating. It’s july 16th, zooomr has been down for what now, 3-4 days? and the last post you guys made was two days ago? Where are you guys?
July 16th, 2006 at 1:00 pm
We don’t want to disappoint and although we think we have the DOS attack behind us at this point, we need to beef a few things up so that it won’t happen again. Hang in there. As soon as we have what we feel is a reliable ETA we will share it with you.
Thanks all for your patience and understanding.
July 16th, 2006 at 1:00 pm
The guys aren’t over the free beer yet! Just kidding- can’t wait for the launch! Best of luck you guys!
July 16th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
1. Anyone who attacks like this must be really SCARED of you.
2. All this attack does is generate publicity and makes MORE people want to become ZOOOMRITES!
July 16th, 2006 at 1:37 pm
Zooomr 2.0 Launch Update
Thomas Hawke has given us a wee update on the progress of the Zooomr 2.0 re-launch.
Apparently, the DOS attack is now over, and they are in the process of beefing everything up so that it won’t happen again.
“As soon as we have what we feel…
July 16th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
Hi,guys.
I am patint all over until bearing a new stuff.
It’s not easy to create something. It is often necessary to bearing off to bear a new baby. We often suffer much when createing somthing.
Take your time. Fight it and get it.
July 18th, 2006 at 6:44 am
[…] [更新]:新版的Zooomr并没有如期推出，因为有人对其进行了DOS攻击，原因不详。经过三天三夜的艰苦奋斗，终于在昨天(July 17th)晚些时间正式推出。粗看，并没有觉得有什么太多的变化，除了新的’SmartSets’(智能集合)外。不过他们会马上公布一个新功能的单子，让我们拭目以待。先贴几张截图分享一下。 […]
July 18th, 2006 at 8:20 am
[…] Over the weekend Ed Vielmetti pointed out to me that Zooomr had been under a DDoS attack as they were preparing to roll out their 2.0 site. As discussed on their blog, the Zooomr guys describe what’s going on (well, in very limited detail): Well that’s how it feels when you work really hard for something for weeks just to have some bully kick sand in your face in the end. Yeah, we most likely will not be launching tonight and that sucks. I guess it goes with the territory when you’re a small start up. All of your photos are safe and your blogged photos will still work. We just need to stop this attack before we will be able to go back online. […]
July 18th, 2006 at 8:51 am
[…] I’m really excited that Kristopher and the folks over at Zooomr have worked out their difficulties and have finally launched Zooomr 2.0. We here at JanRain are really excited because Zooomr 2.0 leverages our OpenID IdP site MyOpenID.com. […]