# Is the Board S L O W lately? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 23, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-board-s-l-o-w-lately/732344 "2015-09-23T21:48:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-board-s-l-o-w-lately/732344/1 "2015-09-23T21:48:27Z")
I’ve never asked this question in my 15 years here. But the last couple of days have been horrible. Things hang forever, sometimes ‘waiting for [cdnvigilink.com](http://cdnvigilink.com)’ as well as what I think is an ad site ([ping.chartbeat.net](http://ping.chartbeat.net)), but mostly waiting for the ‘[boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com)’. ETA: Seems only to happen in Chrome. I just edited with Safari without delay. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-board-s-l-o-w-lately/732344/2 "2015-09-23T21:54:08Z")
It hasn’t been any slower than normal for me. I run an adblocker and a script blocker so if there’s a problem with viglink I won’t see it. Chartbeat doesn’t appear to be advertising. See this page for their explanation: > **[What is ping.chartbeat.net? - chartbeat](https://chartbeat.com/faq/what-is-ping-chartbeat-net)** > > What is ping.chartbeat.net and does it slow down my site? No. Chartbeat code is completely asynchronous javascript and has no impact on a site's loading time. A couple of relevant quotes from that page: > [@](#): > > When you see [ping.chartbeat.net](http://ping.chartbeat.net) in your browser footer it’s because the site you are on is running chartbeat real-time analytics. Chartbeat is used by the owners of this site to help them understand what’s happening on their site. > [@](#): > > A bug in some browsers means that whenever they are waiting on a part of the site to load they don’t reference the slow-loading item but instead reference the code at the bottom of the page. So, when the browser tells you it’s “waiting for [ping.chartbeat.net](http://ping.chartbeat.net)”, what it actually means is it’s “waiting for this image or advertisement to load so that I can get down to [ping.chartbeat.net](http://ping.chartbeat.net) and finish the job”. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-board-s-l-o-w-lately/732344/3 "2015-09-23T22:03:28Z")
Strange. No problem with Safari but, if I use Chrome I am now being forced to wait (and wait and wait . . .) for [pixel.quantserve.com](http://pixel.quantserve.com) as well as the Board itself. My Chrome version is up-to-date and I run an ad-blocker (but no script blocker, mind you). Thanks for your rapid response! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-board-s-l-o-w-lately/732344/4 "2015-09-23T22:35:08Z")
I run IE with no add ons. It’s been flying since whatever they did to the Board a few months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-board-s-l-o-w-lately/732344/5 "2015-09-23T22:45:28Z")
I have IE11 and have been getting many and frequent > [@](#): > > This page can’t be displayed where all it takes to display it is to click the refresh do-hickey. This has been happening for several days, but was rare before that. Other wonky little things, too. All on SDMB and nowhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-board-s-l-o-w-lately/732344/6 "2015-09-24T01:23:07Z")
This has been a problem with me in the past, but it’s been working fine for a while now. Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-board-s-l-o-w-lately/732344/7 "2015-09-24T03:14:37Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > This has been a problem with me in the past, but it’s been working fine for a while now. Firefox. Well, now that I said that, I’ve been hitting pockets of extreme slowness today. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-board-s-l-o-w-lately/732344/8 "2015-09-24T19:47:47Z")
Every time the board just won’t load, I go and get actual stuff done. It’s a feature, not a bug. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-board-s-l-o-w-lately/732344/9 "2015-09-25T01:36:13Z")
I am definitely hitting pockets of slowness now. It’s like those action movies where the fighting is in real time but then suddenly slows down for a significant kick or punch, then speeds back up again.