# Is anyone else having problems posting this week? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 20, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783 "2010-04-20T19:26:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/1 "2010-04-20T19:26:43Z")
After a year or so of getting at least average performance from this site, recently it has gone back to the old standard of copy every post before you hit submit because the site will time out or get a “server busy” message for minutes at a time and you’ll lose your input. Is anyone else experiencing this? (Copies OP before hitting “submit.”) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/2 "2010-04-20T19:29:04Z")
Yes, it’s been really bad the last few days. \ ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/3 "2010-04-20T19:31:07Z")
I’ve also noticed this. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/4 "2010-04-20T19:35:38Z")
The board has been loading really, really slow for a few days now, whether it’s posting or just clicking a new topic. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/5 "2010-04-20T19:40:03Z")
THIS. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/6 "2010-04-20T19:40:46Z")
Zillions, but seriously, what’s the point in complaining? (I have, also, taught myself to copy every reply post as it’s better than even odds it will disappear into space. _Sigh_.) They must know it’s renewal time. Seriously, what are they thinking? (One day, I’m convinced that there will be a course about this odd and baffling business model, taught in Business Schools throughout the land. Loyal customers, begging for merchandise, denied, volunteer services, denied, offer suggestions, shut down, continue paying for services that are often seriously compromised, complaints, ignored and unaddressed. Shockingly remaining up an running for 10+ yrs, not shockingly, hardly profitable. People’s heads will explode, can’t you just picture it? If it wasn’t so sad it’d be truly laughable.) ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/7 "2010-04-20T19:45:13Z")
THAT. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/8 "2010-04-20T20:16:22Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > (One day, I’m convinced that there will be a course about this odd and baffling business model, taught in Business Schools throughout the land. Loyal customers, begging for merchandise, denied, volunteer services, denied, offer suggestions, shut down, continue paying for services that are often seriously compromised, complaints, ignored and unaddressed. Shockingly remaining up an running for 10+ yrs, not shockingly, hardly profitable. People’s heads will explode, can’t you just picture it? If it wasn’t so sad it’d be truly laughable.) [Why you should never listen to your customers](http://blogmaverick.com/2010/04/06/why-you-should-never-listen-to-your-customers/). Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/9 "2010-04-20T20:38:25Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > [Why you should never listen to your customers](http://blogmaverick.com/2010/04/06/why-you-should-never-listen-to-your-customers/). Sigh. So… the future we all want to buy is a board that’s broken? I fail to see the relevance of this article. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/10 "2010-04-20T20:57:07Z")
I was just curious, you know, with the board running as slow and unsteadily as a drunkard on rolling skates, and that. Or is it just my shitty internetz again? ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/11 "2010-04-20T21:12:42Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > I was just curious, you know, with the board running as slow and unsteadily as a drunkard on rolling skates, and that. > > Or is it just my shitty internetz again? If it’s yer shitty internetz, you must be in my house somewhere because I’m having the same problems. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/12 "2010-04-20T21:24:58Z")
I’ve merged **ivan astikov** ’s thread with **Cat Whisperer** ’s, since they’re about the same problems. We’re aware of the situation, some of the staff (including me) have been experiencing the same problem the last few days. I’ve asked an admin to weigh in. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/13 "2010-04-20T21:25:39Z")
Is this the part you meant? > [@](#): > > Your customers can tell you the things that are broken and how they want to be made happen. Listen to them. Make them happy. No? Then what was your point again? ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/14 "2010-04-20T21:46:47Z")
Yeah, I’ve noticed a general slow down and a few double posts and such (check out the GameRoom’s D&D thread for a good example of like 3 double posts in a row). Just some general kinks lately. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/15 "2010-04-20T21:59:18Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Zillions, but seriously, what’s the point in complaining?\ I wouldn’t bother if it was just sporadic, but it’s happening fairly regularly all of a sudden. > [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > I was just curious, you know, with the board running as slow and unsteadily as a drunkard on rolling skates, and that. > > Or is it just my shitty internetz again? I have excellent internetz - I had it checked. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/16 "2010-04-20T22:18:45Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Zillions, but seriously, what’s the point in complaining? > > (I have, also, taught myself to copy every reply post as it’s better than even odds it will disappear into space. _Sigh_.) > > They must know it’s renewal time. Seriously, what are they thinking? > > (One day, I’m convinced that there will be a course about this odd and baffling business model, taught in Business Schools throughout the land. Loyal customers, begging for merchandise, denied, volunteer services, denied, offer suggestions, shut down, continue paying for services that are often seriously compromised, complaints, ignored and unaddressed. Shockingly remaining up an running for 10+ yrs, not shockingly, hardly profitable. People’s heads will explode, can’t you just picture it? If it wasn’t so sad it’d be truly laughable.) **elbows** , will you kindly chill and stop making assumptions? This is every bit as frustrating for me as it is for you. Our hosting service has been reconfiguring one of the other sites on our corporate server cluster for the past week or so. Apparently they’ve been parking some files temporarily with us and using up our disk allocation in the process. They’ve put two fixes in place so far that haven’t worked. Files have disappeared, the column archive search function is broken, and I can’t get into the server at least half the time. In short, I’m well aware of the problem and would appreciate your fricking goddamn patience. Sorry to be snappish, but this has not been a good day. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/17 "2010-04-20T22:49:10Z")
{{Ed Zotti}} ---
**Author:** ![jwoolf02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4af34b/32.png) [@jwoolf02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jwoolf02)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/18 "2010-04-20T23:17:33Z")
Ed, Thanks so much! Sorry for the frustration. I’m just glad to know that it’s not just my system–would hate to have to buy a brand-new computer just to access the archives, but it would be worth it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/19 "2010-04-20T23:30:29Z")
> [@jwoolf02](#): > > Thanks so much! Sorry for the frustration. I’m just glad to know that it’s not just my system–would hate to have to buy a brand-new computer just to access the archives, but it would be worth it. 🙂 No prob, sorry to let my irritation show. They’re supposed to be done with this interminable project tomorrow but we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783/20 "2010-04-21T00:33:35Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > Apparently they’ve been parking some files temporarily with us and using up our disk allocation in the process… Ah, it’s good to know that there’s a known reason for the odd behavior. Perhaps the missing files will magically reappear somewhere else in the system, once things quiet down a bit. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-problems-posting-this-week/536783.md?page=2)