# Why is it so glacially slow? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 23, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-glacially-slow/720669 "2015-05-23T19:50:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**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 29, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-glacially-slow/720669/41 "2015-05-29T02:36:48Z")
This website is definitely slower than others for me. Today seems especially bad. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-glacially-slow/720669/42 "2015-05-29T02:42:50Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > This website is definitely slower than others for me. Today seems especially bad. Yes, noticeably slow today, to the point of being borderline non-functional. Also, noticeably worse today than usual with the login failures. I’ve been having to enter my username and password multiple times, more than usual, to get signed on. Hamster trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-glacially-slow/720669/43 "2015-05-29T02:45:56Z")
Huh. Been working fine for me lately. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-glacially-slow/720669/44 "2015-05-29T13:34:24Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Yes, noticeably slow today, to the point of being borderline non-functional. Also, noticeably worse today than usual with the login failures. I’ve been having to enter my username and password multiple times, more than usual, to get signed on. Hamster trouble. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Huh. Been working fine for me lately. I really in truly believe at least some of the problems are dependent on the person using it, based on the comments I’ve seen (not just these two - I quoted them for examples). Not saying the individuals in question are physically doing anything different, but that something is different about their stored information. Tracking subscribed threads is one thing that comes to mind that might get corrupted for one person and not another, but that’s purely a guess; I’m sure other things could get corrupted for one person and not another. The fact that always logging off helps me a lot but Siam Sam has mentioned it still screws up for him when he does that is another example of symptoms varying by user. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-glacially-slow/720669/45 "2015-05-29T13:45:37Z")
Ugh! It’s just awful. I retried Ghostery, but when installed I can’t access Pinterest and it makes other stuff wonky a bit too! Unfortunately I’m not savvy enough to know how to manage that. And though I just re upped for two years, if I have to manage outside software to get any kind of performance out of the board then this isn’t really a place for me. The glacial speed really does ruin the experience. But maybe that’s just me. ---
**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 31, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-glacially-slow/720669/46 "2015-05-31T00:19:35Z")
It does seem worse today. EDIT: But at least it didn’t reset for me today after logging in, for once. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-glacially-slow/720669/47 "2015-06-04T14:56:12Z")
Really slow today. Not all the time, but spotty slowness. Just tried to reply to a thread and it took 5 minutes to take. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-glacially-slow/720669/48 "2015-06-05T00:38:41Z")
Exactly the same here. Spotty. Glacierly slow for a while, then normal for a little but, then slow again etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-glacially-slow/720669/49 "2015-06-05T13:23:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Huh. Been working fine for me lately. Mine is perfectly fine as well. And almost always is. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-glacially-slow/720669/50 "2015-06-05T16:13:04Z")
The board has been working a lot better for me for the past few days. It’s still occasionally slow but I’m not having anywhere near as many problems as I had been. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-glacially-slow/720669/51 "2015-07-23T04:16:37Z")
Popping in to comment that the Board has been working like a dream for several weeks now. I’m wondering what if any procedures were used to fix the glitches. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-glacially-slow/720669.md?page=2)