# Board performance problems **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 27, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491 "2013-05-27T21:15:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/402 "2014-04-02T00:54:10Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > It’s usually an evening affair for me…but > > 1. I’m in the US - your 9am is my 6pm, if the internet can be believed. > 2. I surf SDMB almost exclusive in the evenings, except on weekends Maybe it is a US evening thing. I mostly work evening shift, so generally log on in the morning. Sometimes I log on again after I get home from (about midnight, Sydney time) but generally have no problems at that time. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/403 "2014-04-02T02:11:42Z")
If this turns out to be the cleaning crew unplugging a server so they can [plug in a vacuum cleaner](http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=30485), I’m gonna be pissed. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/404 "2014-04-02T06:13:27Z")
It doesn’t seem to be a time-of-day thing. I’ve been zapped morning and evening alike. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/405 "2014-04-04T23:43:45Z")
Zapped again. Logged out for seven hours this time. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/406 "2014-04-08T08:24:22Z")
Zapped. There goes my theory (at least as it relates to me) that it’s time of day. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/407 "2014-04-13T11:30:22Z")
Zapped again. Logged on, it said my last visit was 5:07pm, almost 90 minutes ago. Then I clicked on User CP, and it jumped to my last visit being now, and everything was marked Read. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/408 "2014-04-13T13:42:13Z")
Also zapped again. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/409 "2014-04-13T20:26:09Z")
500 Server error just now trying to see my subscriptions. Fine on a refresh. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/410 "2014-04-15T11:09:00Z")
Huh. Here’s a good thing, but it still makes me wonder: I forgot to log off a couple of hours ago, so I just left the Board sitting here untouched. Still have all the New Posts. In the past if I forgot to log off, all the New Posts got marked Read after I think it was 30 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/411 "2014-04-15T23:11:54Z")
Zapped yet again. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/412 "2014-04-16T08:25:21Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Zapped yet again. And again. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/413 "2014-04-16T08:38:42Z")
I’ve been having trouble with the search function - sometimes when I press search it gets stuck on a white screen at the “process” URL. If I refresh, it gives me the “wait 120 seconds” thing. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/414 "2014-04-17T09:12:15Z")
internal server error ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/415 "2014-04-30T08:11:24Z")
Zapped again. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/416 "2014-05-07T14:18:57Z")
Well, fuck me. Just got back in after five days in Singapore, logged in and … ZAP! Now not only do I have to search back and find the starting point of five days’ worth of subscribed threads but there are no New Threads now at all for the past five days. Is ANYONE working on getting this fixed? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/417 "2014-05-07T19:59:55Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > I’ve been having trouble with the search function - sometimes when I press search it gets stuck on a white screen at the “process” URL. If I refresh, it gives me the “wait 120 seconds” thing. Intentional, so SDMB doesn’t get flooded by robot searches. Or is this a whoosh? > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Well, fuck me. Just got back in after five days in Singapore, logged in and … ZAP! Now not only do I have to search back and find the starting point of five days’ worth of subscribed threads but there are no New Threads now at all for the past five days. > > Is ANYONE working on getting this fixed? You seem to be the major and possibly only person so afflicted. Is it possible that the problem is on your end? ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/418 "2014-05-07T21:06:45Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > You seem to be the major and possibly only person so afflicted. Is it possible that the problem is on your end? No, he’s not the only one who has the problem. He’s the one most likely to bother reporting it, and he certainly seems to experience it more frequently than I do, at least, but many of us have had this issue at various times. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/419 "2014-05-07T21:10:22Z")
Yes, if you review this thread you will see that several of us report the problem with varying frequency. As for whether anyone is doing anything about it, I think the answer is clearly no. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/420 "2014-05-07T23:29:19Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > You seem to be the major and possibly only person so afflicted. Is it possible that the problem is on your end? No, he is **not** the only person so afflicted. Being a lazy little you-know-what I don’t **always** report the problem when it hits me, but do a little searching and you’ll find me several times in this thread. I do think he is getting hit more tham me, but it may relate to how often he is on and what time of day (relative to where the server is, not where he is) he is on. See #409 for example. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/421 "2014-05-07T23:37:01Z")
It happens to me occasionally as well, although it’s occasional enough that I don’t usually bother reporting it. Just throwing in a word of support for Siam Sam, here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491.md?page=22)