You are right, the server handled connections fine. The issue was a single unindexed correlated subquery blocking the entire PostgreSQL connection pool for 13 minutes. We live and learn.
Solid feedback, thank you. Hiding the low vote counts now as you are right that they undermine trust at this stage. Appreciate the domain note but we are committed to peakd.io at this point. Good luck to you too.
Not a bug but I understand why it looked like one. We just switched to Bayesian scoring to prevent low vote entities gaming the rankings. Your vote is counted, it just takes more votes for the displayed score to diverge from the baseline. UX is being improved. On the bots point: votes are trust-weighted (account age, consistency, cluster detection) specifically for that reason. Appreciate you reporting it.
Rankings are trust-weighted — account age, voting consistency, and cluster detection make ballot-stuffing impractical. Companies pay for analytics and visibility, not influence over scores.
Thanks! Business model is already live — companies can claim their page (£99/mo for analytics, respond to reviews, manage their listing) and buy promoted placements that are clearly labelled as sponsored. Rankings themselves can never be bought. The trust is the product.
We have rank change notifications, personalised feeds based on your interests, and weekly digests already — signing up unlocks all of that. Glad it peaked your interest.