# 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:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-site-been-having-slowness-issues/1019117/40 "2025-06-10T00:21:23Z")

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The fact that we’re hosted by Discourse is the reason we have no control over the 10,000 post limit per thread, one of probably many performance-related parameters we don’t control. Those who self-host can set the limit to be whatever they like.

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