# 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:** 9
**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 31, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/162 "2013-07-31T17:49:58Z")
Yeah, the server is being looked at … might have some spot weirdness. Hope it all resolves soon. ---
**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 31, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/163 "2013-07-31T17:51:40Z")
No worries. It’s still a lot better than it used to be. Thanks for checking. ---
**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 31, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/164 "2013-07-31T18:55:13Z")
Jerry sez DesertNet is looking at the issue and will resolve the problem as soon as possible. Sorry for any inconvenience you might be having. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/165 "2013-08-01T03:33:05Z")
Everything’s fine now this morning. Hope it was just a little speed bump. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/166 "2013-08-02T03:25:56Z")
I’m getting a new problem today. Connection to the Board is spotty. It keeps going down intermittently for brief periods. But I’m still connected to the rest of the Internet, so I don’t think the problem is on my end. Then it snaps back after a few minutes. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/167 "2013-08-02T19:21:56Z")
Dunno what’s going on for you, Siam Sam, and why it should be different for you. I’m not seeing anything and I’m not seeing any other complaints. I don’t hardly know what to tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/168 "2013-08-02T19:50:56Z")
It wasn’t just Mr. **Siam Sam** , as long as you mention it. I was getting some of that too, briefly, yesterday. Generally, as long as it’s just brief and sporadic, I cope. I just go find something useful and/or productive to do for a little while or otherwise, you know, try to have a life. I still get very sporadic sign-on failures every once in a while, but nothing remotely like it was before the recent Big Fix. Is Jerry still working on fixing up the Board server by server? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/169 "2013-08-02T20:03:22Z")
I had the “all threads marked read” happen to me a couple of times over the last few weeks. Not enough to be a big problem, but it IS still happening. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/170 "2013-08-02T20:25:11Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Sorry for any inconvenience you might be having. Who are you, and what have you done to TubaDiva? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/171 "2013-08-03T00:36:04Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I still get very sporadic sign-on failures every once in a while, but nothing remotely like it was before the recent Big Fix. Is Jerry still working on fixing up the Board server by server? For example, this happened to me just a few minutes ago – I had to try signing on three times in a row to get accepted. As noted, I’ve found this to be INfrequent since the Big Fix, but it still happens from time to 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:** [August 3, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/172 "2013-08-03T02:12:57Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > It wasn’t just Mr. **Siam Sam** , as long as you mention it. I was getting some of that too, briefly, yesterday. > > Generally, as long as it’s just brief and sporadic, I cope. I just go find something useful and/or productive to do for a little while or otherwise, you know, try to have a life. > > I still get very sporadic sign-on failures every once in a while, but nothing remotely like it was before the recent Big Fix. Is Jerry still working on fixing up the Board server by server? > [@Senegoid](#): > > For example, this happened to me just a few minutes ago – I had to try signing on three times in a row to get accepted. As noted, I’ve found this to be INfrequent since the Big Fix, but it still happens from time to time. Yeah, this specific problem I think I’ve only encountered yesterday. Very minor and snapped back in a few minutes – maybe two or three minutes, long enough for me to go freshen up my coffee. Just a minor nuisance really, nothing major, and certainly not like all that trouble before. Seems good today though. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/173 "2013-08-03T02:38:52Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Yeah, this specific problem I think I’ve only encountered yesterday. Very minor and snapped back in a few minutes – maybe two or three minutes, long enough for me to go freshen up my coffee. Just a minor nuisance really, nothing major, and certainly not like all that trouble before. Seems good today though. The only problem I’ve had recently is my browser not finding SDMB right after I boot, and I put that down to my air card that I use at work. I would be interested to check those problems against location and ISPs. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/174 "2013-08-15T04:55:02Z")
A small issue today. When I logged on, five of my subscribed threads were marked Read, but only five. Many others were still marked Unread. Now, I did peek inside one of the threads before logging on, so I guess the system over there could have recognized my computer. But I did not open the other four threads. Very odd. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/175 "2013-08-22T01:50:06Z")
Ouch! Zapped again. For the first time in weeks, when I logged on just now after having logged off about 20 hours ago, all subscribed threads are marked as read. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/176 "2013-08-22T02:47:45Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Ouch! Zapped again. For the first time in weeks, when I logged on just now after having logged off about 20 hours ago, all subscribed threads are marked as read. There’s a lot of Board weirdness today. After posting the above, I noticed replies being made to my subscribed threads, but still they were marked Read. Then the Board just went down! It was down for me about 10 minutes until just now. The rest of the Internet was still working. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/177 "2013-08-22T02:50:10Z")
And now if I make a reply and click on Post, it takes up to a minute while it decides if it’s going to work. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/178 "2013-08-22T03:00:34Z")
The Board went down again. At least 10 minutes this time. Is anyone else experiencing this? I’m not making any of this up. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/179 "2013-08-22T03:06:07Z")
Yep, it’s really slow for me tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/180 "2013-08-22T03:07:55Z")
I am also experiencing weirdness. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/181 "2013-08-22T03:18:04Z")
Board went totally down about half an hour ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491.md?page=10)