# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/321 "2016-02-13T16:34:23Z")
I had a rash of 500 Server Errors earlier in the week. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/322 "2016-02-13T19:23:51Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > It’s starting to deteriorate again. Zappings are more frequent. And that odd bit about a handful of threads being zapped or marked Read scattered among all the Unread ones. > [@Quartz](#): > > I had a rash of 500 Server Errors earlier in the week. I’ve been getting the occasional server errors, and more frequently getting logged out for no reason. I hope SDMB isn’t screwing up again. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/323 "2016-02-13T20:23:55Z")
And I was just thinking that it’s been ages since I’ve had a problem on here. Actually thought about digging up this thread to compliment TPTB. I didn’t, because I’m lazy. It’s the thought that counts though, right? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/324 "2016-02-13T20:55:54Z")
I wish to also add that I have not been having any problems. But I’m just one anecdoot. ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/325 "2016-02-14T08:57:58Z")
The board was down for longer than usual tonight. Maybe someone was cleaning the hamster cages. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/326 "2016-02-17T07:29:32Z")
Am I the only one suffering real difficulties getting the SDMB to load today? Something between me and here is screwing up. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/327 "2016-02-23T04:28:48Z")
Response is very slow right now. In addition, my “last visited” time was reset. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/328 "2016-02-23T04:53:45Z")
Same for me, using either Safari or Firefox. Doesn’t time out, but sure takes long to load a page. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/329 "2016-02-23T06:03:02Z")
Ditto, evening of Feb. 22. Page loads very slow, occasionally failing. On one occasion, I got the raw .php page instead of the processed page :dubious: What up? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/330 "2016-02-23T16:16:05Z")
I got a “500 Internal Server Error” last night. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/331 "2016-02-23T17:19:36Z")
The board seemed to be pretty whacked out last night. It took a very long time for pages to load for me. I got several 500 Internal Server Errors as well. Seems to be up and running fine today though. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/332 "2016-02-26T03:42:44Z")
The Board is very sluggish today. And half the threads I enter, I have to reenter two or three or even four times before they’re marked as Read. ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/333 "2016-02-26T07:07:07Z")
Searching in thread wasn’t working at all tonight. Makes dupes more likely in the A-Z thread games. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/334 "2016-03-01T04:13:41Z")
I just got here, and I found out I was signed off, which I don’t remember doing yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/335 "2016-03-01T04:32:45Z")
I’m occasionally having to log out and log back in to get all subscribed threads marked Read, even after reading the newest messages at least twice. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/336 "2016-03-01T23:51:07Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > I just got here, and I found out I was signed off, which I don’t remember doing yesterday. I think that’s what we’ve been meaning by “zapped.” Although it’s not happened to me for a couple of weeks now. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/337 "2016-03-02T01:22:46Z")
I’ve found myself logged out two days in a row. I never log out because I’m the only person who uses this computer. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/338 "2016-03-12T16:51:45Z")
Was zapped this morning, for the first time in many many months. I also got a Tapatalk popup notification, which I normally don’t see. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/339 "2016-05-21T00:09:47Z")
Is the Board going down again? I’m getting lots of “Service unavailable” messages. Between those message, it’s running at glacier speed. Then it will snap back to normal before starting the cycle again with another “Service unavailable” message. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442/340 "2016-05-21T00:28:38Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Is the Board going down again? I’m getting lots of “Service unavailable” messages. Between those message, it’s running at glacier speed. Then it will snap back to normal before starting the cycle again with another “Service unavailable” message. Never mind. It looks like the problem is on my end. I just got that same message on another website. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442.md?page=18)