# New Thread on Board Performance **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 30, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442 "2014-07-30T19:59:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**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:** [November 6, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/261 "2014-11-06T04:20:36Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Here’s a new problem that’s not happened to me before. It’s almost the opposite of my old problem. No matter how many times I go into the [Board is sluggish today](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=739123) thread in this same forum, it stays marked as Unread. Only this one thread, no other. Well, now _that_ thread finally became marked Read, but one or two others are staying Unread. Seems to be random. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/262 "2014-11-06T18:18:23Z")
[**Skald** tells me that a joke I made in his thread has _fallen flat_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17879172&postcount=112). This is the first time this has happened to me and I believe it to be some sort of fault of the board. This happened in IMHO about twenty minutes ago. If Jerry needs to contact me, I can be reached through the usual channels. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/263 "2014-11-07T01:36:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > [**Skald** tells me that a joke I made in his thread has _fallen flat_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17879172&postcount=112). This is the first time this has happened to me and I believe it to be some sort of fault of the board. This happened in IMHO about twenty minutes ago. If Jerry needs to contact me, I can be reached through the usual channels. So this is a joke too. Right? ---
**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:** [November 7, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/264 "2014-11-07T02:04:15Z")
True to my word, I just reupped for another two years. I’m not happy with the Board’s performance problems, but I do appreciate the effort to get to the bottom of it. Will just have to learn to live with it. Maybe my cash infusion will help address the situation. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/265 "2014-11-07T12:44:08Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > So this is a joke too. Right? No, that would be far too meta for my limited intellect. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/266 "2014-11-08T00:58:00Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > No, that would be far too meta for my limited intellect. ☹ FWIW, I chucked, in a meta way. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/267 "2014-11-08T02:08:28Z")
I really should learn not to be grateful I haven’t been zapped in over week. Zapped just now. No point in trying to wade through all the threads to see what I’ve read or where I’m up to. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/268 "2014-11-11T11:30:24Z")
Again. There’s no pattern to this at all. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/269 "2014-11-12T02:10:10Z")
The past week has been much worse than normal for me. I’ve been zapped five out of the last seven days. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/270 "2014-11-13T00:05:02Z")
I don’t really care about the zapping - but the load times for threads is often just silly now. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/271 "2014-11-13T02:14:40Z")
Some subforums load really slowly for me, but I haven’t been zapped (knock wood) for a few weeks. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/272 "2014-11-13T03:26:11Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > I don’t really care about the zapping - but the load times for threads is often just silly now. > [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > Some subforums load really slowly for me, but I haven’t been zapped (knock wood) for a few weeks. Slow for me too. Plus now it’s doing that odd glitch again where it’s refusing to mark some threads as Read no matter how many times I go into them. They just stay marked Unread. It usually sorts itself out after a while though. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/273 "2014-11-23T21:36:06Z")
Just got zapped then got unzapped. 😕 ETA: and re-zapped. Maybe I shouldn’t’ve said anything. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/274 "2014-11-23T21:51:04Z")
I haven’t tested enough to completely convince myself, but it _ **appears** _ that explicitly logging out (i.e. so it tells you that it is clearing cookies) and as a result logging in again next time you want to read the dope _ **seems** _ to help with the zapping. Still doesn’t help with the intermittent sssssllllllooooowwwww response. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/275 "2014-11-24T03:54:23Z")
Odd new behavior for me. The Last Message Read (or first New Message) isn’t matching up with the last time visited. SMBD thinks my last visit was around 2:30pm today, but is skipping messages up until right now in the message view. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/276 "2014-11-24T08:36:53Z")
The board is now saying I was last here yesterday evening when, in fact, I haven’t visited for several days. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/277 "2014-11-24T08:38:50Z")
And zapped (in the older sense) immediately. No point in hanging around this evening - searching for the threads I was reading and where I was up to is too much like hard work when everything is ‘read’. :mad: ---
**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:** [November 25, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/278 "2014-11-25T03:21:45Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > I haven’t tested enough to completely convince myself, but it _ **appears** _ that explicitly logging out (i.e. so it tells you that it is clearing cookies) and as a result logging in again next time you want to read the dope _ **seems** _ to help with the zapping. Still doesn’t help with the intermittent sssssllllllooooowwwww response. That is not true for me. I explicitly log out every time. Seems to have no influence against zapping. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/279 "2014-11-25T07:36:21Z")
And again. Maybe I’m slow on the uptake. Perhaps this is the SDMB’s way of telling me to go away. I haven’t been shunned like this since High School. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/280 "2014-11-25T07:37:42Z")
Because of this getting zapped caper every time I log in, this thread is the only one I can post to. I must try and remember to go to another board first tomorrow and see if the same thing happens. How is the rest of the board, people? Busy? Interesting? I have no way of knowing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442.md?page=15)