# SDMB loading really slowly **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 29, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305 "2010-11-29T18:16:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acorns.but_not_Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/1 "2010-11-29T18:16:14Z")
The SDMB is loading reallllly slowly on FF and IE, also it’s causing the browsers to crash, especially FF. All other websites are fine so it’s not a general problem I’m having. Is this happening to anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/2 "2010-11-29T18:26:01Z")
Yep, same here. It’s hanging badly during page loads. The SDMB is the only site it’s happening with. It appears to be related to the SDMB’s advertising affiliates, because when it hangs, the status bar often says “Loading [api.viglink.com](http://api.viglink.com)…” Firefox 3.6.12; IE 8 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/3 "2010-11-29T18:39:18Z")
No problems here. Quick as a whistle. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/4 "2010-11-29T19:23:21Z")
No problem here either. In fact I was thinking recently just how impressive the speeds on the SDMB were now compared to the bad old days of a few years ago when I’d be lucky to get here half the time. I couldn’t be happoer with the performance now. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/5 "2010-11-29T19:28:51Z")
Well, it’s working nice and quickly in Chrome, so it could be something related to Firefox add-ons. Still, rather annoying, especially since it’s clearly related to the advertising api, and every single other site on the whole internet works fine in my Firefox. Also, i’ve only noticed it this morning. It was running fine all weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acorns.but_not_Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/6 "2010-11-29T19:33:49Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > No problem here either. In fact I was thinking recently just how impressive the speeds on the SDMB were now compared to the bad old days of a few years ago when I’d be lucky to get here half the time. I couldn’t be happoer with the performance now. Ooh get you 😛 I’m getting really frustrated now, maybe mhendo and I, mhendo and \* me\*? Anyway, maybe we need to change something on our browsers…? That’s the only thing I can think of. I’ve just read mhendo’s post so will now try Opera or Safari or something. And then I’ll try a different browser 😃 yeah ok. ---
**Author:** ![Jaguars](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaguars/32/5879_2.png) [@Jaguars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaguars)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/7 "2010-11-29T20:11:39Z")
Exactly the same symptoms here, in NZ, using IE8, only started today and only when there is ads on the page. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/8 "2010-11-29T20:56:52Z")
Reported. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/9 "2010-11-30T02:13:28Z")
**mhendo** : since you are a member, it won’t hurt to get an Adblock and use it just to block that one problematic server. Heck, I just have it enabled all the time here. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/10 "2010-11-30T04:12:37Z")
I have Adblock Plus, and have it enabled, but the site still seems to be trying to load [api.viglink.com](http://api.viglink.com) every time i have a problem. ---
**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 30, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/11 "2010-11-30T04:25:22Z")
No problems here. But I did note that a day ago, I got that odd error message once. But just the once. First time in a long time, but in the past that usually happened when the Board was going down. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/12 "2010-11-30T07:45:01Z")
Well, the problem seems to have gone away on my computer. Everything seems to be working normally now. ---
**Author:** ![Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acorns.but_not_Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/13 "2010-11-30T14:17:37Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > **mhendo** : since you are a member, it won’t hurt to get an Adblock and use it just to block that one problematic server. > > Heck, I just have it enabled all the time here. Wouldn’t an Adblock work for guests of the messageboard? The problem seems to have stopped for me too, probably thanks to TubaDiva’s reporting, although for a second there I thought that she’d reported my post because I did something wrong… ---
**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:** [December 1, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/14 "2010-12-01T05:12:32Z")
It just started loading slowly at the top of this hour. I can now also not use Search, again just from the top of this hour, getting this usual error message instead: \*\*Database error The Straight Dope Message Board database has encountered a problem. * * * Please try the following: Load the page again by clicking the Refresh button in your web browser. Open the [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) home page, then try to open another page. Click the Back button to try another link. The [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) forum technical staff have been notified of the error, though you may contact them if the problem persists. We apologise for any inconvenience. \*\* ---
**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:** [December 1, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/15 "2010-12-01T05:20:53Z")
Suddenly okay again. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/16 "2010-12-01T05:42:09Z")
> [@Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](#): > > Wouldn’t an Adblock work for guests of the messageboard? > > The problem seems to have stopped for me too, probably thanks to TubaDiva’s reporting, although for a second there I thought that she’d reported my post because I did something wrong… Of course. I was merely anticipating the moral objection I often get when recommending adblockers. The objection is usually that one is mooching off the site–a concern that is baseless for a paid member. ---
**Author:** ![Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acorns.but_not_Bacon)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-loading-really-slowly/562305/17 "2010-12-01T13:35:42Z")
Haha! “Mooching.” I could be running an adblock right now and none of you would know about it. Mwahahahaha! But seriously, the ads don’t bother me really. 🙂