# Has the site been having slowness issues?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-site-been-having-slowness-issues/1019117>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [June 2, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-site-been-having-slowness-issues/1019117 "2025-06-02T19:30:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-site-been-having-slowness-issues/1019117/39 "2025-06-10T00:20:46Z")

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> Anyway, if this is correct and we are indeed hosted and managed by Discourse\*, it just means we have limited control over technical issues experienced by the forum.

This makes this annoying and persistent YouTube links bug all the more maddening. I had sort of given it a pass since I assumed a fix would require our volunteer IT department to manually apply a major version update and shut everyone out for maintenance and the inevitable upgrade bugs. But this makes it pretty clear that it’s Discourse that has continued to screw that specific goat.

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