# Are people trying to hack the SD?

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**Created:** [October 4, 2007, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-trying-to-hack-the-sd/421482 "2007-10-04T09:04:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-trying-to-hack-the-sd/421482/1 "2007-10-04T09:04:46Z")

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As per the title: Malice, bring it down, revenge, whichever. Is that why it’s slow & offline lately?

I know this may be a topic that should not be. So if it’s a sore point close it down. Don’t mind.

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**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-trying-to-hack-the-sd/421482/2 "2007-10-04T10:57:18Z")

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If nobody is, this is a unique website.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-trying-to-hack-the-sd/421482/3 "2007-10-04T14:44:38Z")

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As anyone who runs a website can surely tell you, this is a continuing problem for most everyone in cyberspace; there’s always someone with some idle time and a desire to mess with someone else’s stuff online.

I doubt Jerry will want to discuss this in any detail, though. 🙂

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-trying-to-hack-the-sd/421482/4 "2007-10-04T19:46:02Z")

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The occasional slow response is not new. As for going offline (and the problem with subscriptions), my non-expert speculation is that that could be connected with the recent addition of banner ads for non-members. It’s not unusual that problems occur when something changes.

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**Author:** ![nonymouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@nonymouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonymouse)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-trying-to-hack-the-sd/421482/5 "2007-10-04T20:20:00Z")

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I assumed that it going off line all the time was because they have an all volunteer IT staff using servers that would have been exciting in the early 90s.