The last 3 months have been absolute insanity at Funker HQ, and we've been hustling 24/7 to stabilize our servers and increase site speed. Today I'm excited to announce that nearly all of our major server bugs have been squashed, and site performance has never been better. The 1.3 update today includes the following changes and fixes:

- Added a load more button for comments to reduce server load and data transfer for users.

- Fixed the issue of comments appearing jumbled and/or appearing on the wrong video (BIG FIX)

- Added spinner for loading comments to show server activity.

- Added prominent button for mobile users to visit the latest page below the player.

- Added tabs below the video player on mobile for streamlined navigation, and to reduce server load.

- Removed some ads from the site to clean up the user experience.

- Removed category lists from the home page to reduce page load size for users. Categories can still be reached via the sidebar or top menu.

- Email notifications now go out for comment replies, awards, and reaching 5 upvotes

- Added timeout to comment submit button to stop duplicate comments from being posted

- Overhauled our servers again to accommodate the increased traffic you guys have been bringing in.

- Reduced the size of images and optimized our CDN for lower page sizes and load times.

- Mobile app release on iOS and Android (May be pushed to June/July pending app store approval)

- Further improvements and features added to the comment system.

- Dedicated EU servers if global demand continues to grow.

- Further testing and optimization of our servers. As we grow, there will be continued periods of down time as we scale, but we have systems in place to reduce their frequency. Trust me, downtime is way more stressful for us than it is for you and we're focusing heavily on site stability as malicious traffic increases from Iran and Russia.

A big thank you goes out to our developers at Hammrtech LLC . Their dedication to this project has been tireless providing 24/7 support and moving our community forward faster than I could have hoped. Contact them for any web development needs you might have if you want a professional and veteran run team on your side!

If you have any recommendations for the site or notice any bugs, please DM the page or email me at [email protected].