# Why does "forum leaders" not load?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-forum-leaders-not-load/748122
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [March 6, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-forum-leaders-not-load/748122 "2016-03-06T16:07:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-forum-leaders-not-load/748122/1 "2016-03-06T16:07:33Z")
I’ve tried several times today to look at the “forum leaders” page, linked at the bottom of the main bag, and it never loads.
What are you keeping from us? 😃
Please don’t tell me that Ted Cruz is a secret admin on this board in his spare time? :eek:
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-forum-leaders-not-load/748122/2 "2016-03-06T16:26:13Z")
Worked for me. Took a second, but it did load.
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### Author:  [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-forum-leaders-not-load/748122/3 "2016-03-06T16:38:26Z")
Took me several tries and about 30 seconds to get it to load.
I just hit refresh on the page and it took 23 seconds to come back.
ETA: I see similar behavior on opening some threads, but it’s scattered. The Forum Leaders part seems consistent.
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-forum-leaders-not-load/748122/4 "2016-03-06T17:07:36Z")
It’s early on a Sunday. Most of us haven’t gotten loaded yet.
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### Author:  [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-forum-leaders-not-load/748122/5 "2016-03-06T17:31:52Z")
I just tried it and it loaded, but it was slow.
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### Author:  [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-forum-leaders-not-load/748122/6 "2016-03-06T19:42:40Z")
> [@Colibri](#):
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> It’s early on a Sunday. Most of us haven’t gotten loaded yet.
I thought we spread our leaders across the time zones, specifically to handle this case. 🙂
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### Author:  [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-forum-leaders-not-load/748122/7 "2016-03-06T20:49:23Z")
slow for me also.
I got loaded Sat. night.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-forum-leaders-not-load/748122/8 "2016-03-06T22:20:26Z")
Just a hunch: Does that page maybe call up a search of the whole user database, looking for members who have the moderator tag? It seems an awfully foolish way to implement it, but if so, it would account for the slow loading.
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-forum-leaders-not-load/748122/9 "2016-03-07T12:01:48Z")
I’ve never looked at the “forum leaders” page. What am I missing?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-forum-leaders-not-load/748122/10 "2016-03-07T12:59:44Z")
A list of mods.
Thrilling stuff, really.
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-forum-leaders-not-load/748122/11 "2016-03-07T13:08:28Z")
Well, that was cool. Worth the wait, actually.