# This is really fr$@%^g annoying **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 12, 2009, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150 "2009-05-12T11:45:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/21 "2009-05-15T13:32:05Z")
Is this related to my issue? The board keeps refreshing itself over and over and over again for me. Another Firefox user here but this site is the _only_ place I have this problem. I got to a page (any page: front page, forum thread listing, a thread itself, even this reply page) and it just loads, refreshes, loads, refreshes, loads, refreshes… until I hit Stop. If I’m lucky, it stops after the thread is loaded and not halfway through. Very, very annoying. The problem comes and goes but, like I said, this is the only site that has it. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/22 "2009-05-15T13:44:35Z")
The weirdness I’m having today is that the front pages aren’t updating at all. That is, the last post I see attributed to any thread in any forum is from around 2 hours ago. If I open a thread there are plenty of posts but they’re not reflected in the forum page. For example, I’m seeing in the ATMB forum that the last post in this thread was \*\*gommsn \*\*at 7:37. Odd. And, BTW, I’m using IE right now … use Firefox at home. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/23 "2009-05-15T13:52:01Z")
I deleted my cookies and it’s no help. Plus, it does it in _both_ FF and in IE. So it’s not a browser issue. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/24 "2009-05-15T13:52:54Z")
> [@](#): > > The weirdness I’m having today is that the front pages aren’t updating at all. That is, the last post I see attributed to any thread in any forum is from around 2 hours ago. If I open a thread there are plenty of posts but they’re not reflected in the forum page. For example, I’m seeing in the ATMB forum that the last post in this thread was gommsn at 7:37. I’ve had that happen to me on occasion; no idea why. And the Quote function is also not working; I had to copy and paste what you said instead. AND, when I scroll down while writing this to see if anything new has been posted, I see nothing after **gommsn** at 4:37 AM. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/25 "2009-05-15T13:52:55Z")
I am getting **Jack Batty** ’s problem. And “Reply with Quote” doesn’t work either - it brings up an empty Reply box. Also Firefox. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/26 "2009-05-15T13:54:15Z")
Same same in IE, unfortunately. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/27 "2009-05-15T14:01:43Z")
As far as the Reply with Quote function goes, after experimenting I find that it DOES work with older posts. I can quote the 4:37 one by **gommsn** that I mentioned, and anything earlier. But **Tubadiva** ’s post after **gommsn** doesn’t show up if I try to reply-with-quote, nor does anything after that either. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/28 "2009-05-15T14:14:57Z")
Whoah! You’re right. This raises interesting metaphysical questions. Is that post really there, or is it a figment of your imagination? If (b), then why is there a quote button? Only Jerry knows for sure! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/29 "2009-05-15T14:15:42Z")
Hey, it just creeped up to \*\*Jophiel’s \*\*post at 9:32. Talk about a slow update. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/30 "2009-05-15T14:19:27Z")
I am getting all of these symptoms on my BlackBerry browser. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/31 "2009-05-15T14:25:41Z")
OK; whatever it was seems to have cleared itself up for me. Quotes work, new posts are showing. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/32 "2009-05-15T14:31:15Z")
Board’s working for me now. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/33 "2009-05-15T14:31:30Z")
Same here. Thanks! Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [May 15, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/34 "2009-05-15T15:05:24Z")
Not sure what that was that just happened, only that it lasted for a while. Sometimes the board takes a minute or two to catch up to itself – but this was much longer than usual. However the board did right itself without any human assistance. Just took a little longer than normal. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/35 "2009-05-15T20:08:46Z")
The board has achieved self-awarness. If someone tells me Creative Loafing is owned by SkyNet, I’m outa here. ---
**Author:** ![gommsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@gommsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gommsn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/36 "2009-05-15T21:35:42Z")
Wow! Just got back from the golf course. Seems to have been quite a morning here. **Tuba** , I understand what you’re saying but I only check the boards twice daily, usually, so I don’t spend much _inactive_ time on them. I check in, read any new posts that interest me and I’m outta here. Probably not more than, coincidentally, 30 minutes. There are occasions when I move from the Pit, which is where the boards open for me, to ATMB, maybe 10 minutes, and my login time has changed and from there on there are no unread posts. Does that make it clearer? Again, if you think the problem is on my end, I’ll deal with it. In any case, thanks for your insight.🙂 ---
**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:** [May 15, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/37 "2009-05-15T22:01:16Z")
I don’t know what’s causing it. Why does it affect some people and not others? I can’t duplicate the situation. I really don’t know what to do. I’ve researched this at the vB support site and not found much joy there either. I wish I had something more and better to tell you. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/38 "2009-06-03T13:15:45Z")
This has happened to me three times this week and it’s driving me up a f-ing wall. I know it’s not an issue of waiting too long inbetween loading a page because I’d only been logged onto this computer for 13 minutes when it happened, the first several of which I hadn’t even visited the SDMB yet. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/39 "2009-06-04T13:42:32Z")
And . . . it’s happening again. New posts neither show up in quotes or previews. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150/40 "2009-06-04T13:48:20Z")
It’s doing it again. Make it stop. Where the hell did the self-awareness go? At least we seem to be safe from Sky-Net. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150.md?page=3)