# 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:** 28
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/542 "2014-07-07T21:27:22Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Haven’t been zapped again since that last time, but there was another 20-minute 2 o’clock downage again of both the Board and the regular Straight Dope website. This happens pretty regularly – same time, same length. Wonder what that’s all about. Regularly scheduled system backup. It’s been going on for years, it’s nothing new, it’s not an indication of trouble in the system, it would be more troublesome if it didn’t happen. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/543 "2014-07-07T21:30:42Z")
> [@Keeve](#): > > I’m experiencing something different: Lost posts. > > Specific example: In GQ, the thread titled “What programming language would most likely be used these days?” About six hours ago (4:15 AM Eastern Time), **didmiller** posted a one paragraph post, and 1.4 hours later (5:37 AM) I posted several words. Both of those posts are still readable on my phone because I happened to not close that window. They show up as posts #31 and #32. But now, sitting at my pc they are gone, replaced by more recent posts from other people. > > Any idea what’s happening? Removal of a spam post and the spam report. We delete spam from the board. Again, not a system problem, it’s the way the system is supposed to work. We don’t allow spam to remain on the board. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/544 "2014-07-08T02:55:33Z")
Zapped again. Not happening every single time now but most log-ins. > [@RaftPeople](#): > > My symptoms are different, everything is working fine except I can’t see **Shodan’s** signature in any of his posts. You lucky bastard. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/545 "2014-07-08T16:13:08Z")
And 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:** [July 9, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/546 "2014-07-09T02:11:53Z")
This is bizarre. Not zapped completely again but rather only my Subscribed threads in MPSIMS are marked as Read. And my Last Visited time is showing correctly, about 8-1/2 hours ago. This is probably even more bizarre than a total zapping but has happened before. Seriously, no one can figure out what’s causing this? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/547 "2014-07-09T09:13:37Z")
I’ve gotten a few (say, 10-ish) 500 errors over the last couple days, but it always fixes itself on a quick F5. just FYI. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2014, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/548 "2014-07-09T09:19:41Z")
Yeah, I get those from time to time. At least they don’t wipe out all my New Posts. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/549 "2014-07-09T13:42:42Z")
Zapped. First time in a couple of weeks. I knew it was too good to last. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/550 "2014-07-10T03:06:35Z")
Zapped again. It’s really coming fast and furious now. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/551 "2014-07-10T03:26:38Z")
Those Internal and/or 500 errors have been ramping up in the past day or two as well. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/552 "2014-07-10T08:45:51Z")
I’ve been getting zapped a lot lately too. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2014, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/553 "2014-07-10T12:10:22Z")
Have any of you tried clearing your cache? I did that and had no zapping for probably two weeks, which was a really long time, and then when it did happen again it was much less frequently. Which of course could be coincidence. I haven’t been zapped since last Monday and I log on several times a 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:** [July 10, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/554 "2014-07-10T12:59:06Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Have any of you tried clearing your cache? I did that and had no zapping for probably two weeks, which was a really long time, and then when it did happen again it was much less frequently. Which of course could be coincidence. I haven’t been zapped since last Monday and I log on several times a day. Yes, I have. I am constantly clearing my cache. In fact, I’ve tried everything except burying a cat in the backyard at midnight, and I’m set to try that tonight. I am convinced the problem is NOT on MY end. Nowhere else do I have this problem. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/555 "2014-07-10T15:12:38Z")
What he said, except for the cat-burying bit. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/556 "2014-07-10T16:31:58Z")
Zapped again. Multiple times a day now. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/557 "2014-07-10T18:14:18Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > Isn’t this just the same problem everyone’s having? > [@kayT](#): > > Yes, exactly. Welcome to the club, **Trinopus**. Weird. It struck only lately, and only for two days. Hasn’t happened since. Computers! Can’t live without 'em, and can’t eat 'em for breakfast. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/558 "2014-07-11T02:16:27Z")
Burying the cat seems to have worked. For today, at least. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/559 "2014-07-11T15:35:19Z")
What’s wrong with the search engine today? I just tried half a dozen times to do a basic word-in-my-posts search going back only one month and I got an error message every time. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/560 "2014-07-11T15:42:18Z")
Try burying a cat in your backyard at midnight. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/561 "2014-07-11T15:57:25Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Try burying a cat in your backyard at midnight. I live in a condo. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491.md?page=29)