# Long delay **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 13, 2000, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479 "2000-02-13T13:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@John\_John](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_John)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/1 "2000-02-13T13:57:00Z")
Has anyone else noticed the long delay between when you post a reply and when it appears on the board? * * * You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow. Janis Joplin ---
**Author:** ![John\_John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@John\_John](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_John)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/2 "2000-02-13T13:59:00Z")
It did not do it with this post. What’s up? ---
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/3 "2000-02-13T14:18:00Z")
John John, that happens to me, too. See the thread “Posting Problems” in About This Message Board. * * * “Are you now or have you ever been a member of a communist dishwashing organization?” Frank Burns, M_A_S\*H ---
**Author:** ![John\_John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@John\_John](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_John)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/4 "2000-02-13T14:22:00Z")
thanks, Bill ---
**Author:** ![John\_John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@John\_John](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_John)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/5 "2000-02-13T14:34:00Z")
It just came up. Where is the reload icon? I see the refresh icon, is that the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/6 "2000-02-13T14:40:00Z")
JJ - on Netscape, it’s ‘reload’, and on MSIE, it’s ‘refresh.’ Same deal, either way. Usually my posts appear instantly, but occasionally they don’t. And occasionally the SDMB server has problems - there was a major slowdown for an hour or two Friday afternoon. These things come and go. * * * My friends say I should act my age, what’s my age again? - Blink 182 ---
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/7 "2000-02-13T14:52:00Z")
John John, thanks. On AOL, the “Refresh” button is a small, circular arrow near the top left of the screen, right next to the browser’s “Previous,” “Next,” and “Stop” buttons. AOL and CompuServe both have infuriatingly small browser buttons. You about need a microscope to see them. But they’re right underneath the toolbar on the top left. * * * “Are you now or have you ever been a member of a communist dishwashing organization?” Frank Burns, M_A_S\*H ---
**Author:** ![John\_John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@John\_John](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_John)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/8 "2000-02-13T15:20:00Z")
Thanks Firefly & Bill. It happened again, where I did not see your posts, then hit circular arrow, refresh, and they then appeared. Wasn’t that what Majormd suggested too? All of you guys helped. Thanks * * * You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow. Janis Joplin ---
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/9 "2000-02-13T15:55:00Z")
YW, John. Funny how this problem just started happening after the latest build of UBB was installed, eh? At least, that’s when it started for me. ---
**Author:** ![John\_John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@John\_John](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_John)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/10 "2000-02-13T16:10:00Z")
I got email notice that you had posted in this thread but when I opened the thread your post was not there. I had to hit “refresh” icon to see your post. This is a pain in the ass. Is it AOL, or these boards? I wrote David and Gaudere but have not gotten a reply yet. Perhaps they wil give us a clue to what is going on, or Tuba will? How have you been Vipersnake? Dealing with the Mormon stuff any better? * * * You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow. Janis Joplin ---
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/11 "2000-02-13T16:26:00Z")
“Dealing with it” just fine, John. 🙂 I think it’s the boards that are the problem. I’ve needed to “Refresh” before the new build, but it’s only since the new build that posts haven’t been showing up right after I post them. It’s not just AOL. And guess where David B/Gaudere are going to send this thread when they get around to it? Hint: ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![John\_John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@John\_John](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_John)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/12 "2000-02-13T16:31:00Z")
Hint: ATMB.]] Where is that? running out the door. Email me Bill? JOHN ---
**Author:** ![John\_John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@John\_John](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_John)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/13 "2000-02-13T16:33:00Z")
Oh, how is the book coming? ---
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/14 "2000-02-13T16:36:00Z")
ATMB: About This Message Board forum. The book is at a standstill and has been for about a year or so. Talk about yer writer’s block! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/15 "2000-02-13T17:17:00Z")
This whole thread should be in the ATMB forum, shouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/16 "2000-02-13T17:37:00Z")
Slythe, yep. ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Normal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Abner\_Normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Normal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/17 "2000-02-14T06:07:00Z")
This is a debate? This should be on AIM, Q or email. \Another cheap one! One step closer to being a debater!\ * * * “Tell me and I’ll forget; Show me and I may remember; Involve me and I’ll understand.” - Old Chinese Proverb ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/18 "2000-02-14T06:13:00Z")
You think you’ve got problems–the latest posts I see date back to the year 2000–that was over 50 years ago! Oh well, I’ve said too much… ---
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/19 "2000-02-14T06:14:00Z")
Abner Normal wrote: > [@](#): > > This is a debate? > This should be on AIM, Q or email. No it shouldn’t! ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Normal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Abner\_Normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Normal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479/20 "2000-02-14T06:35:00Z")
Snark… This belongs in great Debates?? \Cha ching\ * * * “Tell me and I’ll forget; Show me and I may remember; Involve me and I’ll understand.” - Old Chinese Proverb [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay/17479.md?page=2)