# Due to extreme load, this is temporarily being shown to everyone as a logged out user would see it **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [November 6, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/due-to-extreme-load-this-is-temporarily-being-shown-to-everyone-as-a-logged-out-user-would-see-it/924875 "2020-11-06T01:43:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/due-to-extreme-load-this-is-temporarily-being-shown-to-everyone-as-a-logged-out-user-would-see-it/924875/1 "2020-11-06T01:43:23Z")
Are other people getting these weird messages at the top of the page? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/due-to-extreme-load-this-is-temporarily-being-shown-to-everyone-as-a-logged-out-user-would-see-it/924875/2 "2020-11-06T01:44:55Z")
nope, I haven’t. ---
**Author:** ![yarblek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/71e660/32.png) [@yarblek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yarblek)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/due-to-extreme-load-this-is-temporarily-being-shown-to-everyone-as-a-logged-out-user-would-see-it/924875/3 "2020-11-06T01:56:23Z")
Nope. Been extremely actively fallowing a thread as well. No issues at all. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/due-to-extreme-load-this-is-temporarily-being-shown-to-everyone-as-a-logged-out-user-would-see-it/924875/4 "2020-11-06T02:04:50Z")
It does seem to be some sort of discourse thing according to Mr. Google. Maybe something to do with my internet connection then… ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/due-to-extreme-load-this-is-temporarily-being-shown-to-everyone-as-a-logged-out-user-would-see-it/924875/5 "2020-11-06T02:48:53Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Are other people getting these weird messages at the top of the page? Two or three times; each time following a message that I was logged out, though when I refreshed the page I always seemed to still be logged in. ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/due-to-extreme-load-this-is-temporarily-being-shown-to-everyone-as-a-logged-out-user-would-see-it/924875/6 "2020-11-06T02:56:10Z")
I’m not. ☹ Why does all the good things happen to everyone who isn’t me? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/due-to-extreme-load-this-is-temporarily-being-shown-to-everyone-as-a-logged-out-user-would-see-it/924875/7 "2020-11-06T06:08:55Z")
Yes, it happened to me Tuesday night and tonight. The weird thing is, nothing appears different. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/due-to-extreme-load-this-is-temporarily-being-shown-to-everyone-as-a-logged-out-user-would-see-it/924875/8 "2020-11-06T06:54:49Z")
If you’re in an area that’s still being counted, your region’s bandwidth might be a bit wonky. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/due-to-extreme-load-this-is-temporarily-being-shown-to-everyone-as-a-logged-out-user-would-see-it/924875/9 "2021-01-07T04:47:24Z")
What I’m getting is that I can only read about 10 responses at a time in the Jan-6-day topic. The rest of the posts are blanked out with some wave-type pattern. If I leave the topic and return, I can read the next ten posts. It’s still going on and has been since some time this afternoon. ETA: Hmm, just noticed that this topic was posted during the election. Maybe I should start a new topic.