# Do some threads load more slowly than others?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-threads-load-more-slowly-than-others/204771>\
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**Created:** [September 30, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-threads-load-more-slowly-than-others/204771 "2003-09-30T21:08:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-threads-load-more-slowly-than-others/204771/1 "2003-09-30T21:08:18Z")

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I’ve noticed, lately, certain threads seem to take much longer than other threads to load.

Am I imagining this, or could there be some logical explanation?

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-threads-load-more-slowly-than-others/204771/2 "2003-09-30T22:57:04Z")

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I’ve noticed it too, in the same minute one thread won’t load at all, but another one pops up in a flash.

I am guessing it is to do with the popularity of the thread, or the author, or the last person to post,

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**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-threads-load-more-slowly-than-others/204771/3 "2003-10-01T02:08:05Z")

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I’ve noticed that too. And this one took forever!

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**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-threads-load-more-slowly-than-others/204771/4 "2003-10-01T18:28:06Z")

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I’m sure we’re wrong. Even though it’s a painfully obvious, easily observed aspect of SDMB - one which seems completely unrelated to the length or age or most-recent-post status of the thread or to the time you’ve spent in a session or the time….

Someone will pop in with the fact and set us straight.

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**Author:** ![Nobody\_s\_Fool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@Nobody\_s\_Fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody_s_Fool)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-threads-load-more-slowly-than-others/204771/5 "2003-10-01T22:56:15Z")

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It is probably how many people are trying to access it at that moment.