Is the Forum Slower than Usual for You Today?

[Dan From Smithville]

It's


been


terribly


slow.


But

better

in
the
last hour.

say

 

[Dan From Smithville]

It's


been


terribly


slow.


But

better

in
the
last hour.

so.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

It's


been


terribly


slow.


But

better

in
the
last hour.

Wait. That's just me. I didn't have my posting on rabbit fire.

 

[Revoltingest]

Wait. That's just me. I didn't have my posting on rabbit fire.

It's been so slow that I'd click on something
on RF, & then go do something else for awhile.
Sometimes I'd have to start over here.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

It's been so slow that I'd click on something
on RF, & then go do something else for awhile.
Sometimes I'd have to start over here.

I understand. Top people are looking into. In the meantime, I'm sure the curtains you had time to knit for Mr Van look smashing.

 

[Revoltingest]

I understand. Top people are looking into. In the meantime, I'm sure the curtains you had time to knit for Mr Van look smashing.

They have penguins on them.
(Keeps Mr Van Cool in summer.)

 

[Dan From Smithville]

They have penguins on them.
(Keeps Mr Van Cool in summer.)

As long as there are no ducks.

Duck Season!

 

[Laniakea]

Was very slow for me earlier this afternoon, but is now suddenly back to normal.
Hooray!

 

[JustGeorge]

It's been so slow that I'd click on something
on RF, & then go do something else for awhile.
Sometimes I'd have to start over here.

Same.

I really hate it when lag causes me to do something productive.

 

[Astravalon]

It was slow for me the last couple of days, but now it's good!

 

[exchemist]

For the last few days the forum has been unreachable at all in the evenings for me, in the UK. I would say it gets slow from about 1600GMT and is unusable from 1800 onwards, then fine again in the mornings, as now at 0945 GMT.

Could it be an issue with traffic when US users are active?

I'd value the opinion of @Debater Slayer, if he cares to comment.

 

[ChristineM]

For the last few days the forum has been unreachable at all in the evenings for me, in the UK. I would say it gets slow from about 1600GMT and is unusable from 1800 onwards, then fine again in the mornings, as now at 0945 GMT.

Could it be an issue with traffic when US users are active?

I'd value the opinion of @Debater Slayer, if he cares to comment.

^^^ THIS ^^^
But add an hour to GMT+1

 

[Debater Slayer]

Been very slow for me for the past 3 days now.

Yes has been very, very slow for a few days, to the extent you have to leave.

Regards Tony

VERY SLOW. We went through something like this maybe 12-18 months ago for a software update.

Edit: This message uploaded immediately.

Intermittent. Over the last week it's been deadly slow a lot. Got the "Timed Out" screen several times saying the Host is not working.

Slower in the last few days as well as one short period that it couldn’t be loaded

Unlike my previous postings it's gotten so bad now it's taking literally minutes rather than seconds for me to write out the post and press the post reply button.

In fact , it takes me literally minutes at times to even load in a thread to even begin to read it. This issue isn't present in other forums that I participate in.

Just gotten to the point now , at the time of this posting, where I'm considering leaving the forum until the issues are addressed, or I'll just go and look elsewhere in the internet to post where it's much faster and not so bogged down with these issues that are making the forum evermore unusable, frustrating and all but inaccessible.

I'm of the opinion if this incredibly persistent lag isn't addressed, this forum will eventually die out because of its inaccessibility as people quit posting here because of it.

Yes, extremely slow.

It was extremely slow, but it seems to be much better now.

It's


been


terribly


slow.


But

better

in
the
last hour.

It's been so slow that I'd click on something
on RF, & then go do something else for awhile.
Sometimes I'd have to start over here.

It was slow for me the last couple of days, but now it's good!

For the last few days the forum has been unreachable at all in the evenings for me, in the UK. I would say it gets slow from about 1600GMT and is unusable from 1800 onwards, then fine again in the mornings, as now at 0945 GMT.

Could it be an issue with traffic when US users are active?

I'd value the opinion of @Debater Slayer, if he cares to comment.

^^^ THIS ^^^
But add an hour to GMT+1

Hi, all,

We have posted about the issue in the admin forum and tagged one of the owners there. We are also going to email them about the problem due to its urgency.

This is something for the tech people to look into because the active staff have no access to the technical side of the forum. We have found the lag extremely troubling too.

Two related notes:

• The lag seems to happen at the peak of the forum's activity, and this peak usually starts around late afternoon-early evening UTC and continues for a few hours after.

• The ads don't seem to be causing any of the issues, as far as we can tell, because everyone is experiencing severe lag whether or not they're premium members (i.e., whether or not they see ads).

We will keep you all updated in this thread as soon as we get any new information.

 

[Secret Chief]

The lag seems to happen at the peak of the forum's activity

Well just ban @Revoltingest then. Job done.

 

[Secret Chief]

• The lag seems to happen at the peak of the forum's activity, and this peak usually starts around late afternoon-early evening UTC and continues for a few hours after.

• The ads don't seem to be causing any of the issues, as far as we can tell, because everyone is experiencing severe lag whether or not they're premium members (i.e., whether or not they see ads).

There's only a few online now and the site seems ok-ish.

I use an ad blocker and have still been getting the wading through treacle effect.

 

[Revoltingest]

As long as there are no ducks.

Duck Season!

Wabbit season!

 

[Revoltingest]

Same.

I really hate it when lag causes me to do something productive.

That's the worst!
But as @Dan From Smithville said,
top people on staff are looking into it.

 

[Revoltingest]

Well just ban @Revoltingest then. Job done.

To help, I've cut back on quantity,
& increased kwallity.

 

[Secret Chief]

To help, I've cut back on quantity,
& increased kwality.

And now it's speeded up. See?

 

[Revoltingest]

And now it's speeded up. See?

Well, back to quantity,
death to kwality.