So donate that magnificent Spirit some of your last five pence, so he can continuate that site thanks that terrific certificate price hunter! 

It's not the price of the certificates I would imagine, but the hassle of mucking about with them every single year. 

I've been told that Spirit was busy with moving houses lately, so this may have something to do with that. Just add an exception for Quaddicted. It's not like it's some random virus-riddled russian site, anyway. 

A good read for you:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security

HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is a web security policy mechanism which helps to protect websites against protocol downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking. It allows web servers to declare that web browsers (or other complying user agents) should only interact with it using secure HTTPS connections,[1] and never via the insecure HTTP protocol. HSTS is an IETF standards track protocol and is specified in RFC 6797.

Browser listed on that page:

Chromium and Google Chrome since version 4.0.211.0[28][29]
Firefox since version 4;[30] with Firefox 17, Mozilla integrates a list of websites supporting HSTS.[20]
Opera since version 12[31]
Safari as of OS X Mavericks[32]
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 when KB 3058515 is installed (Released on Windows Update in June 2015)[33]
Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 support

Short version: It's protection against malware and spying tools, etc. "Exceptions" are a backdoor. HSTS is eliminates the backdoor. 

I went to read that page but I don't understand much of this technical stuff.

"Exceptions" are a backdoor. HSTS is eliminates the backdoor.
My Firefox is up-to-date (v50.0) and the exception works, so I guess Quaddicted doesn't use HSTS (or I misunderstood what you were saying).
By adding an exception, do I create a risk for the website or just me? 

I think Spirit is gone from func_ and maybe from Quaddicted, for a while. I can bug him about the cert but has anyone else already done that? Don't want to pile on him. 

If he's gone from Quaddicted, is there anyone to maintain the site in his absence? Besides the certificate issue, the new map releases are piling up and not being added to the site. 

Hmm... I thought it was possible to automate LetsEncrypt renewals? Or was I mistaken? Perhaps something has crashed at the site. 

ayy lmao! 

Cert seems OK now for me, everyone else cool? 

Yep. 

 

exclamation mark! 

What's the address to the page on Quaddicted with the last 50 ratings or so? It was posted here somewhere a few weeks ago but I can't seem to find it. 

/reviews/log.php?number=50 

Stop shitting on other people's subjective opinions or I will make ratings non-public.

Madfox: <3 

Stop letting people abuse your system with multiple accounts. 

How can you tell that's the same person? 

No-one's shitting on others' subjective opinions. Troll downvoters don't express subjective opinions, they only shit on people's work out of spite for no valid reason. You should do something about them rather than threatening to make the ratings non-public. 

It does indeed look like someone is registering multiple accounts and systematically down-voting certain maps/mods. 

All signs of suspicious activity: recent registrations, same or similar ratings on the uploads in question (as in this case, AD, ITS, and sock maps generally), similar levels of activity (~20 ratings) done before moving onto another account. 

Man, how shallow and low does one's life have to be to do that kind of shit.

I've been around the internet for a fair while and probably done some pretty shitty things, but I don't ever recall systematically trying to reduce somebody else's work like that. Like seriously, was this person not hugged enough as a child? Have some god dammed integrity and address your beef like an adult, with words and stuff.

Seriously, I don't even mind trolling, because lets face it, who doesn't like a well written shitpost.

But downvoting somebody else's work because you have a personal beef with them, and NOT because of the quality of their work is a shitty shitty thing to do.

If that shit is happening, fuck them. If that person is reading this. Here is my message to you: Go into the bathroom, take a good look in the mirror and decide whether you like the person that you're staring at. Get some help or find something positive to channel your energy into. Your actions make you look like a child. 

otp: Proof?

Mugwump: What?

Write code to automatically detect abusive behavior, then provide low-click solutions and I might give it a try.

Trolls exist, just look around this forum. Guess why I don't come here anymore. 

So you looked at that and decided "nope, nothing worth looking into".

How do you go through your day without forgetting how to breathe?