# Is there a problem with the Boards today?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-problem-with-the-boards-today/176256>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 19, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-problem-with-the-boards-today/176256 "2003-05-19T18:38:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-problem-with-the-boards-today/176256/21 "2003-05-20T20:22:34Z")

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The board usually acts wonky at times of high demand. Sometimes rebooting the server helps improve things for a short while. That’s what happened this time.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-problem-with-the-boards-today/176256/22 "2003-05-20T20:27:06Z")

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And also presumably [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=185000).

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**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-problem-with-the-boards-today/176256/23 "2003-05-21T14:07:47Z")

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Did anyone else catch that for a short while the main page of the SDMB had a list of all users currently online? That was a hell of a list, something like 550 logged-on users and 200 some odd guests. My jaw dropped when I saw all the names.

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